Class Concept
Employees pilot single and/or twin engine fixed wing aircraft, and/or rotary wing aircraft in support of law enforcement activities. Positions serve as the Pilot-in Command. Employees evaluate mission requests, flying missions, and making recommendations for aircraft and equipment. Employees fly multiple missions such as: marijuana identification and eradication, drug enforcement, aerial crime scene surveillance, searches for missing persons and suspects, and often fly at night. Employees conduct pre-flight and postflight inspections of aircraft and note all discrepancies in a maintenance log, and maintain all other necessary logs and reports related to their flights. Work includes coordinating co-pilots, evaluating mission requests from local law enforcement agencies, and coordination of missions (to include flying missions) and making recommendations on aircraft and equipment. Employees plan flights, which requires consideration and evaluation of weather, navigational aids, routing, alternative routes and destinations. Positions provide guidance and training to co-pilots and prepare accurate reporting for the FAA. Employees plan flights considering weather, navigational aids, routing, altitudes, alternative routes and destinations, loading and weight distribution, fuel requirements, and the filing of flight plans as necessary. Employees are responsible for conducting performance checks of aircraft systems, computation of loading and weight distribution, taking into consideration equipment and fuel. Analysis is performed on the aircraft and weather conditions which may result in adjustments to routes or flight cancellations.
