Gloucestershire Police for the last few years have tried to stop the traditional Cheese Rolling event. The original organisers who worked closely with the police and authorities stopped running the event on 2010 because of the red tape involved.
Since then the event has been unofficially run.
This year there was a heavy police presence and the helicopter was used to monitor the event.
Am I being unreasonable to think that the use of the helicopter was a complete waste of tax payers money and completely over the top.