article_snippet: Roger Baker was employed by Essex Police on a salary of £139,000, but bonuses and expenses took Roger Baker total pay above £200,000 a year. 'golden handcuffs' payments he received for staying in his job included £85,000 to reward Roger Baker for staying at the force - but the area's police commissioner now disputes bonuses and expenses, and has launched a legal challenge to claw bonuses and expenses back.
article_snippet: Roger Baker was chief constable of Essex Police between 2005 and 2009, when Roger Baker left the police force where he used to work in a bid to recover £85,000 in 'golden handcuffs' payments he received for staying in his job with a £60,000 bonus for three months' work.
article_snippet: Roger Baker, left, was paid £85,000 by Essex Police in a 'golden handcuffs' deal which is now being challenged by police commissioner Nick Alston, right .
article_snippet: The area's now-defunct police authority is understood to have given Roger Baker three payments totalling £85,000 to reward Roger Baker for Roger Baker loyalty to the force.
article_snippet: In total, Roger Baker was paid around £150,000 in bonuses and expenses for Roger Baker last 15 months of work at Essex Police.
article_snippet: Essex police and crime commissioner Nick Alston claimed in 2013 that Roger Baker 'golden handcuffs' deal fell outside payment regulations set by the Home Secretary.
highlights_snippet: Roger Baker received 'retention payments' totalling £85,000 to persuade Roger Baker to stay at Essex Police .
  
highlights_snippet: Police commissioner now claims the bonuses were illegal and is suing Roger Baker .
  