Topic ID 4552
The Police Helicopter is taking a great interest in the town centre. They started over the East station very low and have moved west.
Reply ID 65250
Saw a fire engine just off the Bluecoats roundabout/London Road junction.
Reply ID 65256
i do believe that Hertford Heath school had been targeted by thieves
Reply ID 65267
From The Mercury: [url="http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/hertfordshiremercury-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=433806"]Police helicopter tracks suspicious car[/url]
Reply ID 65298
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Reply ID 65320
Is the helicopter allocated to a town or region for set periods? We don't see the helicopter for ages then it's out at the slightest sniff of wrong doing day after day for a few weeks.
Reply ID 65324
quote:No, the helicopter is not allocated to a particular town or area. There are two helicopters operated by the Chiltern Air Support Unit, which covers, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire forces. XA97 normally covers the Thames Valley area, and XA99 Beds & Herts, but either of them will attend an incident anywhere in the consortium area. Air support can be requested by any officer attending an incident and will be deployed by the relevant Force Operations room upon such request, subject of course to the approval of the Ops Room Insp. or Sgt.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Is the helicopter allocated to a town or region for set periods? We don't see the helicopter for ages then it's out at the slightest sniff of wrong doing day after day for a few weeks.
Reply ID 65350
Copter Pilots, like aircraft pilots have to keep flying hours up too... So sometimes, as I have been led to believe from one of those Cop programmes about Northern Helicopters, they fly around a bit anyway, just to keep the hours up and their licences in active use... [:D]
Reply ID 66326
Seems to be up and hovering around the town centre again tonight
Reply ID 66332
yeah saw it, was basically hovering over our flat - north rd and gasgoyne way area ....
Reply ID 66334
I saw it too...... very noisy!
Reply ID 66339
quote:Missing person according to The Mercury
Originally posted by Leo Densian
Seems to be up and hovering around the town centre again tonight
Reply ID 66441
quote:What does it cost to run...and does it come out of the particular forces' budget?
Originally posted by buzzquote:No, the helicopter is not allocated to a particular town or area. There are two helicopters operated by the Chiltern Air Support Unit, which covers, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire forces. XA97 normally covers the Thames Valley area, and XA99 Beds & Herts, but either of them will attend an incident anywhere in the consortium area. Air support can be requested by any officer attending an incident and will be deployed by the relevant Force Operations room upon such request, subject of course to the approval of the Ops Room Insp. or Sgt.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Is the helicopter allocated to a town or region for set periods? We don't see the helicopter for ages then it's out at the slightest sniff of wrong doing day after day for a few weeks.
Reply ID 66481
They were really low over the barge at 3.30 this morning - the plates on the draining board were rattling !!
Reply ID 66482
quote:Couldn't say off hand but pretty expensive. You could probably get the cost under the Freedom Of Information Act
Originally posted by Artyquote:What does it cost to run...and does it come out of the particular forces' budget?
Originally posted by buzzquote:No, the helicopter is not allocated to a particular town or area. There are two helicopters operated by the Chiltern Air Support Unit, which covers, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire forces. XA97 normally covers the Thames Valley area, and XA99 Beds & Herts, but either of them will attend an incident anywhere in the consortium area. Air support can be requested by any officer attending an incident and will be deployed by the relevant Force Operations room upon such request, subject of course to the approval of the Ops Room Insp. or Sgt.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Is the helicopter allocated to a town or region for set periods? We don't see the helicopter for ages then it's out at the slightest sniff of wrong doing day after day for a few weeks.
Reply ID 66483
quote:Well that proves that Woodfordes you've got on does the trick.... Heard nothing![^]
Originally posted by publandlord
They were really low over the barge at 3.30 this morning - the plates on the draining board were rattling !!
Reply ID 66484
I read an item in the Evening Standard that quoted the cost of the Surrey police helicopter as £500/hr
Reply ID 66487
I might be wrong but that seems a little bit low to me. Do the Hertfordshire force publish any figures for the cost of their operations?
Reply ID 66490
The Chiltern Air Support Unit is a joint venture with Bedfordshire and Thames Valley Police. They have two helicopters. http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-depts/aboutus-depts-ts/aboutus-depts-casu.htm According to last year's annual report ([url="http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-depts/aboutus-depts-ts/aboutus-depts-casu.htm PDF) Herts Police paid £492,428 towards the running of the service.
Reply ID 66510
It's up again now hovering over lower Bengeo.
Reply ID 66511
Yep just seen and heard it , seems to have gone now.
Reply ID 66524
It was right over the river, at the back of Grehan's Yard. Then suddenly it was off.