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The US is about 40 times bigger than the UK, according to Wolfram Alpha.
by trumpablehump 4y ago
The US is about 40 times bigger than the UK, according to Wolfram Alpha.
- pjerem 4y ago"there are the same number of police helicopters in LA as across the whole of the UK"
- Emma_Goldman 4y agoPolice helicopters tend to be heavily concentrated in cities. A better metric might be population. The US population is only about 5 times bigger than that of the UK. It therefore has 20x more police helicopters per capita.
- hnbad 4y agoPolice helicopters are also more heavily used in poorer (and higher crime, but also more heavily policed in general, thus inflating crime statistics) areas of those cities.
- tekknik 4y agoThey’re primarily used to hunt for escapees, and to keep eyes on someone running or involved in a chase. Poor areas don’t have the resources to buy a police helicopter, that’s why they’re sometimes loaned to other departments in these situations. I have never seen or heard of one being deployed to control poor people.
- godmode2019 4y agoMy country doesn't have different departments. One department for the whole country / state. They make use of helicopters typically before a car arrives.