It's a bit of everything.
Police are allowed to be paid for a second job (assuming they have time for one), as long as it doesn't come into conflict with their current job (such as door staff) or Territorial Army.
They aren't allowed to accept money for information, though I'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of it.
In terms of paying police, it's illegal to try and bribe a police officer.
There's all sorts of laws that overlap each other, such as Data Protection, Misconduct in Public Office, and so on, though I think there is one all-encompassing law that pretty much bitch-slaps a bobby down for it. Officers have been sent to prison in the past for this kind of thing (where they have a thoroughly horrible time of things - good, you might say).
In effect, Police shouldn't be seen to be paid for anything Police-related, unless it's the Constabulary they work for who is paying them. Services rendered by the Police (such as football duties) are paid to the Police by the people after the extra cover (such as football clubs), and then overtime is paid to the officers in question. Any other Police-related payments from a non-Police source would be a serious breach of duty.
(, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:33, Reply)
