I believe that CC Hampshire Alex Marshall should be warmly congratulated on his well presented and well thought through article given exclusively to Police Oracle to reach the widest possible non-aviation police audience.
Until he wrote that item it is fair to say that the wider understanding of the UK police aviation community in relation to what NPAS meant was somewhat in the doldrums and uninformed. The result of that void was that this thread was often grasping at straws and liable to drop off the front pages of Pprune for long periods, usually by way of utter boredon with the subject.
Since then of course that situation has changed .... perhaps forever... a White Star Line moment perhaps.
