Ban them?
Whooa...
In LA you can have 3 law enforcement helicopters and 6 news helicopters covering the the same event, and do it perfectly safe, as they do many, many times a year.
When it gets to the point the west coasters start viewing it as a ‘snow day’ its time to put an end to it.
What does this mean?
Its time we ban news organizations from broadcasting police chases live in my opinion. I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen over a Los Angeles freeway since OJ’s infamous slow speed chase.
Ban them?
Whooa...
Ban ‘broadcasting live’. Not ‘ban helicopters’ nor ‘ban reporters from helicopters’.
Just stop making it a way of bumping the local stations ratings. Its causing pilots to do stupid things, like hover one on top of another over residential areas.