Police want spy planes to patrol troubled estates.

First Community Support Officers, now spy planes. Another example of 'cheap policing'.

Police chiefs are considering using unmanned surveillance drones to hover over problem estates as part of plans for Britain's first "yob squad" to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Supt John Myles, the joint head of the task force, said: "It's a cheap way of doing aerial surveillance, it's a cheap way of doing intelligence and evidence gathering. Put over an anti-social behaviour hot-spot, it is quite a significant percentage cheaper than the force helicopter."

"Wizzy", 17, grinned as he admitted he didn't rate the new squad's chances.

"It's a waste of time. Everyone round here loves getting chased by the police. The only way to stop it is having someone in the road all day."

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So there you have it from the horse's mouth. The only way to tackle yob culture is to have more bobbies on the beat.

Not that the government will take a blind bit of notice!