Taxpayers' Alliance compensation figures distract from real policing picture

Commenting on figures released by the TaxPayers' Alliance, which show that £12 million has been paid out to injured police staff since 2006, Ben Priestley, UNISON’s national officer for police staff, said:“The police do a really important job and it is only right that they are supported if they are injured at work. “The sums involved are just 0.01% of the £17 billion budget. "This mustn’t be used as a distraction from the huge cuts being made to the police, which are forcing officers to pick up duties previously carried out by back office staff and threaten to increase crime levels in all our communities.”