Greetings and thanks for your interest in this site.  Perhaps you noticed that there is little information on these pages about the owner/host of police helicopter pilot.com. 

Early on I made the decision to scrub my name from most areas of the site for several reasons, but primarily because I did not want people to get the impression that this site is about me.  In fact it is not about me at all, but about presenting Law Enforcement Aviation to the general public in a positive way.

While researching possible blog topics I began to notice a real lack of information online regarding Law Enforcement Aviation, and in particular how a young person or young pilot ultimately becomes a police helicopter pilot.  In fact the number one hit in google for the phrase "police helicopter pilot" at the time, was on a website that completely trashed police pilots, and completely discouraged anyone from hoping to become a law enforcement pilot.  

I thought about all of the young people out there who might have a dream of one day becoming a police pilot, and how the top page in google completely crushed those dreams. 

I am very happy to say that this site now holds the number one spot in google for the phrases "police helicopter pilot", "police pilot", "how to become a police helicopter pilot" and is on page one of google for "police helicopter"  and many other search phrases related to law enforcement helicopters. 

I am proud of the fact that I get emails on a regular basis from people who tell me that my section on "how to become a police helicopter pilot" is the best information available anywhere on the subject.

About me:

I grew up in the small town of Oktaha Oklahoma with 10 brothers and sisters.  After high school I came west to sunny southern California and at the age of 22 I was a sworn deputy sheriff working in the county jail system. 

After 4 years in the jail I spent the next 16 years driving a black and white patrol vehicle in various parts of San Diego County.  In March of 2005, a full five years after my first interview, I was transferred to the department's helicopter aviation unit.  I had no prior aviation experience, just a love of flying and flying machines. 

In the world of pilots, aviation, and even law enforcement aviation I am still very much a junior or "rookie" pilot with a lot to learn. 

Hope you get something out of the site.

Darryl Kimball