n. a police officer in an airplane or a helicopter. (Citizens band radio.)
They've got a bear in the air on duty in northern Indiana.There's a bear in the air and another regular one keeping watch over your speed.
bear in the air
noun a police helicopter. This travelled from citizens' band radio slang into a still-surviving, wider usage US, 1976
a bear in the air
A police officer in an airplane or helicopter. Likely related to highway patrol officers being called "bear," a possible reference to Smokey the Bear (a cartoon character who wears a hat similar to those sometimes worn by the highway patrol). That's a bear in the air! If they shine their spotlight down on us, we're doomed!
bear in the air
n. a police officer in an airplane or a helicopter. (Citizens band radio.) They’ve got a bear in the air on duty in northern Indiana.