Laser menace jailed for endangering NPAS crew

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Laser menace jailed for endangering NPAS crew

Consequences of incident could have been devastating, says force.

NPAS stock image of separate incident

Date - 1st June 2018
By - Sophie Garrod - Police Oracle

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A man has been jailed for launching a dangerous and prolonged laser attack on a National Police Air Service helicopter, forcing the crew to stop a missing person search. The aircraft was flying over Rubery in the West Midlands in October 2017 when...

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