Ok, so let me get this straight. No tax money was spent on the purchase of this helicopter. The helicopter was "free"? Sheriff Ingram said that they able to aquire the helicopter because of a grant that they had applied for. Government grant money comes from where? The Grant Fairy? No, grant money comes from taxpayers. So no tax money was used to purchase the helicopter? Really? Now how do they plan on funding the heli now that they have it? Maybe with siezed drug money? Well, if the Crime Report in the paper is a reflection of the siezed money that will support this program, they won't have enough fuel to get it off the ground. Voluntarily Dismissed, for those who don't know, is when a case is terminated by request of the plaintiff. The plantiff in drug cases being the State/Sheriffs Dept. Doesn't sound like a free helicopter to me. I am not against the sheriffs dept. having a helicopter or any equipment that help them do their job and keep us all safe. I just wish that our elected officials were a little more honest. I guess thats to much to ask for these days.