Single police officer given hefty £18,344 in overtime pay this year

A SINGLE police officer was given £18,344 in overtime pay this year.

And the hefty sum was a tiny fraction of the £5.7million that Essex Police forked out to cover bobbies’ extra shifts in the year to November.

Figures obtained by the BBC show that £149,882 of overtime pay was dished out between ten officers in the county police force.

Behind the top earner was one paid £17,918 and one given £17,557.

Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrison praised the dedication of his officers and insisted...