One day of a police strike would send the right message to the government. The law against striking must be unlawful and victorian and goes against all rights of an individual.

MG, Northern Ireland,

This is not just about money, but also about whether you can trust the government to honour agreements. Now we know you cant!!

Chris Kenney, High Wycombe, Bucks

On a day when the Government have announced a £327M gift to feed fat people, it tickles me to read the different arguements. Members of the public stabbed and killed for intervening in public disorder on their own streets-and as seen yesterday, an Insurance Company and the CICB reducing the payout to the berieved family because the victim contributed to his own death by becoming involved.
Police Officers, whether on duty with their colleagues or off duty with their families are expected to intervene in such incidents, and are widely open to disciplinary action if they don't. They cannot and will not turn a blind eye, walk away or ignore it.
The anti-police say they are obsessed with Speed Cameras - Rubbish.They are now Council authority controlled, with all speed limits the responsibility of, and revenue generated payable to your local authoirity. NOT THE POLICE!
£327M to feet the over-fed! Your local MP earns 61k a year and 130K in expenses, and they can vote their own pay award

RC, LANCS,

All that is needed for the police to get the FULL payrise is for the armed officers guarding the High and Mighty (Brown and his ilk) is to hand in their firearms certificates.
It would frighten the life out of people like Hazel Blears when they knew they had to go into a Kebab house without an armed Copper.
If the government puts in place a pay board and the cops stick to its recommendation then so should Government. NOW the government cannot be trusted even to keep their protectors on side who can trust them ?

Howard, Basildon, England

Did the protesting police pay for their travel to London?
They don't usually pay to use public transport, but rarely declare this as a taxable benefit.

Chris Mullarkey, Leeds,

The police get paid far more than our troops and our infantry go through a hell of a lot more than the police! There is a 1 in 12 chance of death in the army. I think there should be a larger focus on pay for the infantry, the police get enough anyway

C, nottingham,

J Roberts, Manchester, UK, if you don't engage in CRIMINAL behaviour, you will NEVER get fined. If you've had one, you deserve it! You've got a chip on your shoulder - get over it!

James, Preston, UK

Police who wade in and sort out yobs, catch thieves, and risk their own lives for others demand our support and respect. Pay them the money as agreed.

Police who are well paid for filling out forms are lucky their jobs have not already been outsourced to India, and deserve no special treatment. Pay them whatever you can get away with.

I think the most powerful law is the law of unintended consequences By well meaning MPs). It's about time the country had a debate about what we expect from our Police and what needs to be done, or undone, to fulfil our expectations.

A.C. Harper, Leicester,

Give the Police the pay rate they deserve. About 12 thousand a year should cover it. Sorry plod but looking at the crime figures you don't have my sympathy.

Cromwell, Leeds, England

Recommendation 61 of the McPherson report was a big mistake resulting in less police intervention and more weapon carrying youths. Not just opinion, it is obvious. PACE has been shown to make the lives of front line officers so burdened with paperwork and restricting, thus rendering those officers almost powerless in comparison to other Police in Europe. And as well as all the above, the actual numbers of Police OFFICERS are far too low. Hence why you rarely get your calls answered. (Note the term used across the despatch box, is just "police" and that includes civilians) So how do you build up the numbers? With cheap and powerless PCSO's; most of whom are abused on a daily basis from those they are meant to "police" and are powerless to do anything. And what do some cynics do? Blame the police themselves.
How many of those attending today had not slept from a night shift?
Imagine how the Liverpool strike of 1919 will look in 2008?
We need them! I know, I am a prosecutor.

James, Birkhampstead, Buckinghamshire