Taken from the Chief Constables Annual Report 2007/2008
Under the management of Crime Operations, the police helicopter attended 1,268 incidents.
It has located 28 people and helped ground crews locate a further 33. The aircraft helped find eight people who were missing or vulnerable and was used in four medical emergencies to convey casualties to hospital.
The chopper located 24 vehicles with a combined value of ?124,000, and has found property to the value of ?39,000.
That's an average of nearly 3.5 incidents a day. Seems a lot for one machine