SS, one of the reasons that the Premier League can pay £4.5 million for a crap player is that so many people subscribe to er... Sky Sports.
There are many many examples of badly spent tax payers money, and I'm all for Police Aviation but it's not the cure all of crime..far from it. I'm also pretty sure that the RAF can protect it's own maintenance hub, it doesn't need a police helicopter to do that.
Cheers, Frying Pan