Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Was anyone else disturbed by the Police helicopter last night? It woke me after midnight and carried on circling for ages. The noise was unbelievable. It was some distance from us, I'm guessing it might have been in Padgate. Heaven help those on its flight path! Does anyone know what was happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 hi Shiela_P...hope you don't mind but I have move this topic to the 'local issues' section rather than where it was ie 'find family and friends'... unless of course the police heli was looking for friends and family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Oops, sorry. I didn't realise I'd posted in there. I'm like a wet dish cloth this morning. Didn't get back to sleep until after 6am and then was wakened up before 10 by a scam telephone caller! Not my day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 The new police chopper is extremely quiet compared to the one it replaced, even so you're going to hear it especially in the small hours. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Apparently, there was more than one out last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitterInTheNW Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 It was very loud and very close to my house! I had to take a good look at my garden (from the upstairs window) to check there were no 'baddies' hiding out there, and then couldn't sleep for ages listening out for said 'baddies' outside. Overactive pregnancy brain, me? Surely not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Didn’t think we had more than one, maybe we have? I’m in Paddington and always sleep with the window open but I didn’t hear anything. I remember once getting too tired to drive and checked into a motorway motel. I’d only just nodded off when the police helicopter decided to park itself directly over my room for what seemed like most of the night. So looking on the bright side, at least you weren’t sixty quid out of pocket on the deal. Oh and a well done to Knitter with your first post. Here’s hoping that you stick around and join in a bit. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I thought we had only one, Bill but I've read at least two people who have spoken in the plural. I'm in Woolston and heard it loud and clear. You must have been having a good sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 hi Shiela_P...hope you don't mind but I have move this topic to the 'local issues' section rather than where it was ie 'find family and friends'... unless of course the police heli was looking for friends and family Could do with deleting from other forum as it appears on the front page twice otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I saw and heard it, I'd guess it was over the Padgate area. Can't think why but I was prompted to muse about the cost of keeping that thing up there, and the last time I'd seen a bobby on the beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I saw and heard it, I'd guess it was over the Padgate area. Can't think why but I was prompted to muse about the cost of keeping that thing up there, and the last time I'd seen a bobby on the beat. From what I've read elsewhere, it was over Vulcan Close. I know what you mean about the cost. It must be eye-watering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 The police helicopter has hovered over us a few times in the past month. I guess it's just psycological but I always wonder if they actually caught whoever it was the were looking for or not and so does everyone else round here so you tend to worry as you don't know what it was. I've never see anything reported on local news pages after the events (not having a go at Gary by the way) and there is never anything on local radio either so we are all just left 'wondering or worrying' until people stop talking about it and we forget. It might put people's minds at rest especially the elderly and nervous if they actually said somewhere why the heli was up and what the outcome was.... (or maybe it wouldn't if they didn't catch the blighters). Infact it would be good if they actually warned people about known crimes in an area quicker too than they do now so at least people are aware. Only reason I say that is that there was a house broken into over the Grappenhall area recently to get the keys to their car which was then pinched and again last week two cars on Knutsford Road (Grappenhall) had their windows smashed too during the night. Again no reports of these anywhere. ... and if there are any typo's in all that waffle it's cos my eyes are watering and I can't see what I'm doing or read what I put Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Don't some police areas have local twitter feeds which they update with whatever's going on? Costs nothing, would put a few minds at rest, and might even prevent the odd crime! Maybe that's something the 90% of coppers who aren't on front line duties could be doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Maybe... but I'm not a twitter so I don't know if they do. If you are a twit can you look Not much help to those without internet access though but I guess word could be spread quite quickly by the smoke signals and drums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 There were definitely police twitter feeds in action during the riots in London, and they must have been there in advance for people to know about them. They were giving out info on areas to avoid, road closures in the aftermath, arrests that had been made - that sort of thing. Word then spread via news websites, text, and facebook. All in all a very powerful and cost effective communication and PR tool for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 ..... and also for the rioters too it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Gotta fight fire with fire! But in more peaceful times you could have tweets about what the helicopter crew has been doing, why such and such a road was closed, any info which might help people be aware of and avoid what sort of crime is happening at the moment, reminders of police open meetings. All for free, and with a potential audience covering an entire force's area. The key would be to keep most of it fairly local, of course - no point having just one feed swamped with stuff from the whole of Cheshire - but some things (like maybe an accident on the M6) could appear on multiple feeds across a wider area. I'm not a twitter user myself because I've no interest in receiving updates on what Z list celebs have had for breakfast, but information based services from the likes of the police and highways people would probably interest me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 From what I've read elsewhere, it was over Vulcan Close. I know what you mean about the cost. It must be eye-watering. It was on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 ...anywhere in particular Peter or 'just' on facelessbook somewhere in general for only those who know where to look and who are a friend of friends of people they have never heard of by way of 'group value or distant association' Anyway.. you know my views about FB so back to the police helicopter ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Nothing wrong with FB Dizzy. It depends how you want to use it. I know people over in Fearnhead and they happened to mention that the helicopter was hovering over their houses. Not a lot different from local updates on here. Another useful piece of information is that VPX have their own slot on FB where the pictures are uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 It was on Facebook. I read it on Twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabber Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 out again this morning sankey valley park area 5:15 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 That may have had something to do with the seven fires that took place in the area. Obviously someone was starting them so I suppose the chopper was out looking for them. Odd that I heard about this on the national news this morning but theres nothing being reported here? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 It was wandering around the bewsey/sankey valley/hospital area for most of last night. First noticed it about half ten (thought it was the dog snoring at first) woke up at about two ish and it was still hovering around and Mrs sid said she heard it hovering about around half four ish, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Looked like there were two of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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