Are we here to 'insert role of police ac here' or to save money. If it's the latter, we might as well shut up shop now. Effective use of ac will cost money, but this is balanced with ac being utilised most effectively. Ineffective use of ac costs more, with little, poor or no results!
We never overflew the hours, the patrols were local intelligence based and we had good results, that's good management. The system was so effective we were usually getting the camera on locations and monitoring 'offenders' and directing resources while en-route to the location. First hand information direct from the officer on scene with no postcodes, delay in passing task requests or long winded 3rd hand info.
Saying of the week .... 'Does anyone miss the horses anymore?'