Police Pay

Well do I care. I took a step closer to Plan B last week. All going well Canberra here I come.
Yes I will be sorry to go:-
Three personnal reasons but they can join me later if they can leave my ex here. Life there would be better for them if they can tear themselves away.
A few good friends, but they can come and see me.
Danger for the rest of you if they do but they might decide to stay.
18 years of Police Pension scheme frozen til I'm 60 now.
Just passed my Sergeants Exam.
Leaving a country I was brought up to love.
How might it gone in Jim Hacker's world.
Sir Humprhey these police chappies I can't give them this money it would show me in a very poor light.
Yes Minister.
So how do win.
You can't, Minister.
Sir Humphrey you usually have a way, can't we promise them a public inquiry to chair or something.
Oh the Court case, that easy enough, I thought you meant the police.You'll never win. It will always rankle them.
A small price to pay for the greater good.
Hmm. Very noble of you Minister. Your personal sacrifice will go down in History.
Sarcasm Sir Humphrey.
No Minister. I merely note that there are two armed police officers outside your office. There are armed police officers permanently outside your house. There are countless armed and unarmed police officers around Parliament.
They wouldn't.
No Minister they wouldn't. But they might also be looking the other way when someone else does.
Oh.
Pay a mere irritation, amongst all the many things wrong with this country.
There need to be a better way of selecting senior officers.
There needs to be a focus on leading a Police force and fighting crime.
Not the current corporate logo, buzz word infested, sound bite geared drive to get the best possible position before retirement.
A chief constable makes a pronouncement on the lack of significant number of officers from ethnic minorities. A knee jerk reaction means that measures are taken to increase those numbers, and he is seen as a hero on his march towards becoming Commisioner of the Met Police.
One wonders whether they actually care at all about about the make up of their officers except in the sense that he'd have no some to have a service.
One impotent officer walking around in a fluorescent jacket is as good as another.
My children are Asian. I've told them they shouldn't join the police.
If they did, they would benefit from coaching to ensure that they would pass the interview.
Would the recruiters think I not interested in what they are saying, pass them anyway, then we can't be accused of being prejudiced, I don't know.
They would be given priority in being appointed as police officers.
Would they pass their probation in the same way.
Then be encouraged to go for promotion or specialism.
But alway the doubt with white male colleagues that my children had an unfair advantage.
It will cost me a fortune as they work through medical school or univercity but they will have transferable skills to work anywhere in the world and not this God forsaken Septred Isle.
I've been dishonest. I rarely wear fluorescent, it doesn't go with a Glock and MP5.
I try not to arrest people, sometimes it happens.
I work incredible ammounts of overtime.
But quality of life and the ability to forfill the Oath I took to maintain the Queens Peace alludes me.
How did they solve the problem about the Oath. Change it.