Baton Rouge Operations Base

The mission of the Baton Rouge Operations Base is to enhance public safety by providing effective aerial support to the Louisiana State Police and other law enforcement agencies in South Louisiana. The base operates from the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Air Support Unit currently has three Pilots assigned to the Baton Rouge Operations Base able to respond to police emergencies twenty-four hours a day in a 30 parish area which encompasses Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermillion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes. These parishes are in Patrol Troop A, Troop B, Troop C, Troop I, Troop L, as well as the Criminal Investigations Division – Region 1 and Region 2.

One Cessna 182, one Cessna 172 airplane, two Bell 430s, one Bell 206L-IV Long Ranger, one Bell 206B-III Jet Ranger, and one Bell OH-58A+ helicopter are stationed at the Baton Rouge Operations Base for rapid deployment. The helicopters are configured for Night Vision Goggle (NVG) operations and are equipped with a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera and Night Sun searchlight. These seven aircraft allow the Pilots stationed at the Baton Rouge Operations Base to conduct a wide variety of missions, including dignitary transportation, helicopter demonstrations, disaster relief, criminal surveillance, photo reconnaissance, marijuana eradications, manhunts, speed enforcement, SWAT operations, downed aircraft searches, missing persons searches, and other emergency police response missions.