Thursday, June 19, 2008

Chief constables: pay does not match kudos / Times, 19 June 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4168155.ece
Sean O'Neill
"When Ian Arundale took charge of Dyfed-Powys Police this month he declared himself privileged and delighted. “I have fulfilled a lifelong ambition to lead a constabulary,” he said. It would seem, however, that not all senior police officers are similarly ambitious. The policeman's lot, they will readily tell you, is not a happy one, and chief constables can grumble just as well as the rank-and-file about pay, pressure and politicians."