This year's Police Aviation Conference (PAvCon) will take place at the German Federal Police air support and training facility at Sankt Augustin, Hangelar, near Bonn, on 5-6 June.

The programme will include instructional presentations on the issues of today including CRM and UAVs. Key presentations will include: Safety management system – flight risk assessment and mishap response planning, by Glenn Daley; Inserting snipers in a marijuana grow under fire, by chief pilot Parks Police San Francisco Bill Proberts; and the laser strike threat, by Florida physiologist Dudley Crosson.