Flight Operations

The NHP Flight Operations unit consists of three fixed wing aircraft. Hangared at the Carson City airport is a turbocharged Cessna 210 Centurian six seat aircraft. Hangared at the North Las Vegas Airport is a Cessna Skylane 182 RG four seat airplane and based at the Elko Regional Airport is a Cessna 172 RG Cutlass four seat airplane. The aircraft are predominantly used for airborne traffic enforcement, prisoner transport and personnel transport. The planes are also used to assist allied law enforcement agencies in surveillance and search missions as well as emergency blood runs. They have proven invaluable during high speed pursuits and have also been used for accident scene photography. Wild land fires are often discovered and reported by our pilots while airborne

During the past year, the three NHP airplanes flew a total of 1323 hours. The 226 speed enforcement missions flown resulted in 8653 citations. Included in that total are 205 hazardous moving violations (follow too close, unsafe lane change, etc.) and 24 arrests. (DUI, Reckless Driving, Warrants etc.) In addition there were 71 prisoners transported and 162 motorist assists located.

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Lieutenant Peter Onorato
Chief Pilot / Northern Command
POnorato@dps.state.nv.us
(775) 841-0485

Sergeant Tony Sabino
Pilot / Southern Command
TSabino@dps.state.nv.us
(775) 486-4100

Sergeant Wes Brown
Pilot / Central Command
WBrown@dps.state.nv.us
(775) 753-1111

Nevada Highway Patrol
555 Wright Way
Carson City, Nevada 89711
(775) 684-4867