Quidam:
I'd be sad if I thought you felt I was having a dig!
Any Bobby has my full support! The Police have a truely thankless task & as stated no-one ever remembers the people helped or saved. They only ever remember the bookings!
But the thread was initially about Police Heli's doing speeders!
I'm sure TC will fill me in on the details, but to launch a multi-million pound Heli to sit & wait for speeders is surely a horrendous waste of dosh! If however they do it as they are passing well...maybe. But what an expensive way to do it! I accept his arguement about reducing fatalities, but surely all that will acheive is the bikers moving elsewhere for their kicks, which I'm sure you agree is what they'll do! I truely hope an increased Police presence helps reduce fatalities, but you can do that by overflying the area to & from jobs.
The force I work for certainly doesn't have the budget to cover that kind of ops. This financial year I'm pleased to say we've had some 40 pursuits resulting in 26 stolen cars being recovered. Have already recovered £200,000 of stolen kit & assisted the boys on the ground in some 90 arrests. We've also found 25% of the mispers we've set out to find. We simply don't have time or the flying hours to cover speeding!
& as for funds raised by speeding fines! You boys should get it all! It could put more feet on the street & replace some ageing & decrepid vehicles!!
[This message has been edited by Roofus (edited 24 May 2001).]