Your money. folks

[SK1NT]

I can see that there are many possible explanations as to why this or that may have been necessary, and I am not going to harp on about it, I am sure it was all very distressing for the poor little girl.

However I will quickly answer these few points.

The emergency services are based a matter of a few hundred yards away, so co-ordination should not have been difficult. Accident and Emergency hospital is 3 miles away as is one of the best head trauma hospitals in the country.

The road is one way with access from a mini roundabout which requires 1 person or a sign to manage the traffic flow.

It was not hit and run, the car stopped within a few yards of the accident.

So, at the risk of Mr/Mrs Outrage getting worked up. I must say it was one big drama. If it had unfortunately been the case of a severe injury, it would still not have required everyone but the bomb squad to turn up! and stand around for an hour whilst a few people did there very worthwhile work.

Yea defo agree... expenses could be cut and things should be more streamlinned... However when in doubt.. spare no expense...

 

[mikeyjh]

So, at the risk of Mr/Mrs Outrage getting worked up.

Funny thing is, I can only see 1 person getting outraged and worked up round here.

 

[brakespear]

Yea defo agree... expenses could be cut and things should be more streamlinned... However when in doubt.. spare no expense...

This.

 

[goldstone]

My mate had 2 fire engine's outside his house last night, one of them the big box ladder one. All to look for a cat on the roof of a 3/4 story building...now that's a waste of taxpayers money. Anyone could have quite easily hopped out a Window on the top floor and got it.

I agree with your point, but not about the waste of taxpayers money. These guys are being paid anyway, so instead of being sat on their bums they were up a ladder rescuing a cat. Only additional cost (I assume) was the petrol.

 

[oldalbiongirl]

I can see that there are many possible explanations as to why this or that may have been necessary, and I am not going to harp on about it, I am sure it was all very distressing for the poor little girl.

However I will quickly answer these few points.

The emergency services are based a matter of a few hundred yards away, so co-ordination should not have been difficult. Accident and Emergency hospital is 3 miles away as is one of the best head trauma hospitals in the country.

The road is one way with access from a mini roundabout which requires 1 person or a sign to manage the traffic flow.

It was not hit and run, the car stopped within a few yards of the accident.

So, at the risk of Mr/Mrs Outrage getting worked up. I must say it was one big drama. If it had unfortunately been the case of a severe injury, it would still not have required everyone but the bomb squad to turn up! and stand around for an hour whilst a few people did there very worthwhile work.

Although there may be a police station nearby, when calls to 999 are made, the operator has no idea of the severity of the situation. So they are cautious and there would probably have been several calls taken on the same incident. Always best to be cautious and then redepoy those as necessary when the situation has been clarified.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

This is a joke thread as none of us know any of the facts.

Hospital 3 miles down the road - great for head trauma. Super, but what if it was a suspected broken neck / back? Transport by road risks further injury, but flying, say 60 miles in a helicopter to the best neck / back injury hospital in the country at Stoke Mandeville may have been a reason - I don't know, I'm just guessing like the rest of us.

All I do know is that these services closely monitor their costs and if the Helicopter was called, [and not just passing - returning from another shout] it will have been given a cost consideration.

Move on, can we ....

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

The following bemuses me - sending a police helicopter up for something like tracking a tweenage boy on a stolen scooter that, if it ends up in court, sees the offender get some nominal fiscal penalty and possible a community sentence. What should happen is that he is made to pay for 100% of the fuel costs for that helicopter's time in the air rather than the tax payer picking up the cost and him escaping with a nominal fine.

 

[Albumen]

That's all very well but was Boots affected?

Hehe

 

[TheJasperCo]

I can see that there are many possible explanations as to why this or that may have been necessary, and I am not going to harp on about it, I am sure it was all very distressing for the poor little girl.

However I will quickly answer these few points.

The emergency services are based a matter of a few hundred yards away, so co-ordination should not have been difficult. Accident and Emergency hospital is 3 miles away as is one of the best head trauma hospitals in the country.

The road is one way with access from a mini roundabout which requires 1 person or a sign to manage the traffic flow.

It was not hit and run, the car stopped within a few yards of the accident.

So, at the risk of Mr/Mrs Outrage getting worked up. I must say it was one big drama. If it had unfortunately been the case of a severe injury, it would still not have required everyone but the bomb squad to turn up! and stand around for an hour whilst a few people did there very worthwhile work.

I don't know the area well at all, so I wouldn't know, but assuming you're right, then it probably was a bit of an over-reaction, especially if it turns out some of the police / medics were needed at another incident not too far away.