[Arthurgray50@blu]

The saddest part of this horrible government, id that the whole morale of the police service is under threat.

I know that yes, Police officers cannot be made redundant, HOWEVER, they are asked to leave after 30 years services, when they don't want to leave. Civil staff are always under threat of being offered redundancies.

They will always find a way of getting rid of you in the job to cut costs, young PCs that start now are on a £3.000 less than what a regular officer gets and that after there probation this only goes up by a fraction.

I know of two PCs who have been in the job less than two years, and they have told me that the morale in the job is at an all time low, and people just don't want to do it anymore.

What l think is wrong is that all the cutbacks that has been brought on by this horrible government is that, you need MORE officers on the beat, as the general public does not know what the police have to put up with, paperwork, station closures, vehicle problem and the stress that comes with it, yes they get paid good money, but l believe that these brave guys and girls that put there lives on the line for us, should get decent money for what they have to put up with.

Just think in a couple of years, if this government have there way, you won't have a police service - you will will have a private company running it.