Helmet Fire
You gotta allow for the different culture in England where flying is a big deal and that's before you do anything with your helo.
TC and SS were in the military and my hunch is Volerider was as well. In England the culture is only ex military pilots are up to doing challenging flying, onshore anways. That's why most all police pilots in England were in the military before.
I saw from a post you made yesterday you fly in Australia. That's more like Canada and pilots are on their own in challenging situations and get used to making risk assessments most days.
Beats me why they're shooting at you. I can't see how your saying any different than them except you're saying it in a more 'No big deal, make a risk assessment and Go/No go' way and their saying it in a more formalized military way. You all end up in the same place but take a different route.