I still think it should be about catching crooks and restoring public confidence.

Make your operation invaluable.

DD

From what I can see, so does everybody else! :ugh:

I promise you, that whenever I call out our ASU to assist me - and I do, quite frequently - it will most definitely be "all about catching crooks" (and, on the odd occasion, all about finding a vulnerable missing or injured person, which I would suggest is equally valuable).

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FWIW - as a PPL(H) with no police experience I place great value on our local police helicopter (which I see regularly living 1/4 mile from a 60 pitch pikey site). I am equally pleased that our county (Herts) has at last got an air ambulance service.

Modern policing is an impossible balancing act and I accept that our local plods cannot justify entering my neighbours domain for a stolen car or minor taffic infringement but they do mount operations from time to time at great cost and usually find many things of interest.

If I were a bobby (as my best mate is) then I would definately want to know that police ASU backup was there if I needed it.

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Ian.