Save the UK Police Air Support - e-petition

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Fact: Two EC135s covering 5 counties prior to NPAS cost £1000 per flying hour this includes the paperclip.

Fact: the Helicopter is a force multiplier!!!!!! Helicopter gets on scene quickly, gets a handle on the task easily due to it's unique perspective, sorts it just as quickly, if tetra allows, and leaves. This means the units on the ground the staff in the control room can move on to the next burning issue so much quicker. Therefore you can tick off 10 tasks an hour with the helicopter involved compared to 1 without the helicopter because the helicopter saves you 10.000s in man hours on the ground.

Not to mention how it generates a safety blanket for the poorly paid bobbies on the ground in their much reduced numbers.