Sky Cops (Rant!!)
 

So then, i have been watching Sky cops on BBC1 and frankly, what a waste of fecking money the police helicopters are. At £5milion each and cost i think its something in the region of £500 per flight to chase people through fields for a poxy low rate crime, i mean what a waste. Especailly when the Air Ambulance have to be sponsored for them to fly/operate, its disgusting it really is.

Sod the police, give the choppers to the NHS for air ambulances, sometning that saves lives.

:rant:

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And breathe........ ;)

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LOL fair point tho. Never looked at it like that.

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+ 1, most of the Air Ambulance's are charity run which just shows that the government think money is more important than lives. I have been rescued once by an Air Ambulance, I will always be in there debt and will support them for as long as I can.

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he's right you know....its rare, but this time he is. :D

Saying that tho the jellychoppers do respond to very hi risk crimes too so maybe they need to do a job-share with the choppers and if the air ambulance need it more than the cops do let them have it for the shout.

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+1
Damn, I'll add that to my dark thoughts when I next see them hovering making the sort of racket no one else would get away with.

Does the Copper Chopper have any deterent effect?
Is part of the cost recoverable through Police Chase type TV?

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Or £50 mil for a painting :)
That fake town thing looked cool but ikt was very expensive too lol:smt072

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Well it keeps a roof over my head...

So if it's £500 to chase - and catch - a bad guy with a helicopter, how much to chase him with cops? How many cops are tied up with that and for how long while you're getting burgled? What's the fatality rate from vehicle pursuits in counties with helicopters versus those without? How many lives are saved finding the lost or suicidal and how much are those lives worth?

And a million other questions! Straightforward it ain't that's for sure and it all depends on how you count your beans. Strathclyde, Sussex and Northumberland all say yes, Lothian, Kent and Cumbria all say no. Who's to say who's right?

You're a genius Spidey! And those of you lucky enough to live in Wiltshire and Sussex that's exactly what you get - cop in the front, paramedic in the back and all government funded so no charity to worry about. Jubbly.

But anybody who thinks the budget could be removed from the Police and handed to the NHS is living in joined up government la la land!

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Sorry, I find it hard to believe that cops on the street stop burglaries.

Unless you are proposing a "bobby for every back garden".

I would rather be burgled than die.

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I wouldn't have thought so but they do catch them afterwards, albeit more often if they have some help looking, and they do come running if you shout help, which they can't do if they're poking about in woods or fields.
Not sure I follow your argument there mate, but it's a hard sentiment to disagree with!