Suffolk County sheriff’s are taking to the air for their traffic enforcement.
The agency tested the use of a small plane over the Long Island Expressway to spot bad drivers during Friday morning’s rush hour. Once aggressive drivers were spotted from above, details were radioed to deputies below.
Deputies handed out 88 traffic tickets between 7:30 and 10:30 a.m., many based on what the spotters saw from the single-engine plane.
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“This aerial enforcement technology will enable us to spot these drivers quickly and get them off our roads,” said Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco.
The plane was a loaner from Bergen County, N.J.
Suffolk County has applied to the federal government for funding for its own plane but in the meantime there are plans to conduct future air patrol mission, including one over Sunrise Highway in the near future, with Bergen County’s help.
