Chopper Cops

Elite helicopter unit Air 1 responds to life-threatening events in Marion County, Central Florida, starting with the search for an armed suspect.

A suspect shoots at officers following a high-speed chase. Air 1 is called in to find the violent armed offender before anyone else gets hurt.

A Mother and her son call 911 when they get lost in The Ocala National Forest. As night falls, Air 1s thermal camera is their only hope for a rescue.

A 911 caller reports a suspicious person in a neighborhood. Air 1 watches the subject steal a car and speed off, crashing through yards and fences.

Sgt. Micah Moore calls in Air 1 when he finds an abandoned car filled with blood. Are deputies looking for an injured driver or a violent suspect?

A stolen car tied to a homicide leads deputies on a manhunt through swamp waters; hours later, a high-speed pursuit with teen suspects races toward Ocala; with Air 1 and K-9 units deployed, both chases push law enforcement to the edge.

A deputy is shot outside a nightclub, launching a manhunt for the gunman with Air 1 overhead; hours later, Air 1 helps track a fleeing vehicle, leading to a standoff; in a third encounter, a dramatic takedown unfolds near that same nightclub.

After a fugitive escapes into a lake, Air 1 calls in an airboat team to trap him under a dock; deputies face a tough decision when a suspect speeds through a neighborhood in a wrecked car full of juveniles.

Air 1 helps take down a domestic violence suspect who attacks deputies with pepper spray in rush hour traffic; a suspect on an electric bike vanishes into the night, triggering an intense search and a surprise showdown in a quiet neighborhood.

A suspect flees across county borders in a stolen vehicle; with no way to communicate between departments, deputies risk a deadly crash unless Air 1 intervenes; a motorcyclist with drugs and weapons dodges traffic, with a helpless passenger in stow.