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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Being a copper in the hardest job anyone can do on the streets, my son is one and he fully deserves any money he gets.

He can only claim overtime, if he works past 30 minutes over his alloted shift, he quite often works 12 hour shift, especially doing paperwork, which has to be word perfect, so that it passes various depts, before it goes to court.

I would suggest anyone who thinks being a copper is childplay, go into your local nick and ask if you can go out for one shift, to see how they work, we need MORE police officers and staff out there to fight crime, which will increase when the cuts come in - and although he doesn't want to strike, he would if it mean't saving a colleagues job.

Look at the bit of your post I put in bold. Enough said.