Suffice to say, that when questioned about effectiveness, the NPAS management will spout the usual USELESS political tripe that the police always use..
What they WILL say:
Amount of money saved, by the most expensive "old" ASU compared to paying NPAS for Air Support.
How many a/c available
Percent availability
Number of incidents "attended"
Number of hours flown
Which constabularies benefited from increased air support
How many football matches / Large public events attended
What they WONT say:
Amount of money "saved" by the more efficient ASUs ie directly employed pilots and/or engineers.
Percentage split of constabularies taking air support
Number of times a/c successfully deployed to a pursuit (ie arrived whilst in progress).
Number of times deployed to incident request by beat officers.
Number of times request for deployment declined, and why.
Number of prisoners detained as a direct result of the a/c attendance.
Number of missing persons found,as a precentage of deployments to them.
Number of incidents "attended" whereby the a/c didnt actualy arrive..!
Lets face it the data they used so far to justify the whole thing has been made of chocolate, so the future should hold no surprises.
"lies, damn lies, and statistics"
Last edited by morris1; 29th Oct 2010 at 12:21.