The police dept here had people flying for 2 years with only a private. I
still think it would be wiser to have professional pilots to worry about the
piloting and let the police worry about the policing. When the pilot starts
being too much of a cop and not enough of a pilot is when things will turn
bad. Here's an article praising the cops for finally getting their commercial
tickets:
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll...EWS16/10804009
1/-1/ARCHIVES30

Dave
(20hr student pilot)