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This project investigates how helicopter surveillance contributes to inequitable sleep disturbance across Los Angeles. Drawing on over 20 million flight trajectory points, the team integrates public records, community knowledge, and advanced machine learning to identify unreported law enforcement helicopter flights and analyze their disproportionate presence over specific neighborhoods. By combining these data with demographic and spatial information, the study explores how nighttime helicopter noise may affect neurological and psychosocial health outcomes. Conducted through a community-engaged framework with partners at Cangress (Los Angeles Community Action Network) and Matyos Kidane, the project connects environmental neuroscience with urban justice and public policy.
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