North East Air Support Unit
The North East Air Support Unit is a consortium of the Durham and Northumbria police services.
Durham Constabulary currently has three police constables posted to the unit and a sergeant who is the deputy unit executive officer.
The aircraft is equipped with a Nite-Sun searchlight, daylight video camera, thermal imaging camera, and a digital still camera, and a stretcher.
The aircraft is used for crime scene searches, suspect vehicle pursuits, missing person searches, and casualty evacuation.
2010 saw the following results
Tasks attended: 2560
Involved Arrests: 181
Value of property recovered: £71,000
North East Air Support Unit Tasking in the Consortium Area
Tasks flown for missing person searches: 427
Tasks flown for crime searches: 1118
Task flown for casualty evacuation: 13
Task flown for other task types: 1002
