Almost nailed that one.
Being a police support unit, our uniforms (nomex) are very expensive compared to a standard law enforcement uniform, thus, we are the privileged, expensive guys that require too much. Once I was in a conversation with a head lady of logistics that told me: "Your professional responsibility is the same as catering cook's, she/he can also get burned while cooking, I can't see why should we get you the equipment before others." You can be sure I was like
It's never a problem buying multi milion € helicopter, it's the little things that are fought every single day, just getting the "tools" for work.
Helmets are a different thing, that I don't want to get into just now. The problem is in the pilots themselfs. It's somewhere in the vicinity of Calimero and it's too hot to fly with, we don't need them for other than NVG,...
We are slowly making progress from stonage, being the smartest unit ever...
