Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR)

It sees using heat imagery. Odd because our news choppers dont fly at night. Only the police are up there after the evening news goes off at 6p.

My theory is....

The police will ask them to fly at night and look for hotspots (HID lights in use). Pass the info back to them so they can snoop into it. It keeps them clean from unlawful use of FLIR. I bet they helped fund it as well.