Wasteful & excessive: Baltimore police helicopters routinely fly over city pools after-hours to make sure no one is swimming who shouldn’t be.
One clips that has gone viral shows officers in the helicopter going over the loud speaker & ordering people out of the pool.
"“Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Michael Harrison defended the use of the helicopter to patrol city pools during the tail end of a Fourth of July press conference on Friday.
“Our helicopters fly over our city and check on all of our pools,” he said.
The department’s helicopter, commonly known as Foxtrot, is being used for daily infrastructure checks and to prevent swimmers from drowning, department spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said.
City residents who live near Patterson Park Swimming Pool have expressed their opinions about the Foxtrot online, prompting City Councilman Zeke Cohen to react."