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[matchoo]

Anger at huge wage bill for suspended cops

COPS raked in almost £5MILLION in pay while suspended from work, figures reveal.

Scots forces paid out the huge sum to 170 officers under investigation for misconduct in the past five years.

They include Central Scotland assistant chief constable John Mauger who remains in his £150,000-a-year job 24 months after being suspended over allegations of bullying.

Lothian and Borders chief inspector Allison Strachan — suspended in 2010 and fined £400 in April for illegally accessing police files — still picked up her £80,000 a year salary until she quit last month.

And a PC at Strathclyde Police — which topped the spending table by dishing out £1.8million to 34 cops — was paid £90,766 despite not working for two and a half years.

Politicians branded the figures “unacceptable”. Tory John Lamont said: “The public will wonder what is going on.”

A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police officers in Scotland, said: “This time next year Government will have replaced our outdated conduct regulations. We welcome that development.”

http://www.thesun.co...res-reveal.html


Thoughts on this? Obviously only refers to Scotland but I actually thought the figure would be higher over 5 years. The thing that grabbed my attention was the quote from ACPOS, sounds ominous.....

[Met-Hopeful]

The thing is if somebody made a complaint againts you and you are suspended as a result, while the investigation is being carried out especially if it's a complex one, how are you meant to survive with no money?!

[MerseyLLB]

Well most people don't work in jobs where they CAN be suspended as such. Most people either get moved or are sacked. I presume they would all be happy in their jobs to lose their pay and be off work whenever something went wrong or they received a complaint?

[callsign-kid]

What a non-story. If you're going to suspend people its right and proper that they are provided for whilst they have effectively been put out of work when they potentially haven't even forgotten to so much as dot an I or cross a T.

[Übèrnamè]

It's simple, it's an allegation. How can you possibly punish someone whilst it is just an allegation, and could possibly be without substance as well?

[Dave SYP]

Political and media cop bashing story. What happens to politicians/media moguls when they are suspended following allegations? Exactly the same. A non-story from the very start!

[Shogy1]

Thoughts on this? Obviously only refers to Scotland but I actually thought the figure would be higher over 5 years. The thing that grabbed my attention was the quote from ACPOS, sounds ominous.....

If you mean replacing the Regulations that can only be a good thing surely as it will speed up the process and result in either the officer getting back to work / being disciplined quicker with less money wasted. .

[Nelson]

A CI on 80k a year?!

[CmdKeen]

It comes down to the speed of not only the investigation but any subsequent prosecution as well. If you're innocent or guilty it is in everyone's best interest (other than yours, if you are indeed guilty) to get everything sorted quicker than months or years. Most cases are not overly complex, and certainly not for 2 years!

Long suspensions help destroy the careers of wrongly accused officers, and prevent the replacement of officers that do deserve to lose their jobs.

[Burnie]

I think investigation speed is crucial - I mean 2 YEARS to investigate a bullying complaint against a ACC?!?

[Dave SYP]

I think investigation speed is crucial - I mean 2 YEARS to investigate a bullying complaint against a ACC?!?

We all know that sometimes these things rumble on until 'retirement' and then NFA.

[Stevie6544]

For comparison, this article from the Belfast Telegraph:

http://www.belfastte...y-14858299.html

Cmd Keen said: "....and prevent the replacement of officers that do deserve to lose their jobs."

Got it in one. Most officers or staff on here probably know of at least one instance and the background to it.