How much dose the average police officer get paid in the uk?

Question

could you please tell me in detail thankyou.

Answer 1

About £27,000!!! Not Bad!!!

Answer 2

As you move up the ranks, your pay increases and it is higher for things like Detectives.

PCs start on £22,000

DCIs (Detective Chief Inspectors) earn around £50,000

Answer 3

Not enough

Answer 4

http://pr.janes.com/public/jprjob/pay_co...

Answer 5

Not enough for what they have to put up with on the 'front line'

Answer 6

Legal or illegal?

Answer 7

Too Much

Answer 8

Far too much of tax payer's money for the little they do.

Answer 9

to much

Answer 10

Not enough, considering the scum we have to put up with in Woolwich, on saying that,a policeman lot is a happy lot, Stand 2 are you sure that there is so many bent cops in that little village called Manchester or should I say Munchester

Answer 11

My bf has been a police officer for nearly 3 yrs and he is on about £27,500. I think when he first started he was on £22,000. It's quite well paid and you can always be working up and getting promotions x x x

Answer 12

Depends on whether is actual pay or not

Answer 13

It is a good wage despite what people may say. I wish I got the amount they did. People where I live are lucky to get half of the amount that police officers earn and they can get a good pension after 30 years, not the 40 I have to work for.

Nobody forced them to join and they must have known what they were getting into when they applied.

Answer 14

No where near enough. The pay scales posted look ok but when you consider the extra costs involved you are on to a loser.

A police officer out of their probation will earn a few pounds over £2100 / month. Sounds good?

Now deduct £300 tax, £165 national insurance, £235 pension(!) plus legal insurance and federation subs and your pay now looks more like £1450. Still looking good?

To get this you will be working in excess of 40 hours a week and will pay a premium for most other costs. Life cover costs more, can be difficult to get or excludes things like death or injury due to terrorism. Not a consideration for most people but a genuine risk for the emergency services.

Due to the nature of the job the odd bump in a car, be it your fault or not, is almost unavoidable. If a criminal decides to reverse into a police vehicle then drives off that police officer should then declare the incident to their insurance company (remember they dont ask if the bump was in your car / work car, private time / work time) and your premiums go up.

These are just some of the cost issues associated with being a police officer and dont even start to take into account the risks, mental trauma, anti social working paterns and restrictions and invasions on your private life.

Police officers have one of the highest rates of divorce and junior ranks tend to die below the average life expectancy.

Add to this that the payscale discussed is several £1000s higher than a starting salary and think again if you think the money's any good!

Answer 15

£27,500

Answer 16

not enough, dixon of dock green.