Police helicopter seen in skies over Wolverhampton part of training exercise

The helicopter from the National Police Air Service could be seen flying over Wolverhampton city centre.

The service behind policing from the sky has put its crew to work with a training flight over the region.

The National Police Air Service said a helicopter had been flying over Wolverhampton city centre on Wednesday around midday.

It confirmed that it had been a training flight for the Birmingham team and reassured the public that there had been no deployment to support police on the ground.

A spokeswoman for National Police Air Service said: “Our Birmingham crew carried out a training flight today at 12pm for around 54 minutes.

“This wasn’t an active deployment to support a force.”

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