Did the police helicopter pilot consider the risks involved in the operation he undertook. My question is how immediate was the threat to life. If the inshore lifeboat could not get into the location because of the swell, the Coastguard rescue team had been called out and were on the way. They would have been able to initate a recovery by cliff team, without placing anyone at risk.
Surely if the threat to life was not immediate, the helicopter could have let the Coastguard rescue team deal with it, instead of taking the risks they did.