Police officers are 'never paid enough' for what they do, Commissioner claims

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Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner has warned that policing faces a "real crisis" without adequate Government funding to meet growing demands.Speaking to GB News, she claimed that whilst she doesn't believe policing is "broken", the service urgently needs proper financial support.FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00Morning today was Stark, and that is the president of the Police Superintendent's Association

00:05and also the National Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales

00:10says policing is broken. Is that the case? And if so, why do you think it is?

00:18I don't think policing is broken. I think that's actually a little unfair on the

00:21police officers and police staff who are out there working very hard every day. I've been

00:25out in Epsom this afternoon with our police officers. I don't think it's broken. I do,

00:29however, think that if we don't get a good settlement, if the government isn't prepared

00:33to put its money where its mouth is, and it's talked an awful lot over the last few years

00:38while it's been campaigning and now in government about the importance of community safety and the

00:43amazing work that it's going to do, if it doesn't put its money where its mouth is, then we are

00:48facing a real crisis. We're not there yet. I'm really interested, obviously, to see what comes

00:53out on Wednesday. I'll believe it when I see it in terms of the actual money that's there. It's very

00:58easy, isn't it? We know the kind of spin that happens before big budget fiscal events. I think

01:04there's an awful lot of that going on at the moment, quite frankly, on all sides. Let's see

01:08what we get on Wednesday. But certainly, policing is going to need some money if we're going to have

01:13any hope of living up to this government's promises.

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