Mmm something smells here.
MaxR is from the press Silsoe - beware.
Of the 3800+ posts on NPAS, you have to accept that 3700 are yours now don't you
I hear on the streets that the Met are very uncomfortable joining under the umbrella of a rural police force much smaller than them and controlling some very expensive Met assets. There is a head to head of C.C's it seems and that is why the meeting has been postponed......
Undoubtedly - the fleet will be further "rationalised", it makes sense to me as an outsider that for many forces, a cheap and cheerful aeroplane can do what 'some' police helicopters are achieving at a quantum increase in cost by comparison.
Surely a light aircraft with mainly civilians and one policeman (SME) onboard is the way ahead - no?