Fortyodd - without doubt I meant it to apply to everybody. If you look at my postings on the Rule 5 thread, you will see that I am a hanging judge where Rule 5 is concerned! I am in no way anti-police, in fact I think it would be a great job, second only to flying EMS.
The point is I am trying to make is that just because we have exemptions, be it for Plod operations or filming for Auntie Beeb, we still must not lose sight of the fact that we have a responsibility to those people on the ground to land clear of their houses / gardens / children at all times.
In fact always having a landing area in reach is one of the basic concepts we have drilled into us as students - perhaps as the years go by, and the donkey(s) keeps humming above us we lose sight of this a little?