civvy observers
To be honest i fully expect the whole thing to civilianised.
There will be no actual "police work" being done anyway, so its pointless employing cops to crew the a/c.
Any old pleb with zero policing experience can wave the camera around looking for mispers and filming crowds at football matches. In fact they may as well advertise for staff from film companies to fill the posts.
I may have a bash once im retired, but in the mean time Ill go back to catching crims the old fashioned way. (and hope I dont need an a/c at any point.!)