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I live about 10 minutes from the Police Academy and helicopters without lights at night often fly over my house. My neighbor is a cop and he told me it was part of the training for new recruits - They switch the lights off while the recruits and pilots are using night vision goggles.

The main Air Port is also about 25 minutes from my house and they don't fly anywhere near it. On occasion they also use a really bright spot light when chasing a speeder or someone on the ground.

BTW: The murder clearance rate locally is about 90%!