Police officer: Salary and conditions
* Range of typical starting salaries: between £21,534 on commencing service and £24,039 on completion of the initial training period (salary data collected March 08).
* Range of typical salaries with experience (e.g. after 10-15 years in the role): £33,810 - £37,071 (sergeant); £42,264 - £45,843 (inspector) (salary data collected March 08).
* London weighting and additional competency-related threshold payments are available for all ranks. An automatic Police Pension Scheme is provided but individuals may choose to make independent pension provision.
* A full-time working week is 37 hours, with an average of two rest days. Police officers provide a 24-hour public service so this is not a 'nine-to-five' job. Unsocial hours, shift work, and emergency call-out are required. Overtime is available and is paid at a higher rate.
* The daily working environment is variable. You may be in a patrol car, outside on the beat, at the station or attending court.
* Work conditions may be influenced by regional factors such as local terrain and culture, and size of the force.
* Part-time working, job share and flexible hours are available. Career breaks are possible after the probationary period.
* The police service is keen to reflect the diversity of the communities it serves and welcomes job applications from women, ethnic minority groups and the lesbian and gay community.
* Job opportunities exist throughout the UK.
* A free uniform and equipment are provided. Police officers are expected to adhere to a dress code.
* On appointment, police officers become members of the Police Federation of England & Wales . New police officers are not permitted to join a trade union.
* Police officers and sergeants usually retire after 30 years' service or on reaching the age of 55; various compulsory retirement ages apply for higher ranks.
* Police officers are governed by a code of conduct both on and off duty.
* Travel away from home is rare but absence from home overnight may be common because of shift work.
I found that on www.prospects.ac.uk
It does not say the London salary though. But I thought it might still be useful to you.
The starting salary of a Police Officer in London was hard to find, as the London Met website was under construction but I found this article to give me the answer. I am not sure how accurate the article it but it is a starting salary of roughly £22,635, increasing to £27,609 after 5 years by the sounds of it:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pound3300-pay-rise-for-police-in-london-715639.html Metropolitan police officers currently not receiving a housing allowance are to get a £3,300 pay rise, Home Secretary Jack Straw announced today.
Metropolitan police officers currently not receiving a housing allowance are to get a £3,300 pay rise, Home Secretary Jack Straw announced today.
The £64-per-week increase, which comes into force next week, is intended to ease recruitment problems aggravated by rising house prices.
It follows a warning yesterday by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens that shifts all over the capital would be "stretched to breaking point" unless the issue of pay was sorted out.
He said there Government cuts had caused a recruitment and retention "crisis".
Mr Straw, opening a Commons debate on policing in London today, said officers recruited since the housing allowance was scrapped in 1994 had been hit by both rising house prices and the loss of the extra money.
MPs cheered as he said: "I am therefore pleased to announce that the pay of all officers in the Met who joined on or after September 1, 1994, and are not in receipt of housing allowance will increase from next week by £3,327 a year.
"This is a very significant increase in their pay. They deserve it."
It will raise the starting salary of a constable to £22,635 and for one with five years service, £27,609, with scope for overtime averaging between £4,000 and £5,000 a year.