Sky Coppers

Behind the scenes with the West Midlands Police Drone Unit who hunt criminals from the sky. Drone tech is a specialist ultra-modern tool that has the capacity to help officers as they conduct investigatations and attempt to track criminals. The Unit pursues suspected wrongdoers as they try to hide up in the trees, discard drugs, or run away from the scene of a crime. The Sky Coppers make it a point to watch from above because, as they know from experience, criminals always forget to look up.

Documentary

Seasons

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2023-07-11

The Unit track a suspected dealer and search for an illicit cannabis farm. And where's a wanted man - who was last seen climbing over a fence - hiding now?

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2023-07-18

The Drone Unit head the hunt for a man who assaulted an officer. And in the dead of night, a motorbike thief is hiding somewhere in a wood - can the drone flush him out?

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2023-07-25

Can the Drone Unit's heat-seeking tech catch a wrongdoer hiding up a tree? And the team join the search for a woman who left a suicide note before vanishing into the night.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2023-08-01

While some kids are starting fires on an allotment, a burglar's been tracked breaking into a rival drug gang's house looking for a suspected cannabis farm.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2023-08-08

The Drone Unit search for a man fleeing the scene of a dramatic hit and run. Rival footie fans cause panic on the streets of Wolverhampton. And a call comes in about a body buried in a park.