No the Police will do that. I suspect it was more for the CASEVAC option.
Was the police airwing called?
If not, was coastguard thought better able to search due to better suited FLIR or avionics?
Portsmith news reports that a Coastguard spokesperson said
‘They were requested to search the area but they couldn’t because of the bad weather.’
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/loc...site_1_3222782
Mickjoebill