If the criminals don't care about the helicopter, why did Merseyside finest try SO hard to destroy ours? We were affecting their businesses, finding cannabis farms, helping deny the roads. (Do some research on that, it works). When you "get out there" and start turning stones over, 99 are trivial stops but one is a biggie. The day you take your attitude, you have lost. You can spout all you want about value for money, policing ISN'T value for money, like defence spending.
It's about the social level you are prepared to go down to.
How low will YOU go????????