Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Annual bill for sick police on full pay reaches £245m / The Times, 14 Feb 2006

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2038956,00.html
Stewart Tendler
"THOUSANDS of police officers are receiving full pay costing up to £245 million a year for doing backroom work and part-time duties after being sick or injured. A snapshot of 47 British forces released under freedom of information legislation shows that 8,167 officers out of more than 160,000 across Britain were on recuperative or restricted duties on one day last September. "