Now add in an unstabilised helicopter and a task to follow a stolen car away from those bright lights - the excitement of the chase, the difficulty of the changing visual cues as you manoeuvre and the handling qualities of the aircraft - this is not big and clever flying, this is asking for a mishap.
Yes, we were doing it in the U.K. in the nineties and early 2000s, too. Albeit in a twin engined machine, but without stabilisation, instrument ratings or NVG.
I’m glad I’m out of that scenario, especially tasks in the hills.