He is aware.
Perhaps YOU aren't aware that the government's benevolence ends with the property transfer.
Do you have any idea what it costs to operate/maintain helicopters?
Point Coupee Parish SO has four or five of those "donated OH-58B's. I don't think any of them have flown in years, and I'm almost certain NONE of them have flown since Bud took office.
Not trying to stir up anything, since I have no dog in this hunt. But the point was, LPSO just does not have a crime problem that needs air support. IOW, those helos are a flashy extravagance.
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I am aware that these items are by NO means free to maintain. Also, I'm not even justifying the NEED. I have been an employee of the BRPD and the LPSO and the amount of crime between the two is not even comparable.
However, I just don't feel it is necessary to tear one man down to build another man up.