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For sale: Police helicopter, slightly used

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 09/14/09

Any hope of saving the state Natural Resources Police's shuttered aviation unit soon will be going, going ... gone.

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The Department of Natural Resources is conducting an online auction for this helicopter, which was part of the Natural Resources Police Aviation Unit, which was disbanded during budget cuts.
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The state Department of Natural Resources is auctioning a Bell 206 BII Jet Ranger helicopter, one of four aircraft in the unit, which was disbanded amid budget cuts this year.

The opening bid for the helicopter - which went by the call sign "Natural One" - is $125,000. But the DNR's Gene Deems, who handles the auctions, said the agency will consider any "reasonable" offers.

The auction Web site lists a bunch of fancy-sounding features, such as a radar altimeter, tactical radios...

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