Maddie McCann breakthrough: Cops 'given cash to probe new trafficking gang lead'

[Robittybob1]

You really thing it costs £20 per hour to run a police detective?

No they would consume that in coffee per hour.

[Eleanor]

You really thing it costs £20 per hour to run a police detective?

So how much would you say?

[barrier]

So, you don't believe the Met have any new leads but are asking for more money simply to "save face" and the government are happy to oblige because of the bad publicity that a Met failure would give the government?  OK then, so at this rate, and factoring in the likelihood of Labour coming in to power in the next 10-15 years we can look forward to at least another 10 years of funding for Operation Grange.  Good stuff 

You posted.

The report I read spoke of having id'ed a specific individual they are trying to locate.  That sounds like a breakthrough to me.

I replied with.

Its the last throw of the dice,oh hang on so was the one about the snatch squad from Belgium.

Express 2017:

Senior officers admit the investigation of the new lead is the “last throw of the dice” in their hunt.

Express 2016:

DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will take "one last throw of the dice" after a fresh tip-off suggested she was kidnapped by a European trafficking gang.

For balance there are course other news outlets available.

How you can deduce from that I don't believe the MET have any new leads I don't know,but whilst acknowledging there may well be remember the MET aren't giving a running commentary so nothing is specific,its all made up by the media,from the beeb website.

Met Police said: "The investigation is ongoing. We are not prepared to discuss any lines of inquiry while the investigation is ongoing."

So a source for the line of inquiry wouldn't go amiss.

[Alfie]

You really thing it costs £20 per hour to run a police detective?

£18 per hour by my calculation.

As of Jan 2017, the average pay for a Police Detective is £37815 http://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Police_Detective/Salary

[slartibartfast]

So how much would you say?

2014 figures quoted suggested average Met pay at £56k which from pure pay terms is around £28 per hour. You then have to add overheads e.g. NI, Pensions, accommodation, power, management, training etc. As a rule of thumb we used 175% of pay to arrive at cost of employment which needed budgeting I.e. £49 per hour. This all assumes it isn't a high ranking detective. £85,000 gives you about 1.5 people for 6 months excluding expenses.

Note: not easy to deduce from figures if it is a full costed rate.

[ferryman]

It's almost as if some people actually want this case never to be solved.

I can't think why.

Actually, I can ....

[Alfie]

You posted.

I replied with.
Express 2016:For balance there are course other news outlets available.


How you can deduce from that I don't believe the MET have any new leads I don't know,but whilst acknowledging there may well be remember the MET aren't giving a running commentary so nothing is specific,its all made up by the media,from the beeb website.

So a source for the line of inquiry wouldn't go amiss.

There is a source, it is unnamed, you can choose to believe the entire story is made up, that's your prerogative.  I don't believe that all unnamed sources that are used in newspaper reports are fictional, I think that line of reasoning is very silly.  I look at this story, I see that extra funding has been given, I rationalise that there must be a good reason for this, a good reason is cited (a specific individual they want to trace says an "insider"), that seems logical, certainly a lot more logical than other reasons cited here this morning such as it's being done to cover up bad publicity for the government. 

[Eleanor]

2014 figures quoted suggested average Met pay at £56k which from pure pay terms is around £28 per hour. You then have to add overheads e.g. NI, Pensions, accommodation, power, management, training etc. As a rule of thumb we used 175% of pay to arrive at cost of employment which needed budgeting I.e. £49 per hour. This all assumes it isn't a high ranking detective. £85,000 gives you about 1.5 people for 6 months excluding expenses.

Note: not easy to deduce from figures if it is a full costed rate.

There seems to be some disparity here.

[jassi]

There seems to be some disparity here.

Why should that come as a surprise ?

[Alice Purjorick]

2014 figures quoted suggested average Met pay at £56k which from pure pay terms is around £28 per hour. You then have to add overheads e.g. NI, Pensions, accommodation, power, management, training etc. As a rule of thumb we used 175% of pay to arrive at cost of employment which needed budgeting I.e. £49 per hour. This all assumes it isn't a high ranking detective. £85,000 gives you about 1.5 people for 6 months excluding expenses.

Note: not easy to deduce from figures if it is a full costed rate.

I'll drink to that as a good "go by". We would have done payroll p.a.*2 recovered over 46 weeks.
For anyone who wants to be picky:
https://www.metfriendly.org.uk/services/police-finance-information/police-pay/

[Alice Purjorick]

Why should that come as a surprise ?

Some one worked out how much the guy earned in an hour and someone else worked out how much it costs to actually employ the guy.

[Mr Gray]

lets say £50 per hour....85K

1700 hours.......thats still a lot of hours

[Mr Gray]

2014 figures quoted suggested average Met pay at £56k which from pure pay terms is around £28 per hour. You then have to add overheads e.g. NI, Pensions, accommodation, power, management, training etc. As a rule of thumb we used 175% of pay to arrive at cost of employment which needed budgeting I.e. £49 per hour. This all assumes it isn't a high ranking detective. £85,000 gives you about 1.5 people for 6 months excluding expenses.

Note: not easy to deduce from figures if it is a full costed rate.

1.5 poeple for 6 months is assuming they are employed solely on this case

[Alfie]

I'd like to know how much the Portuguese have spent on this investigation since it re-opened.  Do we think more or less than £85k in total?

[barrier]

I'd like to know how much the Portuguese have spent on this investigation since it re-opened.  Do we think more or less than £85k in total?

What would be interesting would be a complete breakdown of cost's by Scotland yard,helicopters and landscaping doesn't come cheap.