I guess you will probably have to allow a little 'Politicians Leeway' here.

Have you not noticed that lately everything is getting the anti-terrorist label stuck on it. Airport get a necessary upgrade to its radar or car washing facility and it all comes out of the terror funds because it looks good..... for the politico....

I have no doubt that this tired refurbished old BK will have a part to play in an anti-terror role, but equally I suspect the tired old NSW police fleet will have a greater role to play even though they were bought with pre-911 funding and there is not real mileage to be had from showing them off too.

And its going to be the same across the World.

Or am I being just too cynical for words?

A couple of photos of the new addition:

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...SW%20117B2.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...SW%20BK117.JPG

High Nr,

Corect me if I'm wrong, but don't the NSW police have a 206, AS350B2 and 355N?

As for a police helicopter in SE Queensland, I heard that they use the Queensland Emergency Services helicopters SOMETIMES.
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They also use SLSQ's 350 sometimes.

Dynamic Component,

yes correct they have a 206, 350B2 and a 355

I understand that Queensland Police - normally associated with fixed wing transportation rather than response helicopters - used an ex-US police OH-6A for the recent Rugby World Cup [RWC].

Detail is sparse, but my understanding is that the owner bought in a Wescam sensor pod [ex-North Wales police AS355F2 G-NWPI] for the job.

As this [vital?] item of equipment arrived on the eve of the RWC I have my doubts that the venerable OH-6A was up to the mark for the event [how long did it take to install and de-bugg the Wescam?] but I understad that the operator is now after a searchlight for the machine .... so it appears that Queensland is moving forward, even if slowly.