tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881977191486380953.post7506364133819804462..comments2023-10-21T10:01:20.359+01:00Comments on The Sarge's Desktop: Another day dawns...Sgt. Custerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02829147973137077967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881977191486380953.post-41780746857654917002009-01-10T13:15:00.000+00:002009-01-10T13:15:00.000+00:00Good luck with your blog.The job seems to have cha...Good luck with your blog.<BR/><BR/>The job seems to have changed dramatically for the worse since I left, sometime in the last century.<BR/><BR/>One nasty change is the way that the Home Office has encouraged Police Authorites to renege on solemn promises made in good faith. <BR/><BR/>Former officers on an injury award pension have been told that their pensions will drop to the lowest amount permissable by law when they reach the age of 65.<BR/><BR/>Most forces are implementing this draconian new rule retrospectively - to disabled officers already in the system.<BR/><BR/>Many former officers face a drop in income of more than £10,000 a year.<BR/><BR/>Can't be right. Essex and Leicestershire are doing the decent thing and are looking after their disabled pensioners as the law intended. The rest - well, they have seen a way to save money so are kicking those least able to defend themselves.<BR/><BR/>There is a petition on the No 10 Downing Street web site, calling on the Home Office to rescind the guidance in Home Office Circular 46/2004. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps readers of your blog might care enough about the plight of disabled former officers to add their signature to the petition.<BR/><BR/>It is at:<BR/><BR/>http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/HOC-46-2004/<BR/><BR/>Many thanks,<BR/><BR/>John McCallJMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219758655258377365noreply@blogger.com