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 barrels down the highway in the wrong direction in a pickup truck in a desperate bid to escape pursuing deputies. Air 1 races to catch up.

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 man is murdered in the front yard of his home. As the suspect flees in a '70s Cadillac, a deadly flashback haunts the supervisor running the pursuit.

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

The search for a stolen car takes a personal turn when Pilot Darren Bruner's wife, Deputy Marjorie Bruner, confronts the suspect on an isolated road.

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.

As wildfires erupt, Air 1 joins the hunt for an arsonist hidden in the smoky woods; hours later, deputies race down I-75 in a high-speed chase through traffic-until one brave officer makes a daring move to stop it cold.

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.

Air 1 races to stop a man-in-crisis who steals a patrol car and heads toward a crowded square; later, a stolen truck and possible kidnapping lead to a frantic chase into Marion County's rural forests.

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 bust a rural cockfighting ring, tracking fleeing suspects through woods and neighborhoods; later, a kidnapping call sparks a high-speed van chase and a dangerous escape attempt across a train crossing that only Air 1 can untangle.