It's no surprise (once the bean counters' smoke and mirrors are removed) that if assets are moved further away and spread more thinly, the effective utilisation can only decrease.
Police Aviation works on a reactive, call-out basis so speed of response is of the essence. If the reaction time is unacceptable, the job is often lost.
Which is what everyone who knew the job and had a modicum of common sense was saying before this nonsensical NPAS charade began.
As I wrote years ago, people made a career by introducing Police Aviation as a way of saving police and tax-payers' money. With NPAS, others have made their careers by phasing it out.
As an ex-police chief pilot, I think what has happened to a system that worked extremely well, and provided very good value for money, is very sad.