Police is not helping

[Pavel]

With cruiser pirates around, totally unbalanced cloaks, there's no chance of succesfully defending entire convoy once it's caught. Even bomber or two can easily destroy transport before it gets to the closest station. In such situation you never hire escort for convoy/transport, because nothing is able to save it. You hire scout, checking lanes ahead and warning you about anything suspicious. Are police players helpful in that? Depends, some are more competent, some are less, but all cannot leave their house space and bordering systems. From my experience bounty hunters/freelancers are more competent of such tasks, and can scout entire way to your destination and back.