@matigo HKD 1.2 billion in overtime [scmp.com] last year. That's about USD 150 million across 30,000 people.
Undeserved, in my opinion, because prior to this Hong Kong has been such a boring and calm city that most cops being paid a full salary to do little more than harass teenagers (or generally "scruffy looking people" — and there does seem to be gender bias here, based on my observations) by random stopping and searching, and issuing fines for jay-walking — they'd been overpaid for years, with traditionally only 2–3 protests per year.
Also consider:
- In HK, even carrying a multitool with a knife in public, without some sort of reason, can get you in trouble. All police carry guns on duty, and since last year have been allowed to carry pepper spray [scmp.com] and batons [scmp.com] off-duty(!)
- In the UK, possession of potential-weapons is much more common and not so strictly controlled (and stops-and-searches aren't as common anyway), but most police don't seem to carry lethal weapons.