We are really pleased to be popping along to Essex Police's community event on Friday 12 January 2024, at St Mary's Church, on Loughton High Road.
Working for the National Police Air Service is something very unique, and incredibly rewarding. There are a wide and diverse range of roles, behind the scenes and up in the air. But wherever you are in our team, we are all working for the same goal - to save people's lives and make our communities safer.
This report highlights the valuable and unique work of the ground and air crews of the National Police Air Service (NPAS).
NPAS is the UK’s largest non-military operator of onshore helicopters.
The National Police Air Service (NPAS) Operations Centre operates 24 hours a day, year-round and manages requests for air support from all police forces and other agencies across England and Wales.
We hope this Annual Report 2022/23 provides a flavour of the role of the National Police Air Service in the policing of England and Wales.
The performance outcomes included in this report demonstrate how our crews help save lives and disrupt crime on a daily basis.
The National Police Air Service (NPAS) provides borderless air support to all police forces across England and Wales 24 hours a day, seven days a week,365 days of the year. On a daily basis, NPAS tackles criminality, helps save lives and keeps people and communities safe.
Response times
In 2022/23, our aircraft crews were deployed to 4,621 priority one incidents.
These are when there is an immediate threat to a life, a crime is in action or there is a national or terrorism incident.
The average time to reach a scene from receiving a call was 12 minutes, 18 seconds.
With opportunities offered by the advancement of technology, the future of police aviation is exciting.
Drones are becoming an increasingly deployed tool for police forces. In fact, nationally, in 2022/23, drones were deployed 18,794 times by police forces.
As a National Police Air Service (NPAS) Tactical Flight Officer (TFO) you’ll take to the sky and help save lives, tackle criminality and keep people and communities safe across England and Wales 24/7, 365 days a year.