Discussion
Speaking with a friend the other day who works for a Police force(sorry service)in the South, they told me that a PCSO actually took home more money than a full time Police sergeant this month! Now some people think PCSO's are good for the Police ( mostly senior officers )but i'm sorry but i think there is something deeply wrong when this happens. Goes to show how real Police officers are regarded by the establishment.
Police pay scales here
http://www.policeoracle.com/pay_and_conditions/pol...
Minimum for a sergeant is £36.5K basic.
PCSO pay varies from force to force, but even in the Met the maximum basic pay is £24K.
http://www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/pcso/pay_and_ben...
They talk about shift allowances and location allowances which might bring that up to about £32K for some PCSOs, but that's still well short of even a sergeant's basic pay.
http://www.policeoracle.com/pay_and_conditions/pol...
Minimum for a sergeant is £36.5K basic.
PCSO pay varies from force to force, but even in the Met the maximum basic pay is £24K.
http://www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/pcso/pay_and_ben...
They talk about shift allowances and location allowances which might bring that up to about £32K for some PCSOs, but that's still well short of even a sergeant's basic pay.
La Liga said:
It could happen to net pay. Bottom wage sergeant, top wage PCSO and overtime. Sergeant pays more into pension and has a greater amount of pay in a higher tax band. Don't think PCSO overtime would have a pension contribution.
If we're talking take home pay there are other deductions whihc might be relevant. If the sergeant was paying for childcare vouchers through a salary sacrifice scheme and had an expensive bike through the cycle to work scheme (assuming the police take part in such schemes) that would take a few hundred quid off his money in the bank at the end of the month, but his overall compensation package would be the same.La Liga said:
It could happen to net pay. Bottom wage sergeant, top wage PCSO and overtime. Sergeant pays more into pension and has a greater amount of pay in a higher tax band. Don't think PCSO overtime would have a pension contribution.
And the sergeant's pay might have had CSA attachments. 
Streaky
Civilians used to get a higher rate on overtime that police officers when I was in the control room. I had an overtime budget and could not pick the cheapest person for a particular bit of overtime. The person on the lowest rate in the room was a PC with a bit over 2 years in the job.
Regarding the pay, I was talking to a new solicitor, who was defending a bloke who'd been charged with 6 offences of indecency with children. Her firm had defended him for 26 previous offences of interfering with 10-12-year-old boys. They'd got him off all of them.
She was being stroppy, presumably to get me irritated and not concentrate on the task in hand. Apropos nothing, and on tape, she mentioned that starting pay for PCs, comparing it unfavourably with her pay. I wanted to shut her up so just pointed out that we had a recruiting drive going on at that time and would be interested in a law graduate. She said: I don't want to do that job, dealing with all the scum.
I pointed out that who she was dealing with at that moment.
No more sledging from her that day.
The situation is currently that a considerable number of experienced officers are looking for other jobs, and some are getting them.
It used to be that the norm for a police officer was 7 years in the post. I can see this returning once, if, the economy really turns the corner.
Regarding the pay, I was talking to a new solicitor, who was defending a bloke who'd been charged with 6 offences of indecency with children. Her firm had defended him for 26 previous offences of interfering with 10-12-year-old boys. They'd got him off all of them.
She was being stroppy, presumably to get me irritated and not concentrate on the task in hand. Apropos nothing, and on tape, she mentioned that starting pay for PCs, comparing it unfavourably with her pay. I wanted to shut her up so just pointed out that we had a recruiting drive going on at that time and would be interested in a law graduate. She said: I don't want to do that job, dealing with all the scum.
I pointed out that who she was dealing with at that moment.
No more sledging from her that day.
The situation is currently that a considerable number of experienced officers are looking for other jobs, and some are getting them.
It used to be that the norm for a police officer was 7 years in the post. I can see this returning once, if, the economy really turns the corner.
Edited by Derek Smith on Friday 6th December 09:22
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