Jay Sata, I assume you have at least one close family member. Maybe a child even.
Try to imagine one day that loved one goes missing. maybe in a rural area on a cold night. The police then tell you the chances of finding them are much reduced as budget cuts have taken away the force Helicopter.
Also picture yourself in the Casualty department of your local hospital. You have just been told that you loved one has died after suffering catastrophic injuries in a hit and run accident. The police tell you they might have stood an even chance of catching the perpetrator had the force helicopter been still available.
The police put maximum effort in trying to intervene in petty crime because criminal behaviour means today's "Flasher" become tomorrow's Rapist and is next week carving out wombs and eating people's livers.
Police on the ground are important. But in this modern high speed high tech world providing that kind can of policing above other more sophisticated provisions is a nonsense. Modern criminals fear the Eye in the Sky. They know that once located, for the most part they can run but they cannot hide. Effective policing is about preventing crime. Deterrant. The Helicopter is a massive deterrent but unfortunately Jay it is unquantifiable and therefore neatly ignored by people like you and many bean counters. Until of course it is their loved one who is the victim..................beware what you wish for!