17 Feb 2020

Boy racers in sights of Christchurch's new Eagle helicopter

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 17 February 2020

Christchurch boy-racers are in the sights of the newly deployed police Eagle helicopter that begins patrolling the city's skies from Monday.

The Bell 429 is on loan from Auckland and will be trialed for five weeks before a a decision on whether to make it a permanent fixture.

As Conan Young reports, one of its jobs will be cracking down on high speed drivers.