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South Yorkshire Police helicopter MEGATHREAD (excl. sightings)

Do you agree that the Police helicopter should be scrapped?  

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  1. 1. Do you agree that the Police helicopter should be scrapped?

    • Yes I agree
      10
    • No I don't
      60
    • I don't care
      3
    • I''m a criminal, so I do agree
      4


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It's just a thought, but i think losing the helicopter could be paving the way for them remote control drone things.

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It's just a thought, but i think losing the helicopter could be paving the way for them remote control drone things.

 

Excellent idea,can just imagine some scrote in a stolen car reduced to a stain on the road.

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You're glad we're losing the police helicopter because it reminds you of a book?

 

...............yep!

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It's just a thought, but i think losing the helicopter could be paving the way for them remote control drone things.

 

Expect a increase in young lads riding field bikes everywhere once more and vehicle crime !

 

A reaper should sort out the lads riding field bikes.

 

I wonder whether there'd be complaints about the noise?

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Excellent idea,can just imagine some scrote in a stolen car reduced to a stain on the road.

 

 

A reaper should sort out the lads riding field bikes.

 

I wonder whether there'd be complaints about the noise?

 

I was thinking something more like this

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6676809.stm

Edited by bladesman123

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There are going to be a lot less posts on SF!

 

What would the police helicopter be doing over S6?

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Thanks for the link, Bladesman. - I too thought of that one and I remembered reading the original article (but a reaper would be much more fun ;)).

 

I wonder what the results of the trial were? Are Merseyside police still using them?

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Thanks for the link, Bladesman. - I too thought of that one and I remembered reading the original article (but a reaper would be much more fun ;)).

 

I wonder what the results of the trial were? Are Merseyside police still using them?

 

It was grounded because they didn't have the correct licence :loopy:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8517726.stm

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Thanks again. It's not clear whether the operator didn't have a licence to operate the drone, or whether the aircraft itself doesn't yet have a CAA Type Approval.

 

Hopefully he problem will be resolved fairly quickly. The running costs of a drone would be tiny compared to the cost of running a manned aircraft.

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perhaps its because of said helicopter that crime figures are down??

 

Helicopters dont reduce crime figures = statisticians and number crunchers do that.

 

Are you confusing it with detection rates ? these may well be improved by a helicopter.

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