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# Letter: Renaming the SMPD's Pico helicopter patrol as "Operation Police State"
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/041502-story/
- Published: 2002-04-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:14:24.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

*By Hank Rosenfeld Santa Monica*

Editor: “Operation Prime Time” the SMPD’s helicopter patrol over the Pico neighborhood sounds very LA doesn't it? With so many other government “operations” going on around the world today, perhaps it should be renamed “Operation Police State.”

Very Venice.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 15, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041502.pdf?ref=smdp.com)