The most recent example I came across is not in police aviation, but I hope you will allow me a minor digression.
At several local hospitals, when A&E gets busy and dwell times approach the 4 hour target, they prevent ambulances from delivering patients to the A&E. Because the A&E 4hr dwell time target only starts when the patient crosses the threshold, the hospital makes the ambulances park up in the car park and then wait to be called in by A&E.
And do the managers of the ambulance trust or the hospital complain about this abuse? Not at all. As long as the ambulance trust passes its 8 minute target for 999 arrivals and the A&E 4hr dwell time is passed everything is just great
WF, I am sure you are right really. It is just that I get mad at the hypocrisy when the proponents say it will be more efficient and effective (i.e. better).
If they just said we are doing it to save money that would be fine. However, it won't save money and it will also be worse.