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Police anger over a pay freeze could see officers enforce a 'go-slow' on 999 calls or ditch their guns on VIP duty, their federation leaders have warned.
The Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents 130,000 rank-and-file officers, declared last week that it had no confidence in the Home Secretary Priti Patel after she refused to fund an annual pay rise.
Banned from strike action by law, officers are incensed that other public servants such as firefighters and NHS staff have been awarded rises.
Police officers are banned from strike action but are considering handing back firearms or responding slowly to 999 calls
They are now considering work-to-rule measures such as an overtime ban, armed officers handing back firearms to return to regular policing or patrols driving within speed limits to answer emergency calls.
Ken Marsh, chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, told The Mail on Sunday: 'If you want to keep abusing people, you're going to come unstuck in the end and we've got to that point now.
'You tell me why the fire brigade deserve a 1.5 per cent pay rise and the police don't deserve
