Talk:Police aviation in the United Kingdom

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Cardiff[edit]

Im certain theres a Cardiff area police helicopter, but I cant see it on this list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.29.16 (talk) 18:14, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Its right there in the list under 'South & East Wales'. scanbus (talk) 19:57, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

London[edit]

London has 3 helicopters do they all have the same call sign? ThunderGold (talk) 16:37, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

from what i remember, they are 99, 98 and 97. but don't quote me, just wait for one of the endless repeats of Sky Cops or similar :p ninety:one 17:03, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I beleive that it is one callsign, although only very rarely is 1 unit airborne at once - if so they tend to use different radio channels but keep the same callsign —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.195.31.176 (talk) 02:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Essex's Helicopter now covers Kent (see recent press articles), Lincolnshire also has similar arrangements with other forces and Cumbria has a close relationship with Lancashire Constabulary who they rely on for emergency air support. Cleveland have recently left the North East Air Consortium, and have been in discussions with North Yorkshire. The Cleveland EC-135 Police Helicopter is based at Durham Tees Valley Airport. British Transport Police also use Network Rails Helicopters in order to prevent crime and terrorism throughout the rail system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.104.95 (talk) 21:44, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Police vehicles in the United Kingdom[edit]

Just to say that I've moved some info from the Police vehicles in the United Kingdom article that I feel would be more appropriate here. Sections moved include Surveillance, Navigation and Communication. —Smilers ☺^Talk 23:32, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ATC Call signs[edit]

April 2020, according to ADSBExplorer.com flight radar, police H/C call-signs / flight numbers are now similar to UKP01, UKP281, though ATC calls shorten this to Police 01, Police 281 etc. Strangely the Met still have their 3 aircraft G-MPSA, G-MPSB and G-MPSC (out of North Weald) and use that as their ATC call-sign as well as using the other NPAS heli's from Benson and North Weald etc. G-MPSA, G-MPSB and G-MPSC do not seem to stray outside the Greater London (Met Pol) area though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.46.100 (talk) 02:11, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing controversy regarding availability[edit]

I think it is appropriate for an entry regarding the shambles that is the NPAS for the last 8 years. There has been yards written regarding (lack of) aircraft availability, lengthy maintenance down-times, ageing, high hours aircraft, long travelling between base and incident location. Then the debacle regarding the three year certification of the fixed wing aircraft plus the general lack of pilots. The NPAS was expected to make savings of £20 million from a £60 million budget, the result has been 8 years of managerial disaster / incompetence / cover-up of epic proportion. Leaving this fact out of the Wiki entry is a travesty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.31.244 (talk) 16:17, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add a section on controversy, then. 07Alpha55 (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]