The National Crime Agency has been struggling to recruit officers, whose pay is restrained by civil service rates John Stillwell/PANational Crime Agency staff are in revolt over pay and have complained that wages for specialist investigators at “Britain’s FBI” are lower than those of the average police constable. Agents from across the organisation have left or threatened to leave as pay for the largely London-based jobs has failed to keep pace with inflation. Recruitment to crucial roles has been hampered and there has been speculation that the organised criminals the agency investigate will find vulnerabilities for bribery and corruption. Many retired detectives are turning down posts, which are paid under civil service rates, and scores of younger agents brought in under a Teach First-style direct-entry scheme have left. The NCA has a 7 per cent rate of staff turnover, worse than most police forces,…

Source: The Times August 22, 2017 00:11 UTC