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wont it just be policed by on duty officers on the day that are being paid their salary for being on duty, or in other words, doing their job, anyway?

 

By that logic, what they would be doing normally can't be that important if hundreds of them can be spared to police a political conference.

 

They can't, so other police officers work overtime to make up the numbers.

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Yes it is, they will be payed the same overtime rate as usual

 

The rate is not the issue, it's the extra hours involved.

 

About 1,000 officers will be on duty for the three-day conference, which starts on 11 March, in an operation expected to cost about £2m.

 

The cost, borne by the police, comes as the force tries to make £15m of savings.

 

Officers' leave has been cancelled so the force can mount a 24-hour security operation for the duration of the event, as well as carry out normal duties.

 

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So you're saying that the police are spending £2 million at a time when they've got to make cuts of £15 million, for no reason, on nothing at all?

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...They may even have to draft in Police from neighbouring forces (and I doubt the people living in the areas which provide additional manpower [should it be required] will feel like paying for it.)

 

But they will still be getting paid the same amount.:roll:

 

If, for example, Police are drafted in from Derbyshire, then they would indeed be paid by Derbyshire. But that doesn't mean that the Derbyshire police won't bill S Yorks police for the work their people do.

 

It might help to offset the cuts they are going to have to make.

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Some police earning up to £100,000 (with overtime). LINK

 

The annual overtime bill alone is running at more than £450 million across the country and will be a key target of any reform.

 

Makes the 2 million quid needed for this conference look like chump change.

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Some police earning up to £100,000 (with overtime). LINK

 

 

 

Makes the 2 million quid needed for this conference look like chump change.

 

None of my colleagues earned that much this year!

Wouldn't anyone who got called into work at short notice want payment!

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