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The UK police is an all officer organisation. A Constable equates to a Lieutenant in the Regular Army. A Chief Constable to a Major General (General de Division) The highest police position in the UK that of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis equates to an Army General (General de Armee). There is not and never as been any NCO (Sous-officier structure).
It is the highest paid police service outside of certain Departments in South West and North East USA.
Every Constable has the full powers of arrest.
They have taken foreign nationals from the European Union and British Commonwealth for many years now. 20% of the Police in London or foreign nationals.
Set out below are the current pay scales gross before statutory deductions. You will need to establish the current euro/pound exchange rate for comparisons.
Constables' Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
On commencing Service £21,534 £22,104 £22,680 £23,259
1 £24,039 £24,675 £25,317 £25,962
2 £25,434(a) £26,109 (a) £26,787 (a) £27,471 (a)
3 £26,988 £27,702 £28,422 £29,148
4 £27,837 £28,575 £29,319 £30,066
5 £28,731 £29,493 £30,261 £31,032
6 £29,550 £30,333 £31,122 £31,917
7 £30,282 £31,083 £31,890 £32,703
8 £31,251 £32,079 £32,913 £33,753
9 £33,141 £34,020 £34,905 £35,796
10 £33,810 (b) £34,707 (b) £35,610 (b) £36,519 (b)
(a) All officers move to this salary point on completion of two years' service as a constable.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Sergeants' Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
0 £33,810 (a) £34,707 (a) £35,610 (a) £36,519 (a)
1 £34,968 (b) £35,895 (b) £36,828 (b) £37,767 (b)
2 £36,141 £37,098 £38,061 £39,033
3 £36,915 £37,893 £38,877 £39,867
4 £37,998 (c) £39,006 (c) £40,020 (c) £41,040 (c)
(a) Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point 9 or less.
(b) Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point 10.
(c) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Inspectors' Pay
London salaries in brackets)
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
0 £43,320 (£45,222) £44,469 (£46,419) £45,624 (£47,625) £46,788 (£48,840)
1 £44,544 (£46,446) £45,723 (£47,676) £46,911 (£48,915) £48,108 (£50,163)
2 £45,765 (£47,673) £46,977 (£48,936) £48,198 (£50,208) £49,428 (£51,489)
3 £46,989 (a) (£48,903) (a) £48,234 (a) (£50,199) (a) £49,488 (a) (£51,504) (a) £50,751 (£52,818)
(a) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Chief Inspectors' Pay
(London salaries in brackets)
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1 £47,949 (a) (£49,863) (a) £49,221 (a) (£51,183) (a) £50,502 (£52,515) £51,789 (£53,853)
2 £48,915 (£50,820) £50,211 (£52,167) £51,516 (£53,523) £52,830 (£54,888)
3 £49,923 (b) (£51,831) (b) £51,246 (b) (£53,205) (b) £52,578 (£54,588) £53,919 (£55,980)
(a) Entry point for an officer appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police assigns the officer to the higher point.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Superintendent's Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £57,681 £59,211 £60,750 £62,298
2. £60,060 £61,653 £63,255 £64,869
3. £62,439 £64,095 £65,760 £67,437
4. £64,824 £66,543 £68,274 £70,014
5. £67,203 £68,985 £70,779 £72,585
Chief Superintendent's Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £68,880 £70,704 £72,543 £74,394
2. £70,839 £72,717 £74,607 £76,509
3. £72,807 £74,736 £76,680 £78,636
Superintendent Range 2 not promoted to Chief Superintendent
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £66,045 £67,794 £69,558 £71,331
2. £67,188 £68,967 £70,761 £72,564
3. £68,661 £70,482 £72,315 £74,160
4. £70,284 £72,147 £74,022 £75,909
Chief Officer's Pay 2009
Pay Structure from 1st September 2009
Forces C C Salary D C C Salary
MPS (4XACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester £176,943 £135,660 (MPS 8xDACs)
Strathclyde £173,994 £135,660
West Yorkshire £165,147 £132,120
Thames Valley £156,303 £128,949
Merseyside
Northumbria £153,351 £126,519
Hampshire £150,399 £124,083
Kent
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall £147,456 £121,647
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales £144,510 £119,217
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders £138,609 £114,348
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire £135,660 £111,918
Surrey
Norfolk £132,708 £109,485
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire £129,759 £107,052
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside £126,810 £106,167
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern £123,858 £106,167
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £253,620
Deputy Commissioner - £209,382
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £188,736
Deputy Chief Constable - £153,348
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
£88,470
£91,422
£94,374
£97,317
£100,272
£103,218
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £156,900
Assistant Commissioner - £129,414
Cheif Officer's Pay 2010
Pay Structure from 1st September 2010
Forces C C Salary D C C Salary
MPS (4XACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester £181,455 £139,119 (MPS 8xDACs)
Strathclyde £178,431 £139,119
West Yorkshire £169,359 £135,489
Thames Valley £160,290 £132,237
Merseyside
Northumbria £157,260 £129,744
Hampshire £154,233 £127,248
Kent Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall £151,215 £124,749
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales £148,194 £122,256
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders £142,143 £117,264
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire £139,119 £114,771
Surrey
Norfolk £136,092 £112,278
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire £133,068 £109,782
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside £130,044 £108,873
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern £127,017 £108,873
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £260,088
Deputy Commissioner - £214,722
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £193,548
Deputy Chief Constable - £157,257
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
£90,726
£93,753
£96,780
£99,798
£102,828
£105,849
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £160,902
Assistant Commissioner - £132,714
It is the highest paid police service outside of certain Departments in South West and North East USA.
Every Constable has the full powers of arrest.
They have taken foreign nationals from the European Union and British Commonwealth for many years now. 20% of the Police in London or foreign nationals.
Set out below are the current pay scales gross before statutory deductions. You will need to establish the current euro/pound exchange rate for comparisons.
Constables' Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
On commencing Service £21,534 £22,104 £22,680 £23,259
1 £24,039 £24,675 £25,317 £25,962
2 £25,434(a) £26,109 (a) £26,787 (a) £27,471 (a)
3 £26,988 £27,702 £28,422 £29,148
4 £27,837 £28,575 £29,319 £30,066
5 £28,731 £29,493 £30,261 £31,032
6 £29,550 £30,333 £31,122 £31,917
7 £30,282 £31,083 £31,890 £32,703
8 £31,251 £32,079 £32,913 £33,753
9 £33,141 £34,020 £34,905 £35,796
10 £33,810 (b) £34,707 (b) £35,610 (b) £36,519 (b)
(a) All officers move to this salary point on completion of two years' service as a constable.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Sergeants' Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
0 £33,810 (a) £34,707 (a) £35,610 (a) £36,519 (a)
1 £34,968 (b) £35,895 (b) £36,828 (b) £37,767 (b)
2 £36,141 £37,098 £38,061 £39,033
3 £36,915 £37,893 £38,877 £39,867
4 £37,998 (c) £39,006 (c) £40,020 (c) £41,040 (c)
(a) Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point 9 or less.
(b) Entry point for officers promoted from constables' pay point 10.
(c) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Inspectors' Pay
London salaries in brackets)
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
0 £43,320 (£45,222) £44,469 (£46,419) £45,624 (£47,625) £46,788 (£48,840)
1 £44,544 (£46,446) £45,723 (£47,676) £46,911 (£48,915) £48,108 (£50,163)
2 £45,765 (£47,673) £46,977 (£48,936) £48,198 (£50,208) £49,428 (£51,489)
3 £46,989 (a) (£48,903) (a) £48,234 (a) (£50,199) (a) £49,488 (a) (£51,504) (a) £50,751 (£52,818)
(a) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Chief Inspectors' Pay
(London salaries in brackets)
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1 £47,949 (a) (£49,863) (a) £49,221 (a) (£51,183) (a) £50,502 (£52,515) £51,789 (£53,853)
2 £48,915 (£50,820) £50,211 (£52,167) £51,516 (£53,523) £52,830 (£54,888)
3 £49,923 (b) (£51,831) (b) £51,246 (b) (£53,205) (b) £52,578 (£54,588) £53,919 (£55,980)
(a) Entry point for an officer appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police assigns the officer to the higher point.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Superintendent's Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £57,681 £59,211 £60,750 £62,298
2. £60,060 £61,653 £63,255 £64,869
3. £62,439 £64,095 £65,760 £67,437
4. £64,824 £66,543 £68,274 £70,014
5. £67,203 £68,985 £70,779 £72,585
Chief Superintendent's Pay
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £68,880 £70,704 £72,543 £74,394
2. £70,839 £72,717 £74,607 £76,509
3. £72,807 £74,736 £76,680 £78,636
Superintendent Range 2 not promoted to Chief Superintendent
Pay point With effect from
1st September 2007 With effect from
1st September 2008 With effect from
1st September 2009 With effect from
1st September 2010
1. £66,045 £67,794 £69,558 £71,331
2. £67,188 £68,967 £70,761 £72,564
3. £68,661 £70,482 £72,315 £74,160
4. £70,284 £72,147 £74,022 £75,909
Chief Officer's Pay 2009
Pay Structure from 1st September 2009
Forces C C Salary D C C Salary
MPS (4XACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester £176,943 £135,660 (MPS 8xDACs)
Strathclyde £173,994 £135,660
West Yorkshire £165,147 £132,120
Thames Valley £156,303 £128,949
Merseyside
Northumbria £153,351 £126,519
Hampshire £150,399 £124,083
Kent
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall £147,456 £121,647
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales £144,510 £119,217
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders £138,609 £114,348
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire £135,660 £111,918
Surrey
Norfolk £132,708 £109,485
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire £129,759 £107,052
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside £126,810 £106,167
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern £123,858 £106,167
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £253,620
Deputy Commissioner - £209,382
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £188,736
Deputy Chief Constable - £153,348
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
£88,470
£91,422
£94,374
£97,317
£100,272
£103,218
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £156,900
Assistant Commissioner - £129,414
Cheif Officer's Pay 2010
Pay Structure from 1st September 2010
Forces C C Salary D C C Salary
MPS (4XACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester £181,455 £139,119 (MPS 8xDACs)
Strathclyde £178,431 £139,119
West Yorkshire £169,359 £135,489
Thames Valley £160,290 £132,237
Merseyside
Northumbria £157,260 £129,744
Hampshire £154,233 £127,248
Kent Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall £151,215 £124,749
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales £148,194 £122,256
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders £142,143 £117,264
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire £139,119 £114,771
Surrey
Norfolk £136,092 £112,278
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire £133,068 £109,782
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside £130,044 £108,873
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern £127,017 £108,873
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £260,088
Deputy Commissioner - £214,722
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £193,548
Deputy Chief Constable - £157,257
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
£90,726
£93,753
£96,780
£99,798
£102,828
£105,849
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £160,902
Assistant Commissioner - £132,714