警隊形象

李少光話警員周日遊行，可能破壞警隊一直以來建立的良好形象。

呢一d正一係垃圾理論，諗唔到有乜野好講就搵d野講。係老闆係立法會9 up，又唔見係話佢破壞特首形象。成班副局長同政治助理成日語無倫次，又唔見你叫班廢柴將自己把口搵針線封埋？

英國係o8年初，都有成兩萬二警察遊行。原因同香港警察遊行目的差唔多，都係因為人工問題。當時政府無一個官員話遊行會影響形象。你李少光係唔係覺得香港警察形象比英國警察低，一次遊行就可以將警隊形象掃低？

警員都係打工仔，點解佢地唔可以用法律賦予的權力去表決自己不滿。警員遊行都未發生，你又知到時一定有事發生，香港人會討厭警隊？

講來講去就係香港政府民望低，對於所有遊行都怕。而且今次仲係政府一大部門搞遊行，所以警員未遊行，政府先失禁。

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李少光指遊行破壞警隊形象
(明報)2009年6月24日 星期三 17:50

保安局長李少光表示，希望警員慎重考慮參加周日的遊行，這可能破壞警隊一直以來建立的良好形象。

李少光表示，呼籲警員慎重考慮參加周日的遊行，基於本港的經濟環境及市民感受，政府決定減薪。如警員參加遊行，可能破壞警隊一直以來建立的良好形象。

李少光希望警員透過既定的機制，進行商討，表達訴求，他不鼓勵警員遊行表達意見。

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7203839.stm

Police in protest rally over pay

An estimated 22,500 police officers have marched in central London in a protest over pay.

Police are angry that a 2.5% pay rise was only backdated to 1 December for UK officers except for those in Scotland.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would have liked to pay more but it was part of the "fight against inflation".

Police Federation chairman Jan Berry held "constructive" talks with the home secretary, but said trust between the two sides needed to be rebuilt.

Police say the rise is effectively a 1.9% annual increase - unlike that in Scotland, where it has been backdated to 1 September.

The Police Federation, which represents officers up to the rank of Chief Inspector, has applied for a judicial review of the decision by ministers.

Both the Met Police and the Police Federation estimated that 22,500 officers had joined the march.

Only a small number of uniformed officers had been deployed to man what was largely a quiet and orderly protest.

Officers from Scotland showed support for their colleagues by taking part, as did some from higher ranks, including superintendents.

Some of the marchers visited Parliament to lobby their MPs.

A rally at Central Hall in Westminster, consisting of 3,500 officers, was followed by Ms Berry presenting a petition to Downing Street and meeting home secretary.

Ms Berry said of the meeting with Ms Smith: "She did listen and the talks were certainly more constructive than my last meeting with her, which I would describe as being pretty acrimonious."

She added: "We recognise that we need to move on at some stage but what we pointed out to the home secretary is that the 25,000 police officers who came to London today and those left behind who were doing their duty, there's still some unfinished business for how we've been treated.

"And for us to be able to enter into negotiations in the future, we've got to trust the people that we're going to be negotiating with. And that trust is going to have to be rebuilt because it's been broken."

She told MPs at a meeting in the House of Commons that the federation filed documents applying for a judicial review on 22 January.

Speaking at the Westminster rally, Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg said it was "a disgrace" that the government had "let the officers down."

Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis followed Mr Clegg onto the stage and said he didn't understand why the government had reneged on the pay deal.

Federation members will be balloted next month on whether to campaign for the right to strike.

However, Andrew Haldenby, director of the think tank Reform, said police had been given above-inflation pay rises for the past 12 years without delivering a better service.