Police Constable starting pay to be cut by £4000 to £19000.

[Brennan]

The starting salary for police constables in England and Wales is being cut by £4,000 to £19,000, the home secretary has confirmed.

Theresa May has accepted recommendations on reform made by the Police Arbitration Tribunal.
It follows proposals put forward last year in a review for an overhaul of police pay, conditions and allowances.
The Police Federation said it was "disappointed" by the announcement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21027176

£19,000 a year for the job they do just doesn't seem right to me.

 

[keverton]

I kinda agree however they know what the salary is so if they don't like it choose another profession. Simple really.

 

[Baines' left foot]

£19,000 a year for the job they do just doesn't seem right to me.

I agree. Any wage cut is horrible but that's a massive drop.

 

[BlueLlama]

Pay peanuts get monkeys

 

[Goat]

I kinda agree however they know what the salary is so if they don't like it choose another profession. Simple really.

And if everybody decides to choose another profession we have a less committed Police Force.

 

[somuchfun]

It's a joke, really.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I kinda agree however they know what the salary is so if they don't like it choose another profession. Simple really.

And yet it might drive away individuals who would have otherwise made great police constables.

 

[Allezfan]

I kinda agree however they know what the salary is so if they don't like it choose another profession. Simple really.

That's the problem. I don't want our police to be exclusively people who can't get jobs doing anything else.

 

[steken1]

They could always sell stuff they seize on E-bay?

 

[Goat]

It's a joke, really.

NO

This is ACTUALLY a JOKE.

FFS

 

[Kurt.]

Is this more or less what a Nurse gets when he/she starts out ?? just curious.

 

[Phenom]

I look down on these police minnows.

 

[Goat]

I look down on these police minnows.

No mate, they are sheep.

 

[Brennan]

For comparison, there is a Civil Service scheme called 'Fast Stream'. The only real requirement to get a job under that scheme is a second class honours degree of some kind, and the starting pay is £24000-£27000 a year.

Pathetic.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Disappointed there was not one FTM mention for me to fume at. You're slipping boys