Re the costs, some new information has just been released by the CC from the small Cleveland Police force.
Information Courtesy of Cleveland Police, and the CPA Councillor McLuckie (£100k pa expenses man) ;
3.1 In September 2008, Cleveland Police Authority placed an order for a new helicopter to replace our present aircraft. The new helicopter is a Eurocopter EC135 P2i which was part of a bulk purchase of 6 aircraft. The specification of each of these aircraft was designed by bringing experts together from police aviation and procurement. The subsequent aircraft were all then identical which will save costs over their lifetime when it comes to any alterations that are required.
3.2
Following the acceptance process in December, the aircraft was finally accepted on the 4th January 2011
and arrived in Cleveland the same day. The new aircraft is now fully operational in the Force area. This is a major success story for the Force and the Police Authority.
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3.3
In respect of the payment schedule, Cleveland Police have now paid all sums to Eurocopter apart from a small retention portion which will be paid in 12 months time assuming no issues develop.
3.4
Cleveland have received a guaranteed trade in for our existing helicopter of £1million and if it subsequently is resold for more than this amount, then Cleveland would receive 50% of this profit, less any transactional costs. In the present market it is unknown if we will receive any extra funds from the sale.
3.5
Cleveland Police were awarded a 40% grant towards the purchase of this new helicopter which has been received in full.
Implications
4.1 Financial
The table below shows the payments made for the helicopter: Payment
Date
Amount
Deposit (10%)
April 2009
£518k
Home Office Grant Received
July 2010
£1,596k
‘Accepted’ payment
July 2010
£3.6m
‘Delivery’ Payment
Jan 2011
£964k
‘Trade-in’ of current helicopter
Dec 2010 / Jan 2011
£1m
Retention payment
January 2012
£0.1m
=
£5,182,000
4.2 The fluctuations in the exchange rate of Sterling versus both the Euro and US Dollar had the potential to impact significantly on the overall cost of the helicopter purchase. However rates have proven more stable and so this has not adversely affected the overall costs.
4.3
There are no further financial implications arising from this report.
4.4 Diversity and Equal Opportunities
There are no diversity or equal opportunities implications arising from this report.
4.5 Human Rights Act
There are no Human Rights Act implications arising from this report.
4.6 Sustainability
There are no sustainability implications arising from this report.
4.7 Risk
There are no risk implications arising from this report.
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5 Conclusions
5.1 The purchase of a new helicopter is a major success
for a relatively small force. The helicopter we now own and operate is the most advanced in the world and will have a major benefit to Policing in Cleveland.
Sean Price
Chief Constable
http://www.clevelandpa.org.uk/admin/...Helicopter.pdf
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And this is the same Chief Constable who is in the process of sacking 230 experienced cops!
