julian o'neill reports.ice staff perform many duties including evidence gathering at crime scenes and 999 call handling. since 1990 they have received an annual allowance or danger money and recognition of working against the backdrop of a terrorist threat. just below £600, it has barely changed in 33 years, and is £3000 less than the allowance paid to police officers. we all check under cars, we have pretend occupations, we are conscious of social media and the messages go out to all police, we are all under the same threat levels, so it really is a huge down factor to police staff are not treated the same.— treated the same. the chief constable — treated the same. the chief constable supports - treated the same. the chief| constable supports doubling treated the same. the chief - constable supports doubling the payment but for three years, the issue has gone back and forth between police headquarters and the department ofjustice, with 2500 staff becoming frustrated. money isn't always _ staff becoming frus