x404.co.uk
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/

Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
http://www.x404.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=13257		 Page 1 of 2
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12972445

Quote:
A report for the Home Office says police officers should have to pay for an annual licence to do their job.

Peter Neyroud, former chief constable of Thames Valley, said there should be a national professional body for policing, overseeing standards.

Under his proposals, Mr Neyroud suggests constables pay a £50 yearly licence and chief constables £250.

Well that sounds like a £50 pay cut to me. Though since it will be mandatory it will mean that they start the process towards self employment with this being tax deductible.
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
What a [LIFTED] joke.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Linux_User wrote:
What a [LIFTED] joke.

It is ridiculous. Why not go the whole hog and make them freelance and see overnight rate for policing to skyrocket.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Amnesia10 wrote:
Well that sounds like a £50 pay cut to me.
It's worse than that. It's a £50 pay cut with extra money wasted on pointless admin.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
So like GMC registration for doctors? That started off with a one-off fee of £5.

Its now at £420 per year. That's right. You pay an organisation so they have the right to strike you off the register! :lol:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
cloaked_wolf wrote:
So like GMC registration for doctors? That started off with a one-off fee of £5.

Its now at £420 per year. That's right. You pay an organisation so they have the right to strike you off the register! :lol:

Well they are privatising both. ;)
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
l3v1ck wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Well that sounds like a £50 pay cut to me.
It's worse than that. It's a £50 pay cut with extra money wasted on pointless admin.

This.
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Brilliant idea.

Because the General Teaching Council and the General Medical Council have worked wonders....

[/sarcasm]
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
rustybucket wrote:
Brilliant idea.

Because the General Teaching Council and the General Medical Council have worked wonders....

[/sarcasm]


General Teaching Council is being scrapped.
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
paulzolo wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Brilliant idea.

Because the General Teaching Council and the General Medical Council have worked wonders....

[/sarcasm]


General Teaching Council is being scrapped.

Indeed.

Which makes it all the more pertinent to the total clusterf**k that the Tories will turn the health sector into, no?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
paulzolo wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
Brilliant idea.

Because the General Teaching Council and the General Medical Council have worked wonders....

[/sarcasm]


General Teaching Council is being scrapped.

Wow I am now a teacher! /s
Author:  Nick [ Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
I don't see a problem with it to be honest.
Author:  Linux_User [ Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Nick wrote:
I don't see a problem with it to be honest.

Police officers already lose out on most employment rights by being servants of the Crown, now we're going to rob them of £50 by forcing them all to join a pointless professional agency?

We already have the IPCC and HMIC, why do we need this?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Nick wrote:
I don't see a problem with it to be honest.

What if your employer decided to levy a £50 a year fee to employ you how would you feel? It will not affect me, but I am not in favour of it at all.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Constables 'should pay for a police licence'
Amnesia10 wrote:
Nick wrote:
I don't see a problem with it to be honest.

What if your employer decided to levy a £50 a year fee to employ you how would you feel?

Many professions do actually. Sis in law is an optician (or optometrist, to be honest I switch off... anyway) and she has to retake a relatively straightforward exam each year to 'prove her competence to practice'. They have to pay to have that exam marked.


Jon
Page 1 of 2 All times are UTC
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
https://www.phpbb.com/