Are Oscar 99's Running Costs Too Sky High? ; Police Spend Pounds 1,600 Per Hour Operating Helicopter 'Money Could Be Better Spent in Other Areas'

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AT Pounds 1,600 per hour to operate, is the police helicopter a criminal waste of money? That is the question being asked today after it was revealed that Oscar 99 - Humberside Police's helicopter - was deployed to 729 incidents in North East Lincolnshire between January 1 and November 17 last year - costing approximately Pounds 339,200.

The information was revealed following a Freedom of Information request by the Grimsby Telegraph, prompting North East Lincolnshire Councillor Stewart Swinburn (Cons, Immingham) to question whether the money may be better spent elsewhere.

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Are Oscar 99's Running Costs Too Sky High? ; Police Spend Pounds 1,600 Per Hour Operating Helicopter 'Money Could Be Better Spent in Other Areas'

Bought in 2001 for Pounds 3-million, the helicopter's success rate was called into question at a meeting of NELC's Crime and Disorder Committee.

The ...

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