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Reprieve for CNC officers who have been paid 95 per cent of the wages of their Home Office colleagues.

Nigel Dennis signs the Foundation Collective Agreement

In a historic agreement the government has approved pay parity for Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers.

The announcement has been heralded as a “milestone” by Civil Nuclear Police Federation (CNPF) chief executive Nigel Dennis.

Since the 1979 Wright report, CNC officers have been paid 95 per cent of their Home Office colleagues’ salaries through to federated ranks.

Mr Dennis has been fighting the “outdated pay structure” since he came into office in 2008 and says the achievement has put the “final nail” into the Wright report.

The Foundation Collective Agreement, signed on November 28, will align CNC officers to Home Office pay scales up to chief inspector level.

He said he is “extremely pleased” with the development.

“Since I came into office in 2008 it’s been a clear mandate from my membership that, given the role that they’ve been undertaking and since 2005, our mission has changed completely from what it was when we were the then the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

“We’ve become much more firearms focused, far more an anti-terrorist and policing unit, and aligned all our policing practices and standards to Centrex and College of Policing.

“We’ve met all those demands.

“We hold the office of constable. There should never be a two-tier office of constable when it comes to salary. I hold a warrant card, therefore why should I be paid differently than any other police officer in the country?”

Several ministers agreed the disparity was unfair, Mr Dennis said, but it took time to secure the support of the Cabinet Officer and Treasury.

Getting the door open has been a “major challenge”, he said.

According to the CNPF, the processes involved in paying CNC officers 95 per cent of Home Office wages actually generated significant costs in itself.

CNPF hopes simplifying the CNC pay structure and aligning it with the Home Office will prevent any redundancies being made to make up the extra costs.

Officers can expect to see an increase in their pay packets in September 2018. 

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[HazRat 762]

Good work especially given the current financial situation.

[Ether + 1,401]

I wonder if MDP will now follow suit

[Pete 1,492]

6 hours ago, Fedster said:

 

“We hold the office of constable. There should never be a two-tier office of constable when it comes to salary. I hold a warrant card, therefore why should I be paid differently than any other police officer in the country?”

 

because your job carries hardly any of the stress, work and risk of other police officers in the country.

[MerseyLLB 8,426]

How could it possibly cost considerable money to pay officers 95% of the home office salary?!?

I can do the calculation on paper!

[Hyphen + 693]

I have to say I was a bit confused with the idea that the ‘processes’ cost a lot more to pay the officers 95% of the HO wage. Surely this means there are some serious issues with the payroll system? And these issues would exist no matter what the pay is? Just seems a strange thing to use as an example.

I can see what @Pete is saying. The CNC officers don’t deal with crime at all, let alone managing risk (DV, vulnerable victims etc), dealing with MH type jobs which again carry huge amounts of risk and the general workloads and demand on officers and personal risks such as assaults and injuries.

I’m not against the officers being paid the same but the point made in the article can be easily countered.

CNC play an important role, I am in no way belittling the role however it is very different and not really comparable.

[Radman + 2,163]

“We hold the office of constable. There should never be a two-tier office of constable when it comes to salary. I hold a warrant card, therefore why should I be paid differently than any other police officer in the country?”

I suppose by that standard the Parks Constabularies in London should be paid the same as a Met Officer - after all they too hold the 'Office of Constable' and carry a warrant card.

This misconception really annoys me at times, it's a modern mindset that has crept into policing where-by people think 'Constables = Police' where as traditionally in British society Constables came in various forms, with various employers, holding various powers, with various jurisdictions to operate in...