Sadly their police authority swallowed all the fictional response times WITHOUT having them checked.
Sadly most Police Authorities and ACPO members swallowed the initial NPAS spins
of "Cost saving", "More effective service", ""Access to Air support 24 hours a day etc.
The bottom line however is that NPAS
is going to happen,
because Mr. Herbert has said it will - whether anyone likes it or not,
whether it takes 2 minutes to get off the ground from "Task acceptance",
or a LOT longer,
and whether it ends up being more expensive, and less effective
Maybe it's time to accept that, bite the bullet, and work on ways to make the best of a bad job
