Ministry of the Interior CR (Ministerstvo vnitra ČR)
CZECH REPUBLIC POLICE AVIATION • Letecka Sluzba Policie České Republiky
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
(Public Service Aviation)
• HELICOPTER 18 Policing Helicopters.
Letecka Sluzba Policie Squadron:
4 MBB Bö-105CBS-4,
4 Bell 412HP;
2 Bell 412EP;
8 Eurocopter EC-135T-2;
• FACILITIES
Police Air Corps Main Headquarters:
Main base is the Praha–Ruzyne Airport, with helicopters also based at Hradec Kralove and Brno.
Praha/Ruzyne (LKPR) Air Base /
Letecka Sluzba Policie Squadron:
Bö-105CBS-4, Bell 412HP, Bell 412EP, EC-135T-2,
Note: Provision of Government Transport duties by the security aviation unit is described separately. Reports in some sources that the old Czechoslovak Border Police (Pohranicni straz) operated helicopters are false. This was a unit of the Army under the Ministry of Defence and air support was provided by the Air Force or Security Aviation as required. It was disbanded circa 1990-93 and replaced by the civilianised Pohranicni policie (Border Police) - a part of the Policie Ceske republiky (Police of Czech republic).
Official website: http://www.policie.cz/letka.htm
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