If you got paid simply for driving around in a flash car wearing Ray Bans then the queue for the job would stretch for miles. You get paid for rolling in the gutter with drunks,confronting determined criminals and in your spare time picking up body parts from the road to prevent anyone seeing them being licked by ferrel dogs. That is the reality of Policing, not flying around in a helicopter like Prince Andrew.
As for down time from front line duties is concerned, give me a break that's what you get days off and annual leave for. If you don't like front line Policing then get promoted.