However dangerous the situation, their job is to protect and serve us.
We are dealing with people's safety, people's lives into the day, and police officers are expected to do that, and by doing it ,We will apparently be on the * We will affect the public.
They cost us 11 billion pounds a year, a bill the government says must be cut.
Promising is, in this way by withdrawing the things that you said in a contract that you're going to give to us, and I think it's unfair.
Like most public servants, officers have already seen their pay frozen, but the home secretary already made it clear, that won't be enough.
I know that some will reject in principle very idea of reviewing police pay and condition, but I remind them that those savings will save the jobs of police men and women.
Seperate figures released yesterday showing that police overtime payments have almost doubled over the past decade. Well, it stregthen the government's hand with the public. but arguing the case, before this report's even out has caused doubt over its independence.
The review's author, the former rail regulator Tom Winsor has been asked to look at not just pay and overtime, but also generous housing and travel allowances, shift patterns and arrangements for retirement and redundancy. At the moment, police can't be laid off, because they are classed as servants of the crown.
Officers insist they're worth the money.
If you're gonna locate the police on the *, then you have to expect the results. maybe not gonna be the same as when you throw money at it.
Police Officers aren't allowed to strike, but they can protest and refuse to perform certain duties. With the royal wedding and the Olympics on the horizen, and the government determined to cut the budget, consider the battle lies between police and the parliament.
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