We've all seen your chopper - now put it away

I know that some bad stuff is happening in Brum today, but is it necessary for a helicopter to be stationed over what looks like the Great Charles St section of the Queensway for hours on end? I presume it belongs to West Midlands Police.

Taken from a vantage point nearby:

I've been listening to that bloody thing buzzing away outside for about an hour - and I've been trying to do some work as well. What purpose does it serve? All the folks up there can do is see what's happening below. Given that every second person you see in Birmingham city centre today is a policeman, I don't think there's much of the city centre they haven't covered.

All the chopper is doing is costing a fotune to run and being a nusiance to the folks that live on the southern side of the Jewellery Quarter. This seems to invole a few chaps sitting on their fat backsides up there where the air ir rarified. Enough already.

And what about their carbon footstep? Won't someone please think about West Midlands Police's carbon footstep?

PS hope you like my photos! I must invest in a telephoto lens!