The recently elected Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, has taken to social media to call for a pay raise for all police officers across the region.
This news comes after the government announced that NHS workers will receive a 3% pay rise for their work fighting the pandemic over the last year.
For the average nurse, this will mean an additional £1,000 a year, while many porters and cleaners will receive around £540.
Calling for consistency across public sector pay, the Police and Crime Commissioner posted: "Staff across the NHS have done an amazing job during the pandemic, but consistency matters in public sector pay.
"Police officers in Thames Valley Police and across the country deserve a pay rise. It is only affordable for one sector if it is affordable for all.
"The state of public finances will admittedly dictate only a limited rise but a freeze is impossible to justify when others are seeing increases.
"This needs a rethink and it needs to be funded centrally to avoid unsustainable pressure on local policing budgets."
