Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
I may be wrong, but only if the property was public. You are allowed to drive into an open driveway and/or walk to an open door. But you are not allowed to be on any other part of the property. I think that is pretty much true for all 50 states. But even if public property it was stupid because the helicopter was at risk of getting hit by a model.
And yes I do know and you clearly do not.
Ok, I actually asked a friend of mine who was a deputy sheriff for 30 years about this, AND he flew in their SO's air unit. They can go/land anywhere they need to in the course of their duties as law enforcement officers. So I'll take his word over yours on this issue. A LEO does not "permission" to step onto any property if they are doing so in the course of their job. Now that is not to say they can enter your house, etc. But driving onto your land, or landing, does not constitute a search.