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Pilots, police officers and police staff have all contributed to making police aviation in the UK what it was on 30th September this year. What it will be in the future I do not know but we are told that there won't be extended downtime so your argument for flexibility during downtime seems to be null and void.
Your view of how police staff observers have operated for many years and the amount of confidence placed in them is out of line with the experience of those actually involved.
I am not in any way decrying the police officers involved in air support over the years or suggesting that their should be an expansion of civilianisation; all I am saying is that everyone has played a part and many will continue to do so on into the future.
I think that UK police aviation has played a small part in the development of FLIR and a tiny part in the development of communication systems.
Last edited by J.A.F.O.; 6th Oct 2012 at 20:37.