President Jerry Airola began his Law Enforcement career 16 years ago. He is a former Police Officer in the central California Bay Area and former Deputy Sheriff with the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. Jerry started his Law Enforcement career in Central California where he worked as a city Police Officer and Investigator. He moved to Las Vegas in July of 1995 to open a private company specializing in high tech commercial water purification. He built that company from two employees in 1995. Two years later it turned into the largest water purification dealership in the world.



After selling his company in October of 1999, Jerry turned his hobby of flying helicopters into a business Silver State Helicopters and incorporated that with his passion for law enforcement by providing helicopter services for law enforcement agencies across the Western United States. He has also built this company to be the fastest growing company in the helicopter industry and the largest flight academy in the world. With over 20 years of Executive Management experience, he is an active part of the operations of the company. In addition, he holds a Commercial Helicopter Pilot’s license with the FAA.