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Originally Posted by pipinfort

yes the helicopter was ridiculous........totally unnecessary, i live just over the back of the ground and it was circling from about 5 `o clock onwards.....and for another half hour after the game.

These flights are often form part of training exercises so the cost implications are negotiable. They need really to do this form of air to ground policing now in order to be effective when the ground does start to attract larger and potentially more hostile gates. The use of Helicopters in general is force multiplication in that they will need fewer individuals on the ground and can respond to hot spots quickly, it will take a little time to work out what works best, and it is a learning curve to affects us all. I’d rather have it there than not.