I cant wait for the protest march. We all know police officers are overpaid and underworked. Im hoping the march brings police pay to the publics attention and that this in turn highlights the fact they are so well paid for their skill / training level.
Serving police officers rarely leave because they off all people know what a cushy option modern policing really is. There are way more applicants for every position and it really is a case of sitting back and smelling the roses
PLEASE GO ON YOUR LITTLE PROTEST TO SO WE CAN ALL SEE JUST HOW DISSATISFIED YOU REALLY ARE!!

graham, lowestoft,

As a police officer I’m also a member of the public! I think that the government has forgotten this! - Especially when it comes to poling day! All we are after is a fair pay rise in line with inflation so that we can afford the cost of living. As for the comments by Denc, Tortola, BVI's - you are like many other people that do not see what police officers have to deal with on a daily basis. Police being beaten, stabbed and shot at isn’t news any more unless we die. You’re also right when you say "led by a man in whom the public have no confidence" I have no confidence in him myself but my hands are tied. If I’m given a lawful order it must be followed! If I’m off duty on the day of the march I will be there! Otherwise I will probably just strut around with a machine gun......

Sam, London, England

Protest near parliament? Blimey...bit risky isn't it? Wonder if anyone gets arrested as a potential terrorist...if you can be arrested for reading out the names of the war dead, then police protesting about wanting the right to strike, very dodgy... but then I guess there would have to be police on duty to be equally attentive and effective at applying 'the law'.

mags, plymouth, uk

In response to Denc, Tortola, BVI's comment, (Quite clearly ignorant to the fact that front line police officers don't have a say on how badly they are run by the government or their superiors). We, (Front line Police officers) have to do as we are told. Policy decisions are made by our bosses to satisfy government requirements on subjects that politicians know nothing about. Nor would they living in affluent areas in well protected homes/estates. If you don't see Police enough then don't blame us. We want nothing more then to get out there, fight crime & help the public, but we are hampered to an un-describable degree by incompetent politicians and senior officers who simply bury us in paperwork. Despite this we still catch the bad guy’s repeatedly and send them to court where they are simply given a slap on the wrist, despite the huge efforts on our part! How dare you criticise us 'Denc.' I wonder if being regularly assaulted is an occupational hazard for you! (Total ignorance)!!!!

Tim , Bucks, England

Yet again it is those that sleep soundly at night, showing their appretiation ( or lack of it ) for those that allow them to do so. It would be interesting to find out how safe they are, when the thin blue line is finally erased.

cColin Astley, Welshpool,

The police force is a national embarassment led by a man in whom the public have no confidence. We need more crime prevention , less strutting about with machine guns and fewer catastrophic mistakes before the police deserve a rise. Their performance is abysmal so why should they be given a rise ?

Denc, Tortola, BVI's

It must be galling that police in Gordon Brown's constituency will receive the pay rise which he, as First Minister of England in this instance, refuses to grant to police forces south of the Tweed. I wonder why the English put up with the Union in the 21st century. Labour Scots are running all the key roles in English domestic affairs and the Scots have rejected New Labour at the last election to the Edinburgh Parliament. Surely the English must now see that they need to declare themselves independent from GB ( both the state and the current PM!). See what an independent Scottish government can achieve.

John Edgar, Cupar, Scotland

If anyone saw the "dwarf" Hazel Blears trying to defend her Governments position on Police pay and other matters on Question Time on BBC1 the other night you could see that we are being governed by a bunch of blithering idiots (to be kind to them) and the sooner we get rid of the shower and get in a REAL Government with some common sense the better for all of us, tory and labour alike.

John, Woking, Surrey

As a serving officer, I have heard complaints that we do not deserve the rise anyway.
For the record that this pay rise only really maintains our standard of living and pay, roughly in line with inflation. It is not a pay rise per se.
The only reason we are less effective as an agency,is due to the failure of Government to realise that their constant and often irrelevant targets are skewing the way in which we have been working, to the detriment of the public. Perhaps now, ACPO and the Senior officers that have been implementing these targets within forces will stand up to the Government and say they have had enough.
We are thoroughly and utterly demoralised, and when we compare what we actually do and the dangers we put ourselves in, to the pay rises given to M.P's, and those huge, unjustified rises and bonuses in the City, it is no wonder we are angry.
Fortunately, the moral high ground remains ours, and not to this dishonourable Government !!!!!

Bob Beaman, Oswestry,

The cost of living is rapidly rising under this government and yet they refuse to raise the wages of 'certain' public service bodies above inflation. Are they surprised that these bodies are on the warpath.
If Labour were able to manage the finances of this country then
they wouldn't have this problem.
They have given a totally new meaning to the rule of diminishing returns.
Is there no way of having a public vote of no confidence in this government to get them out now or are they going to be allowed to bring this country to its knees and hand constitutional power to Europe before their time is up.
We need millions of people to march on Westminster to voice dissatisfaction, and if Labour don't take the hint then they should be forcibly removed.
I fear the results of Black Wednesday will be nothing compared to the state our economy will be in by the time Labour have finally skulked out the back door of No. 10 after making sure their nests are all feathered.

N Morgan, Stockport, UK

Should the people support the police in their protest, when they have beaten us up whenever we protested for a fair days wage for justice or democratic represention ? They have allowed themselve to become the politicised bully boys of a politically correct but fascist creed that is destroying the country their own children will inherit.
Of course we should support them but they must once more become a police FORCE and act for the people, not impose Nu Labours insane and undemorcratic social engineering.

J Leigh, London, UK

Who, exactly, do they have to apply to to get permission to protest outside parliament to comply with SOCPA?

Kevin, Bangkok, Thailand

They should withdraw their presence from outside 10 Downing Street. Why should we pay to protect the useless occupant?

Frank Leader, Bournemouth,