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Old 6th Sep 2008, 07:17
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Coconutty
 
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I thought it was fairly obvious that the reason for continually bleating on about the cost of operating a Police helicopter in N.I. was because Skyhigh-Ulster has a personal gripe in the mis-belief that it is not cost effective, and a waste of taxpayers money.

He has obviously concluded that he is right, and that everyone involved in the decision making processes as to whether such a resource provides value for money or not are all wrong ( Chief Constable / Force Finance & Accounting Departments / Best Value studies etc etc ), and he probably thinks the same about all other Police air units.

There are numerous threads in varying guises all trying to get someone to agree with him that Police Air Support Units are a waste of money, and despite all the information and evidence provided to the contrary, he just refuses to accept the informed opinions of those far more knowledgable on the subject than himself.

Providing factual information only seems to fuel his passion for making dodgy arithmetical calculations to try and prove his point.

Standing by for the next one where the £1 per head per annum will either be contested, or he will come up with another "better" use for the cash

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