How much does a trainee police officer earn?

[V12AML]

And how much when qualified?

Thanks in advance

(sorry not car related, just thought i might get a quick responce here)

[petros]

Sorry, is the question how much does he earn or how much does he get paid ?

[PooPoo]

Is that without the london weighting allowance?

My pay check says £33,546 and i joined May 00'

[Dwight VanDriver]

Just as a comparison my first weekly wage (in hand) when I joined was the princely sum of:

Eleven pounds sterling. (Circ. 1957).

Those joining now get more than I did on retirement (circ. 1987).

Is there a little corner on this site I can set up a begging bowl.....

[V12AML]

I live in Dorset so pay will probably be different. How many hours in a standard officers week?

[ledfoot]

I live in Thames Valley Police area which has a problem with retaining officers.

They can get free travel to work and an extra £4K if they join the Met. from what I keep reading in local paper.

So what is happening here is the Police numbers never increase, as new recruits, once qualified, then transfer to the Met for more cash.

[venom]

If you're interested in joining up, Jane's Police Review is quite handy. My girlfriend used it when thinking of applying and still reads it now.

See here.

[PooPoo]

No thats my standard pay. The figures you quote are about 6,000 less than what i was getting, hence about the same as the LWA.

[OldEngineer]

ledfoot said:

I live in Thames Valley Police area which has a problem with retaining officers. They can get free travel to work and an extra £4K if they join the Met. from what I keep reading in local paper. So what is happening here is the Police numbers never increase, as new recruits, once qualified, then transfer to the Met for more cash.

Thames Valley may lose Officers to the Met but the Met has a significant problem with experienced Officers transferring to the County Forces. I would guess that the huge numbers going through Hendon training is helping all forces.

[Kinky]

Home Office Police Website said:

Surrey Police We have temporarily frozen recruitment until further notice due to the high calibre of applications received. Surrey Police would however welcome interest from the following under-represented groups: Ethnic Minorities, Gay, Lesbian and Disabled.

Whatever happened to the 'best person for the job', and ensuring the public are looked after, instead of meeting absurd, ridiculous and quite frankly irrelevant governmental PC targets

As an aside - does being Irish count as an Ethnic Minority?

K

[matchless]

PooPoo said:

Is that without the london weighting allowance? My pay check says £33,546 and i joined May 00'

thats over £20,000 more than me and I am now an "overpaid" Civil Servant!
scuse me?

[deeps]

Kinky said:

Home Office Police Website said: Surrey Police We have temporarily frozen recruitment until further notice due to the high calibre of applications received. Surrey Police would however welcome interest from the following under-represented groups: Ethnic Minorities, Gay, Lesbian and Disabled. Whatever happened to the 'best person for the job', and ensuring the public are looked after, instead of meeting absurd, ridiculous and quite frankly irrelevant governmental PC targets As an aside - does being Irish count as an Ethnic Minority? K

[deeps]

Is that quote for real? What a contradictory statement!

They haven't frozen recruitment at all! You just have to fit their prejudiced recruitment criteria. White hetrosexual = no vacancies, Asian homosexual = please come for an interview. One of us is racist/biased/prejudiced and it isn't me!

>> Edited by deeps on Thursday 19th January 01:52

[D_Mike]

Disabled PC: I am in pursuit of suspect on, er, in my wheelchair.

control ecnetre: ok, we'll send backup..

disabled Pc: oh no! he's stuck a stick in my wheel! He's getting away!

(sorry).

[wiggy001]

Kinky said:

Home Office Police Website said: Surrey Police We have temporarily frozen recruitment until further notice due to the high calibre of applications received. Surrey Police would however welcome interest from the following under-represented groups: Ethnic Minorities, Gay, Lesbian and Disabled. Whatever happened to the 'best person for the job', and ensuring the public are looked after, instead of meeting absurd, ridiculous and quite frankly irrelevant governmental PC targets As an aside - does being Irish count as an Ethnic Minority? K

Wouldn't it be against the law to advertise a job "For whites only", "For straight people only" etc etc? Fking disgusting

[Kinky]

deeps said:

Is that quote for real?

Absolutely .....

Go here and scroll down to Surrey Polices entry:
www.policecouldyou.co.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=341

K

[pies]

lambo cop said:

These are the pay scales for Met officers......sorry county buddies.. On starting service £20,397 On completion of initial training £22,777 Then the following with service in years 2 £24,090 3 £25,563 4 £26,367 5 £27,213 6 £27,990 7 £28,683 8 £29,601 9 £31,392 10 £32,025

Starting pay too low

[julianhj]

pies said:

lambo cop said: These are the pay scales for Met officers......sorry county buddies.. On starting service £20,397 On completion of initial training £22,777 Then the following with service in years 2 £24,090 3 £25,563 4 £26,367 5 £27,213 6 £27,990 7 £28,683 8 £29,601 9 £31,392 10 £32,025 Starting pay too low

Met officers get a £6k London weighting on top of that, shirley?

[john57]

julianhj said:

pies said: lambo cop said: These are the pay scales for Met officers......sorry county buddies.. On starting service £20,397 On completion of initial training £22,777 Then the following with service in years 2 £24,090 3 £25,563 4 £26,367 5 £27,213 6 £27,990 7 £28,683 8 £29,601 9 £31,392 10 £32,025 Starting pay too low Met officers get a £6k London weighting on top of that, shirley?

I am a Met officer and I certainly don't get £6,000 London weighting - I get £1995.

Are you adding together all of the possible allowances - There is also £1011 London Allowance but this and the London weighting only add up to £3006 .....

Or are you including the 'new' housing allowance as well? I don't get it having joined under the 'old' system so have no idea how much it is ......

[V12AML]

lambo cop said:

Okay, seems that this has caused some problems, I have just cut this direct from the internal site and so I would hope that this is correct. London Allowance One. Officer's who, joined the service, before the 1st September 1994, £1,011 a year. London Allowance Two. Officer's who, joined the service, on or after the 1st September 1994 £4,338 a year. Pay scales All pay scales are with effect from April 1 2005 Constables : Pay point On commencing service £19,803 On completion of initial training £22,107 2 £23,388 (a) 3 £24,819 4 £25,599 5 £26,421 6 £27,174 7 £27,849 8 £28,740 9 £29,781 10 £30,477 11 £31,092 (b) (a) All officers move to this salary point on completion of two years' service as a Constable (b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the Competence Related Threshold Payment of £1,032 a year >> Edited by lambo cop on Friday 20th January 06:46

Is that just London, or the UK?