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National Air Support
It seems to me that this is moving at a pace now. With trials being set up and questions in the houses of parliament. I was wondering what the implications might be for the observers in place, will they continue as is? Will the pilots be employed by the Home Office or department they set up? Who will own the aircraft? Will the tax payers that bought them in the first place get their money back? Which units will stay and which will go? etc, etc, etc.....Any views or even inside information.
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*****Reporter alert*******
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Sorry to disapoint, but no. Just an interested bystander.
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1. Probably
2. No, possibly 3. Don't think it's been sorted out yet 4. See 4 5. Same answer as 3 |
Dont give too much away mate...
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Timex, as I understand it my answers are accurate as of now!:ok: However, tomorrow they may be wrong.:eek:
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I'll be surprised if they last that long..:ok::ok:
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"National Air Support" ?
Of what? And where? |
Of what? And where? 2. Nationally :ok: |
I was being pedantic!
There is nothing in the thread so far that explains what is being supported or in which country. I presume that you are referring to Police Air Support operations in the United Kingdom. Let's not forget that there are readers fom all over the world and in all walks of life who read these posts and may not understand what is being talked about. |
Hey Skidkid, did you get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning? :ok:
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I certainly did and I've been getting even grumpier as the day progresses.
Role on 5 o'clock!!!! |
A quick Google search brought this up which might be of interest to you in Dudley :
http://www.west-midlands-pa.gov.uk/d...ategory=comm15 Paragraph 12. is particularly interesting :ok: http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Coconutty.jpg |
Police chairman rejects helicopter pool plan
Nothing is ever set in stone!
A HANDS Off Our Helicopter warning has been sounded by the chairman of Cleveland Police Authority, Councillor Dave McLuckie. He told a meeting of the authority that there has been a discussion at ACPO - the Association of Chief Police Officers - on the idea of bringing police helicopters in the country into a central unit. Cllr McLuckie said he had urged fellow police authority chairmen who had police helicopters to resist any move to have a pool of about 20 police helicopters in a central location in the country. “The police authority will decide what it does with its resources,” said Cllr McLuckie. He said the idea of a central pool came out of a discussion about providing policing for the Olympics in 2012. “We could look at seconding the helicopter in some arrangement for the period of the Olympics but we will not have anything to do with setting up a national pool of police helicopters. “I would not want and I would not allow our helicopter to be part of a central pool. It takes away local control,” said Cllr McLuckie. He said the Cleveland police helicopter was used extensively. “My message is: Hands of our helicopter. You are not getting it,” said Cllr McLuckie. |
SS, hasn't that changed already? ISTR that Cleveland have signed up to National Air Support?
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Let's not forget that there are readers fom all over the world and in all walks of life who read these posts and may not understand what is being talked about. |
Timex,
Well, by looking at the date of the article, 26 Feb, I guess it depends who did the signing and what they actually signed up for. Rumour has it that some Forces haven't even been told by the unit what is possibly happening to their aircraft. |
Hide it from the police authority (their bosses)?? That shows good integrity!!!
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Just to take this way off thread for a second, there was talk a few years ago of some of the larger UK fire brigades looking to develop a helo support capability for airborne spotting/control & metro SAR/CASEVAC.
Would/Could a national air support organisation go some way into being able to provide greater capability in this way by having a selection of airframes/roles that could be called upon by a range of organisations - eg police/fire/ambulance and therefore be funded centrally? |
and therefore be funded centrally? |
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