widgeon Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 So what type are they going to buy ?. http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.html...fa-e6d584fafe3c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicopper Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 whatever make/model they choose, an aerial communications centre will pay huge dividends to the taxpayers of this area :up: ... the annual savings in civil litigation payouts alone (from high-speed pursuits inevitably going bad) will MORE than cover both initial cost plus ongoing maintenance... a concept that toronto city council has apparently never grasped . restricting this initiative to a single machine may become problematic however... they'll have their fingers crossed every time it's down for a hundred hour inspection... at this point in time, the saying "go big or go home" applies. all the best to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beltdrive Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 naaaaa Edmonton Calgary and Toronto has one...we need one too........lol.....dad jonny has a bigger toy then I have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100ft Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 I just heard this announcement. Good for them. I actually put a plug in to the mayor of Surrey for the Raven II police package when I heard that they alone were looking at a fulltime patrol machine. Having the collective funding of all of the LMD might certainly expand their options. 100' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorboy2 Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 It's about time Vancouver got a police helicopter. They could have used one years ago. As for Surrey, I would suggest they get more than a Raven II... perhaps something more, how you say, armoured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tDawe Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Beltdrive, To be technically correct, the megatropolis that is Toronto, in all its massive urban glory, does not have a helicopter. (they did once own a cessna 172 though). Its neighbors Durham and York Region both have helicopters, and yet neither one of them is a town anyone has ever heard of.... For Toronto, a city of over 2.2 million people to have its own helicopter to cover the metro area, well that would just be silly. But I digress, congradulations Vancouver. tDawe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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