It’s about time something was done about police pay.For years, the Old Bill have been riding around in their fancy cars, putting on their sirens whenever they need to get to KFC in a hurry and there’s a jam, spending money like it was out of fashion.When you need a copper, they’re never available, ‘cos they’re too busy on traffic duties stopping taxpayers about faulty rear lights while, meanwhile, muggers and vandals are causing mayhem in the high street.And what’s with this overtime? Who do they think they are, lathe operators?They’ve been taking the Government for a ride. They should be on shift work like anyone else. And not only is your average plod on a good whack, they can also retire when they’re about 50 on a fat, guaranteed pension, and go off and get a second job.They think they’re blue light and whatever. Actually, they’re part of the vast, feather-bedded, wellfunded, pension-rich public sector, and we can’t afford them anymore, just like the rest of them, so it’s time for things to change.No more overtime at time-and-a-half, no more fat pensions at 50, no more sitting about at the station ‘cos they can’t be bothered to check out ‘little’ crimes like burglary and anti-social behaviour as it’s beneath them, and they didn’t get trained up at Hendon just to do that, etc…I tell you, once we get some directly-elected geezers in charge, there’ll be fireworks…
