Currently 2 out of the three available aircraft are dedicated to prisoner escort. That leaves one aircraft for the whole of the NW. And the case could last for weeks.
I'm sure that the two aircraft have been requested by the Force that needs them and as such it will come out of that forces hours allocation, as regards the 'lost cat' jobs, all of the talking baggage that I know joined air support to fly. Cat or burglar a result is a result.
