Ye Olde Pilot
For most of the petty crime
above the costs of an air support unit do not justify the judicial outcome.
Very true, however all ASU's have criteria that are applied before going on any task. These can be over ridden by "Supervision" usually against the advice of the crews. Sadly the majority of our tasking is looking for suicidal or "confused" mispers. What value can you place on that?