Sheriff's Dept. promises copter to Fallbrook more

The Sheriff’s Department officer in charge of aviation has promised a more frequent Fallbrook Community Airpark presence for the fire and life safety helicopter which had been planned to be based at the Fallbrook airport.

“We’re going to make every effort we can to try to have the aircraft up there as much as possible,” said Lt. Bob Curry, the program manager for the Sheriff’s Department’s aviation operations. “I think the best solution for everybody is for us to just send it up there every day and eat the flight time back and forth.”

In July 2004 the San Diego County Board of Supervisors auth...