Helicopters Used for News Coverage

You can get twitter alert for chases if you follow @pcalive.
The funny thing about chases is you know the person nis going to get caught they usually do, I guess the fascinating thing is the depths people will go thru to get away. I saw one chase where the guy literally ground down the tyres and then the rims until the car was actually moving along the bottom of the car...going no where. Amazing.

Haha I already follow pcalive

Live -KNBC 4 -LIVE Dump Truck Chase - Los Angeles/San Diego, CA
Coverage on several stations choppers in LA and San Diego!
KNBC, KABC, KNBC, KTLA, KCBS, plus several San Diego choppers.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Officers-Pursue-Truck-260821341.html
KABC 7 - Watch as Chopper7 heads to the scene.
http://abc7.com/live/


The San Diego Tv stations were literally the second he jumped out of the dump truck. YOu can see them in the high vis vests.

That was properly insane but with a really muted ending. Nice coverage with NBC4 giving two angles.

The NBC San Diego chopper was able to fly much lower, leading to a better angle on the truck compared to the LA market choppers which had to fly higher to get the pictures the 50 or so miles back to LA

I would image the sky was pretty crowed over that petrol station. All the LA stations scrambled their choppers and once it entered the SD market their choppers went to the scene. Crowded skies.

Yeah I did wonder that. There were at least 5 LA area choppers (CBS/ABC/NBC/FOX/CW) for sure, plus I imagine the police chopper for either SDPD or the CHP, and I have no idea how many SD area TV choppers were up but we know for sure that NBC were up there.

So that's at least 7 or 8 all flying Visual Flight Rules in a very small area.

BREAKING NOW - 5/28/14 12:17 GMT - Another Lorry (Big Rig) Chase Live coverage
KABC -7 LA, http://abc7.com/live/
Huge truck is involved in Police Chase. I've seen it all.
Tomorrow they will be in pursuit of a Princess Cruise ship!!!!

Chase over....insane.

KNBC, KTLA, KNBC, KCBS - LIVE - Man w/ Assault Rifle on Loose after Police Chase in N. Hollywood 7:03pm gmt 6/9/14
RIGHT NOW: Police chase in Los Angeles - suspect wanted for making a “criminal threat
UPDATE 1 - LAPD is requesting CHP to take over the chase. Suspect considered armed and dangerous
UPDATE 2 - Waving an assault rifle divisions are on high alert.
UPDATE 3 - Pursuit suspect got out of vehicle and is running with possible firearm.
UPDATE 4 - Went on roof of garage, now off garage and is hiding in shrubs or went into a house.
KTLA - 5 http://ktla.com/live/#axzz34AFVLEPU
KABC, KNBC IS PLAYING WITH FIRE. LIVE SHOT FROM CHOPPER IS TOO FRIGGIN CLOSE!! (They are on a live delay)
KABC 7 http://abc7.com/live/
KNBC 4 - http://t.co/HDyrt1M6Uw






Resolved and in custody after 5 hours and evacs of area schools. Tv stations cooperate by not broadcasting Police movements moments before takedown

Footage not broadcast live

Couldn't believe how close KNBC were, KTLA were saying that the Burbank ATC had told them to move away to 2 miles distance to give the police room to work and for safety reasons. So if some stations ignored that, I would assume the FAA would have something to say about it later...

What do use to get these streams?

Well as mentioned in the thread there is a Twitter account called @PCALive which will alert you whenever something is happening. I have push notifications on Twitter on my iPhone so it instantly alerts me if this account sends out a message.

I have tweetdeck and follow @pcalive and all of the LA tv stations and also the accounts for the assignment desk editors at those stations also there are several "chase" accounts that tweet. Plus i follow a LA "Scanner" account. They usually get the first "twinges" somethig is about to happen. I usually beat @pcalive and alert them. They thanked me for tweeting them about this last chase.
Also if you can follow matthew keys he created a map for North America that shows the major markets and links to their live streams for Radio and TV also he created a twitter list for each markey that allows you to follow all the local media posts whilst a major story is happening. Handy
http://feed.matthewkeys.net/map/