BSO Says It Needs a $6.5 Million Helicopter Because the Other Three It Has Are Needy

• BSO also needs more colonels to go along with bossing that new helicopter around. 

• Horse patucky.  The county ain't that big.  There are plenty of hospitals.  By the time the helo gets off the ground, an ambulance could have been there and gone.  And there are still no rivers, hills, mountains, fog, snow, or windy roads in Broward county. As for LE operations, helos doing searches?  Ha, what are they going to find, a house that is running away?  Perimeters, for $600K you can pay for lots of cops to stand on the street corners (this doesn't include maintenance or the pilots).  And how many 'birdseye' views of any outdoor crime scene provide any useful evidence of a damn thing. You are merely some type of LE shill pimping away for yet another trendy chunk of junk which makes the cops feel really, REALLY important.  I'd rather the cops spent more time entrapping the local punks and less money flying around feeling cool.

• @Joeypad-The reason is that helicopters require maintenance, based upon the number of hours of use.  With BSO having only three, they had a single helicopter only available 80% of the time.  In a catastrophe, in an emergency, or serious injury evac, criminal apprehension, etc. you need to have them available 100% of the time.  If it were for you or a loved one, you would want it 100% of the time too, right.  Listen, there have even been times where more than one can be in use or on a critical operation at the same time.  So, having just one available all the time, isn't even the ideal situation and BSO couldnt even do that.  By not being able to do this, the agency is unable to serve the citizens properly and effectively.  If you divide the cost of the chopper vs. the years it will be in service, the value to law enforcement and rescues, and the lives it will save, it is a very small price to pay.  Don't make public servants beg to be given the tools they need to protect us!  And if you do, dont expect the type of critical services and response times you get, as a result of a failure to support them (equipment, budget, personnel, etc)@Joeypad:twitter  How's that for explaining it...???

• so aho give me agood reason they need 4 helos..you are so fkin smart

• You are a true brainiac!  Ignorance and stupidity together is a mix I'm afraid of, and therefore I'm afraid of YOU!  You really think that in a life-threatening situation where seconds count, that a helicopter wouldn't get the patient or victim to the hospital faster???  Really FQS9000?   You also clearly know "Jack Schitt" about law enforcement either.  They use helicopters more than daily to "nab perps," as you so eloquently called it.  It's not from them fleeing in a car either Mister Rocket Scientist, it's for perimeters, searches, and bird's eye viewing of scenes.  Do us all a favor pal, crawl back under your rock and go back to sleep for another 30 years!  Adios Douchey!

• Our tax dollars at work.  Why in the hell do they need a helo to transport the sick in Broward county?  There aren't any hills, mountains, rivers, snow, or fog.  Turn on the little flashing light thingy and you can be in a hospital from anywhere in the county in five minutes.  Or you could make the deputies drop their doughnuts and clear a lane.  As for law enforcement, just how many times a month do they really need a helo to nab a perp?  My guess is only a couple of times per year does a felon have a car that can out run a cruiser. This is all crap and an utter waste of tax payer funds.  I do remember the OJ Simpson helo chase.

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