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- :m ice chaos on I I I I :m Essex roads : I I Im see page 5 im I - I bmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmd The Newspaper of the Essex Police Police and civilians affected by restructuring will know their new roles by March 1 ESSEX POLICE SHAPES UP FOR CHAN )LICE DIVISIONS BY Jenny- Grinter A Division - Braintree F Division - Thurrock L I B Division - Basildon G Division - Harlow C Division - Chelmsford H Division - Southend POLICE officers and divisional admin staff, D Division - Tendring J Division - Rayleigh whose iobs will change as a result of the set- IE Division - ~olchestir . K Division - Airport ting up of 10 new pGlicing areas, will know 'Force,s Policy Group, a later stage. their new roles by March 1. and Chief Officers will Territorial review teams, Personal interviews Basildon; C Division - start matching police which are due to be created with all police officers Chelmsford; D Division officers with the new by July 1, will initially of inspector rank and - Tendring; E Division - posts in early February. have the police staff allo- above have already Colchester; F Division - The Chief Constable cated to allow sufficient Thurrock; G Division - taken place as the new has restated that any research and development Harlow; H Division - structure of Essex Police reductions in posts aris- to be completed. Southend; J Division - ing out of restructuring Any civilian posts within begins to take shape. Rayleigh; K Division - will be dealt with by the review teams will be Divisions Stansted Airport. natural wastage. The 10 new areas will Sections will exist with- Support recruited only when the be known as Divisions, research is completed. in these Divisions. When the new and each will have a Three teams will review Confidential discus- Divisions become opera- FOR three days this week Essex Police and the RMP joined forces on prefix letter and name as the 10 territorial divisions sions about the numbers tional on April 1, the horseback for the first time in history to patrol the Garrison town of follows: of management posts aim is to provide a con- and the operational ele- Colchester. A Division - needed have already sistent level of adminis- ments based at HQ. See page 3 for full details. Braintree; B Division - I taken place within the trative support and have In a slight change to the the new administrative original plan for a perma- nent HQ review team, HQ Honours awarded to Essex officers sy~::::;::ns review will now cover only management and personnel Pitsea tip. The killer was gradings are being formu- TWO Essex officers have been awarded the Queen's beries and other serious functions and will be car-, Police Medal in the New Year's Honours List. crimes. working, under a false lated by the management identity, as an airline ried out by professional Brentwood-based prestigious Home Office Before becoming a services team from person- pilot in Nigeria, and was heads of department andlor Detective Sergeant Bob post after completing a career detective, DS Davis also wanted for a murder nel department. They will Davis becomes the first year-long course at the served in uniform at in Austria. He was extra- assess what admin struc- ad hoc teams of specialists. Essex officer of his rank to Defence College. Maldon, Chelmsford, dited to stand trial at tures are necessary, and A further edition of the be awarded the medal. His last post in Essex South Ockendon, and on Chelmsford, and jailed take account of the individ- In newsletter is for life. Teuch Mr. Jim Dickinson, who was as Assistant Chief the then new community ual wishes and aspirations returns to Essex Police as Constable (Operations). An involvement unit at In another highly-pub- planned in February to give Deputy Chief Constable Essex and Southend police- Basildon, covering the licised case, DS Davis of administrative staff. you more detailed informa- this month after two years man for more than 30 Fryerns beat. arrested a man wanted CID admin, Divisional tion as the restructuring for armed robbery dur- as Deputy Commandant of years, Mr. Dickinson has His first commendations Process Units and typing process gets into full the Police Staff College, also served as head of the ing the suspect's wed- DCC Jim Dickinson. came after he helped clear dine ceremonv in services will remain swing. Bramshill, also receives the Police Research and up a tractor ringing con- Nottingham. Medal was awarded in recog- unchanged *pri1 QPM. Services Unit Crime spiracy which covered In 1989, he travelled to The existing units will Mr. Dickinson previous- Group. nition not of his own work but Essex and the East End of Gibraltar several times to of the work of Essex Police. service the new Divisions, ly served as Assistant to DS. Davis, 51, who is London. organise the arrest of a man "No-one in this job can Her Maj,esty's Chief one of the Force's most In 1979, DS Davis was on who had oreviouslv esca~ed stand alone." he said. "You with some changes in line Inspector of Constabulary widely travelled officers, the team investigating the from Billericav court. have got to have support, and I management. The future (Crime and Technical has also completed 30 Mafia killing of Joe Turone. DS Davis,-who is married havecertainly recsved sup- structure of these depart- The following year he worked with three children, said he Services), taking- up- this years police service. port from Chief Officers down ments will be researched at His CID career... ..~ with a special robbery squad considered the Queen's Police to constables." has taken him to on a "supergrass" inquiry Nigeria, Spain. which cleared up i series of France, Gibraltar, armed robberies on Post Offices and isolated pubs and Morocco in across the South East of pursuit of major En land criminals. Wfter' promotion to TWO Chelmsford officers were badly early on New Year's morning when they He has received Sergeant, he was involved in injured as they tried to stop a fight encountered a scuffle between two groups many commenda- Operation Birdcage which tar- between New Year revellt?rs. in Moulsham Street, Chelmsford. tions from Judges geted a series of armed rob- Pc Michaela Turton suffered serious A 22-year-old man has been charged and the Chief beries at luxury houses in Essex and Surrey. facial injuries and Pc Steve Wheeler frac- with causing grievous bodily harm to the Constable for his His inquiries in Nigeria fol- tured his wrist as they attempted to arrest two officers, and nine others have been investigative work lowed the discovery of the the troublemakers. charged with various public order DS Bob Davis. into mirders, rob- torso of an African woman at The two officers were on foot patrol offences. 2 THE LAW; JANUARY 1994 MUTTERINGS of discontent have been WE ARE now into a heard around Essex police stations as the start New Year in which we time of the working day moved forward an hour to 7am this week. Indignant voices have lamented the passing of the traditional 6 to 2, 2 to 10 and 10 to 6 shift Conditions of Service pattern. On the local front' we The new variable shift On the national arena, nego- Yet, when the year-long project, which was set have the re-structnring Of package has now been circu- tiations are still going on with up to look into shift systems, surveyed 450 shift the Force into l0 units, lated and is causing concern regard to Conditions of workers, three out of five actually expressed a whether they be. called to some members, especially Service at the Police preference for a 7am start. In total, 73 per cent of basic command units or with regard to what is known Negotiating Board. you know the full circum- those surveyed favoured a later start. as the "slow changeover" There is no information stances. But, say some disgruntled shift workers, "I was By now, all members will agreement. available to date but it is Even if we do not receive not consulted". In fact, throughout the project, have received a briefing pack- This is to do with working understood, as reported previ- confirmation until April, it repeated invitations for officers to express their age which highlights the pro- one six hour day and one 10 ously, that the Home Secretary will still allow members six views to the project team were published. Just 13 posed changes that are due to hour day within an eight hour is expecting recommendations months in which to purchase people responded. Details of the project appeared in The Law, and come into force on April 1. cycle of shifts, which will by April 3. p-operty or rent property to on Focus. No officer should have been unaware At the same time, it is enable officers to do away As soon as we are aware of enable them to receive a hous- that the project was underway, and every attempt hoped to introduce new vari- with the quick changeover any proposals that have been ing allowance. agreed, then You will be kept was made to be democratic. able shift patterns for the and also not to be sleeping on If any member has a Decisions on a subject as important as shift Force which were reported on a rest day. informed. ular problem which they your ~oint ranch board is patterns can never satisfy everybody, as both the in the last edition of The Law. Housing Allowance like clarified, I will be concerned with regard to the project team and the Federation acknowledge.