Ascend & Shawn: What great posts. I'm sitting here in the UK thinking how the hell are we going to make a change for the better when the reaction of those in a position of influence is tantamount to a jammed AH on a bad day ?
Then I read what you say and I hope - hope - that your words will peel some layers off some very blinkered eyes.
Pro-active law enforcement by ground and air support in the UK is virtually non-existent because of cost. It is all reactive.
It's not what the public wants - and it certainly can't be what the police want. Did these guys really sign up to sit on their rumps most of the day not doing what they are trained to do?
When they do work, they are brilliant and the best.