The whole process has been a stitch up from the start. Different Police Authorities spun differing versions of the plan depending entirely on what was required to squeeze through to the next stage. If the benefits were obvious this would not have needed to happen. Now it's coming to crunch time (3 months to the off in the S.E.) some people in positions of responsibility are just beginning to wonder where the savings are actually going to be made, and hey the one helicopter in their part of a region will be flogging from A to B and not getting anywhere fast. Forget 24 hr access, by the time it gets there it'll all be over, and there'll be a gaping hole to backfill. But even though this seems obvious to very many of us, Wagging Finger thinks we can wait until 2016 to evaluate the figures. That's 4 years of reduced service to the public, and a reduction in cover that will take some areas back to pre 1990. Empire builders will be happy though, Well Done.