One thing that needs to be remembered in all this, especially up in West Yorks, is the last paragraph of the report;
NPAS in itself has no legal identity. West Yorkshire
Police employs the staff and the Officer of the Police
and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire own the
assets. NPAS is an operational department within West
Yorkshire Police and the content of this annual report
should be read in this context.
In addition to that statement, what best way to totally wash ones hands than to get all the PCCc & CC's together and ask
them what they would like from a National Police Aviation Service.
If that were to be asked, I wonder the reaction if the overwhelming reply was ….. what we had before!
Maybe the strong arm of the Home Office would be called in again, which surprises me they haven't in the situation we have with the Met!