How to escape a Police Helicopter

[shadowninja]

wolves_wanderer said:

Fittster said:

Aren't helicopter vulnerable to small arms fire? Just shoot it out of the sky.

From the back of a fleeing car you couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo

Try driving alongside said cow, then.

[williamp]

surely you've only got to go as far as the county line and they will stop following you?????

And I seriously doubt you will be able to. Long before the helicopter runs out of fuel it will have asked for another, neighbouring helicopter to replace it. You will run out of options before the helicoppter runs out of fuel.

And driving into a shopping centre/ The helicopter will move ground units in front of you. You wont get very far at all.

Still, it'll be a giggle though.

[satchbot]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

There is only one clear answer to this topic.

Nice idea but our BiB are too pink and fluffy to use it. Think of the paperwork!!!!

[Neil_H]

satchbot said:

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

There is only one clear answer to this topic.

Nice idea but our BiB are too pink and fluffy to use it. Think of the paperwork!!!!

Aside from that, the helicopter above crashed several years later killing several people on board.

[CzechItOut]

I'm not reading through six pages, but:

Drive to your local shopping centre/multiplex cinema etc., go inside, set off the fire alarms and come out with the crowd.

If you want to be really cunning, take off your jumper.

[blindswelledrat]

THe last time I managed to evade a police helicopter was by stealing a helicopter of my own.
Then I simply flew into the air at the same height as the police helicopter and flew around the back of it. When the Copperter tried to turn around to follow me I simply deftly manoevered my own Helicopter around keeping behind the police helicopter at all times so they couldnt actually see me.
Before too long they assumed my helicopter had become invisible and flown away so they went home and so did I. It was easy.

[BlackVanGirl]

These threads encompass everything that's brilliant about PH.

[scorp]

CzechItOut said:

I'm not reading through six pages, but:

Drive to your local shopping centre/multiplex cinema etc., go inside, set off the fire alarms and come out with the crowd.

If you want to be really cunning, take off your jumper.

Setting off fire alarms, I didn't think of that one

[TonyHetherington]

Excellent thread

I've long assumed that these "police camera action" programs are nothing more than a gangster's "How to" in evading police!

[devonshiredave]

TonyHetherington said:

Excellent thread

I've long assumed that these "police camera action" programs are nothing more than a gangster's "How to" in evading police!

they are mere amateurs compared to us lot it would seem

[TonyHetherington]

I wonder the % that get away, either from traffic chases or helicopters? They're never going to show them on the tele, of course, but if you're driving a fast car and are prepared to take risks that the police driver isn't, surely your chances are not bad until you get a team on you?

[PhantomHumper]

Amazing thread.

Multistorery carpark/shopping centre has got to be the best idea.

[dilbert]

Mission Drift said:

Hypothetically speaking... What is the best way to evade a Police Helicopter?

My best guess is to head into a large multi-storey car park then dump the car and hide in amongst the shoppers? However not sure that would work if you have to carry large Securicor cash box with you.

Any idea's welcome.

I think what worries me most is that one day, someone is actually going to do that.

Edited by dilbert on Friday 21st November 13:04

[Crusoe]

flawed if they see you going in, usually only one entrance and exit? Want it to be busy to hide your movements but then you're going to be stuck in slow traffic and get caught before you get there.

[CzechItOut]

Crusoe said:

flawed if they see you going in, usually only one entrance and exit? Want it to be busy to hide your movements but then you're going to be stuck in slow traffic and get caught before you get there.

A "pro" would be wearing a baseball cap and/or hoodie. Both of which can easily be removed

[V8mate]

Easy.

Send part of your team to the aerodrome where your local rozzer chopper is based.

Milk bottle molotov. Lobbed at grounded helicopter at same moment as blag goes down.

Whirly bird is going nowhere.

[MK4 Slowride]

r1ch said:

Too difficult to escape a helicopter, much rather drive to a busy public place and risk it on foot.

This is it.

After taking the police on a dangerous chase about town you then start to run thus negating the point in trying to escape by car in the first place.


ETA:

TonyHetherington said:

I wonder the % that get away, either from traffic chases or helicopters? They're never going to show them on the tele, of course, but if you're driving a fast car and are prepared to take risks that the police driver isn't, surely your chances are not bad until you get a team on you?

There is it's called "the ones that got away" & that includes a Rover Metro & no it wasn't a 6R4.

Edited by MK4 Slowride on Friday 21st November 13:23

[leon_t]

Drill hole in side of multistorey near window in fire esape passage and add rope loop night before.

Carry out heist, drive flat out like a loon to multistory shopping centre car park. Drive up several floors, set off fire alarms, then take loot and rappel down outside to waiting car and driver.

Oooh yeah!

[V8mate]

leon_t said:

Drill hole in side of multistorey near window in fire esape passage and add rope loop night before.

Carry out heist, drive flat out like a loon to multistory shopping centre car park. Drive up several floors, set off fire alarms, then take loot and rappel down outside to waiting car and driver.

Oooh yeah!

Because no-one's going to notice four 'hoodies' abseiling down the side of a MSCP

[Carreauchompeur]

leon_t said:

Drill hole in side of multistorey near window in fire esape passage and add rope loop night before.

Carry out heist, drive flat out like a loon to multistory shopping centre car park. Drive up several floors, set off fire alarms, then take loot and rappel down outside to waiting car and driver.

Oooh yeah!

Would abseiling down the side of a multi-storey car park with all of the punters you've just evacuated standing around outside not be a little obvious?