Today's Telegraph has a story
law-and-order/8355479/Police-pay-packets-must-be-cut-to-save-jobs-Home
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where it says
"The annual overtime bill alone is running at more than £450 million across the country and will be a key target of any reform.
Individual officers earn on average up to £3,000 a year in overtime. It emerged in 2009 that some officers in London were taking home more than £100,000 a year after doubling their incomes with overtime.
Officers can currently earn four hours overtime for being called back in after going off duty.
Overtime is also available when officers are called in for a shift without 15 days notice or working public holidays.
Chief officers have also become frustrated by the requirement to give officers three months' notice of their shifts, with any changes made at short notice raising the prospect of overtime payments. "
If that is true, do the panel think the Police deserve to have their pay terms and conditions drastically reviewed downwards to save taxpayers' money?
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