cat up a tree!
Ive only just looked at this thread but I see that daft ****** cat up a tree has been talking a lot of totally inaccurate cobblers here too!
Cleveland were not GIVEN their a/c. They applied for, and were awarded the standard Govt grant of 40% towards its total cost. Even the cat should be able to work out that they therefore had to fund the remaining 60% themselves. The fund I refer to existed from 1992 until 2008 and was directly responsible for permitting UK forces to develop one of the most efficient Police Air Support services in the world.
Cat if you really must make such comments do try and research your subject first and as a result you might talk a little less garbage.
Britsh Transport Police have contributed very little towards the development of UK Police Air Support and apart from hiring in machines on a fairly regular basis have little experience compared to most other units.
Tigerfish