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Leonard Baldy
Trafficopter Reporter

Career Highlights:

  • Chicago Police Department officer who, on November 24, 1958, became the first Chicago "Flying Officer," reporting traffic tie-ups and accidents from high above the city's expressways and main arteries.
  • Died in a helicopter crash in 1960.


Officer Leonard Baldy consults with his pilot before a flight.

 
 



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