THE news that 125 police officers from Bucks are set to join thousands of their colleagues from across the country in a protest against pay is a worrying development.
THE news that 125 police officers from Bucks are set to join thousands of their colleagues from across the country in a protest against pay is a worrying development.
All the 125 officers attending the protest from Bucks are off duty.
Surely it
cannot be right that in some cases they are paid less than police staff and police community support officers who also perform
valuable roles.
Full time police officers put themselves on the line to protect the public and they do not know whether the next call they receive will be to deal with a straightforward or dangerous situation.
They do not have the choice not to attend incidents.
Neither do they have the right to take industrial action.
So how does the Home Secretary justify her decision to replace the body which has negotiated police officers' pay for the last 30 years with a
body which will provide a nonnegotiable increase?
Police officers do not want the right to strike, they just want to be treated on a level playing field.
Forces like Thames Valley already have enough problems stopping officers moving to the Met.
With no guarantee of a body to represent police officers' rights, the worry is that we may be seeing even fewer of them on the streets of Aylesbury Vale in future years.
Please think again Ms Smith.
Traffic calmingTHREE cheers for people in Bishopstone who have won their battle to fund traffic calming measures.
Traffic volumes in the village have rocketed by 10,000 cars since 2000.
But why did they have to campaign just to win the right to fund the measures?
Surely they could have spent the time fundraising?
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