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NYP Federation Branch Treasurer/Board Member Lucy McNeill Scarborough Steve Paxton Scarborough Brad Jackson Knaresborough Mick Lynch Boroughbridge Andy Stow Charlotte Coles Scarborough Kevin Kelly Operations Chair/Board Member Jerry Perrin David Anderson Northallerton Rob Bowles Knaresborough Tony Barnes Mark Hughes Richmond Matt Hagen Custody Bill Burns Secretary/Board Member Paul Richardson Operations Will Eastwood Knaresborough Council Member Dave Hunter York Martin Scott York Mark Proctor York Council and Board Member Mark Scarborough Sarah Sanderson Headquarters Helen Scholefield Harrogate Matthew Mitchell Northallerton

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elcome to your Federations Annual In 2007, there Report covering the year 2017/2018. The were 2.1 police Windependent review of the Police Federation of officers for every and Wales continues to have a considerable impact on the way 1000 residents the Federation conducts its business locally and nationally. today there are We welcome that reform and the requirement to publish an just 1.5 police annual public value report is one of the recommendations of officers for every the review. This report will give you an idea of the breadth of 1000 residents. our work and the progress we are making on your behalf. It is This has had a also an opportunity to highlight some of the other real impact on achievements we have made over the course of the last year. service delivery, I hope it gives you an insight into the work of North our Officers Yorkshire Police Federation, its workplace representatives, its mental health and staff and member services providers. general wellbeing. One of the most topical changes, from the review, has been the recent elections for the Branch Council and the Branch Board. We had an excellent turnout in the elections which demonstrates Rob Bowles that our membership are campaign which provides officers engaged with the Federation and 1650 to just 1293 officers in an opportunity to discuss their we want to thank all those that Federated ranks today. In 2007, concerns with a trained counsellor participated. The key strands of our there were 2.1 police officers for provided by the Federation and in work are representation, every 1000 residents today there confidence. We are reviewing the influencing and negotiation. We are just 1.5 police officers for every services we provide with a view to want to build on your participation 1000 residents. This has had a real extending what your Federation and welcome your views on how impact on service delivery, our can do for you. We have also been we can improve the ways we Officers mental health and general active in raising public awareness represent you and influence and wellbeing. North Yorkshire Police of the impact that budget cuts are negotiate on your behalf. We Federation has been busy in having on services and on Officers. encourage members to visit us, supporting and representing We are working to develop discuss our work, and share their individual Officers that are relationships with our local views. suffering from mental health and Members of Parliament to The most significant factor wellbeing problems. We influence national decision making. affecting Policing nationally and in understand the difficulty that This was particularly effective in North Yorkshire has been the Officers experience in getting securing support for the Protect the ongoing cuts to police budgets. In counselling services and some Protectors legislation; increased North Yorkshire the number of physical treatments and in response sentences for Offenders who assault officers has fallen from a high of we have launched the ‘Just say it’ members of the emergency

FEDERATION EXPRESS 5 Chairman’s Introduction

services. We have also secured process in IOPC investigations. political support for a review of the Another key, and often Another key, and legal protection for Police Drivers unseen, aspect of our work is in Locally we have been working pension cases, Injury on Duty often unseen, hard with the Force to resolve Awards, Medical Appeals and operational problems encountered civil claims cases. Much of this aspect of our by Officers. We have been work is complex and time influential in reducing the impact, consuming. work is in pension and improving the conditions, for As well as the nationally Officers during Operation imposed reform programme North cases, Injury on Kingfisher. We are also actively Yorkshire Police Federation is also negotiating with the Force to making progress on our own Duty Awards, reduce the impact of the recent improvement plan. We are shift changes. providing more training, and Medical Appeals In relation to discipline matters. giving much more responsibility, to We have been developing our workplace Representatives to and civil claims relationships with other agencies to support you in a wider range of improve the services to our matters. cases. Much members. We recently hosted a Most importantly the work of meeting with Miranda Biddle, the the Federation is always secondary of this work is new Regional Director for the to the work that our members do in North East at the Independent serving their communities. We are complex and time Office for Police conduct (IOPC here to support you in that essential formally the IPCC) where we work. I would like to end this consuming. discussed our experiences and introduction with a big thank you concerns about the process of to all our members and also to our IOPC investigations. We are Federation Representatives for the developing closer links with work they do supporting their investigators and ensuring a timely, colleagues. streamlined and collaborative Rob Bowles - JBB Chair

6 FEDERATION EXPRESS Protecting our members Protecting our members – Ill Health Pensions and Injury Awards

orth Yorkshire Police recovered for members and/or We continue to Federation provides advice, their families was £38,669.54 guidance and hold popular representation to our Supporting our members – Nmembers who due to ill health or Member services and Health pre-retirement injury are facing early retirement. Care Scheme The process, from the point at Our Member Services team have courses as well as which the force refers a member to been working hard to bring you the the selected medical practitioner best Group Insurance cover for the Will Surgeries and (SMP) to the point where the SMP best price. decides that they are permanently 2017 claims year saw numerous Financial Advice disabled from performing the claims for: duties of a constable can take over • Life insurance Surgeries. 6 months. • Critical Illness Where a member is eligible for • Personal Accident an Injury in Duty Award then the • Reg 28 sick pay application process can involve • Travel Claims Deed of which we are also a obtaining and providing detailed • Motor Breakdown Trustee. The scheme is based on medical evidence. There are also a • Mobile phones the age of the member (no longer range of complex appeals processes • Legal Expenses serving/retired rates) and is open to regarding ill health retirement and The telephone support service all serving Police Officers and Injury on Duty awards which Red Arc continues to prove to be of Police Staff. For Serving Officers ultimately can involve building the great support to our members and – the scheme also pays their case for, and representing the their families in times of serious subscription to the Police member, at a Police Medical illness, bereavement and stress. Treatment Centres and offers Appeals Board. We recently made a change to fantastic value for Private Health In 2017/2018 we provided the Annual Travel cover. Single cover. advice, guidance and cover under the Group Insurance We continue to hold popular representation for 9 new cases – now covers partners/spouses pre-retirement courses as well as where members were considered without having to hold partner/ Will Surgeries and Financial Advice for an ill health retirement. In 7 of married level of cover. Single cover Surgeries. We have also recently these cases we also submitted therefore now covers partners/ launched “Just Say It” sessions. applications for Injury on Duties spouses for Motor Breakdown, “Just Say It” sessions provide our and represented one retired Mobile Phone and Annual Travel. members the opportunity to speak member in a Police Medical A recent “spend to save” to a trained counsellor about Appeals Board. document we produced anything that may be causing them demonstrates that the services stress or worry. All our surgeries Civil Claims offered by our Group Insurance are held monthly and the dates are The Police Federation covers civil scheme save our serving officers available on the “About us” Events personal injury claims for members £1,266.20 pa and our retired Calendar on the North Yorkshire and/or their families. Injury or officers £891 pa compared to Police Federation Website. property damage does not similar product costs offered by the Our website shows various automatically entitle claimants to High Street. discounts – all under the Member compensation; it has to be proved We have also merged our Private Services heading. These can be for that someone was legally liable for Health Scheme into the Northern gym memberships to leisure the injury or damage. In 2017 Police Healthcare Scheme. The attractions to special offers on new North Yorkshire Police Federation new scheme is as before, a self- cars under Motoring and all are concluded 7 claims. The total funded scheme set up by a Trust updated regularly.

FEDERATION EXPRESS 7 Core Purpose Core Purpose

e in the North Yorkshire local Federation. From the Board Police Federation are we have elected 3 full time Officials; here to assist in and to the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. promote the welfare and The election process ran Wefficiency of the force and our between February and May 2018 colleagues, and to assist in the and has returned the following ongoing development of North Council, Board and full time Yorkshire Police. representatives. We aim to protect and support North Yorkshire’s police officers and families every day.

Local Federation Structure The independent review has also dictated a change in the Joint Branch Board Structure. The old rank based Board structure has now been replaced by local Federation Councils and Boards. The Council consists of 20 work based representatives who are your local point of contact for advice and support. From the Council we have elected a Board which consists of 10 Representatives. The Board is the decision making body for your Position Location Brad Jackson Treasurer/ Board Member Knaresborough Rob Bowles Chair/ Board Member Knaresborough Will Eastwood Secretary / Board Member Knaresborough

Helen Scholefield Council and Board Member Harrogate Lucy McNeill Council and Board Member Scarborough Mick Lynch Council and Board Member Boroughbridge Charlotte Coles Council and Board Member Scarborough Jerry Perrin Council and Board Member Bedale Tony Barnes Council and Board Member York Matt Hagen Council and Board Member Custody

Martin Scott Council Member York Mark Hawes Council Member Scarborough Matthew Mitchell Council Member Northallerton Steve Paxton Council Member Scarborough Andy Stow Council Member Northallerton Kevin Kelly Council Member Operations David Anderson Council Member Northallerton Mark Hughes Council Member Richmond Bill Burns Council Member Harrogate Paul Richardson Council Member Operations Dave Hunter Council Member York Mark Proctor Council Member York Sarah Sanderson Council Member Headquarters

8 FEDERATION EXPRESS national bravery award North Yorkshire Police officer nominated for national bravery award

North Yorkshire Police been hidden in the suspect’s waist officer has been nominated band. A member of the public saw for a Police Bravery Award the officer was in danger, and helped for detaining a violent knife PC Farrar restrain the suspect. Asuspect in busy traffic. Stephen Mann, CEO of Police PC Richard Farrar has been Mutual, said: “Police Mutual is very nominated to win an award at the proud to be supporting the Police 23rd Police Bravery Awards in Bravery Awards for the tenth on 12 July. The awards are consecutive year. To all of you who held by the Police Federation of have been nominated, be proud of England and Wales to honour and yourselves and your achievements. recognise police officers who When it mattered most, you performed outstanding acts of stepped up. You proved that your bravery while on or off duty, and commitment to keeping the public are sponsored by Police Mutual. safe did not waver, even when PC Farrar was confronting a tested in the most trying of suspected bicycle thief by a busy circumstances. At Police Mutual, Rob Bowles, Chair road, when the man became my colleagues and I are deeply aggressive and violent and tried to honoured to be able to show our on North Yorkshire escape. appreciation for your bravery in As the officer tried to restrain keeping us safe.” Police Federation him, the two men ended up “The bravery and struggling into the road, into the professionalism shown by PC said: “We are path of oncoming traffic. During the Farrar went above and beyond the scuffle PC Farrar heard metal hit the normal call of duty. He showed proud to nominate ground - later discovering it was an exceptional bravery, putting his eight inch kitchen knife that had own life at risk.” Rich for the National Bravery Awards. His selfless and brave actions exemplify the best traditions of British Policing and he is a credit to North Yorkshire Police. We wish him the very best in his retirement”.

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hen an officers course. These representatives are professionalism is called Michael Lynch, Dave Anderson, in to question, whether Matthew Hagen and Tony Barnes, they have made mistakes who will assist in extending the Wor not, it is always an unpleasant accessibility of help on hand to our process, to say the least. In the vast members every day; every minute. majority of cases, there has been no Three Representatives last year deliberate intention to to do gained further development, Will Eastwood anything incorrectly and often the through regional training arranged initial investigation finds no by the Federation, which was also incidents. It is our intention, that misconduct at all. But we recognise attended by members of more trained Federation that it is not just the officer who Professional Standards Representatives will assist us in suffers as a result of the disciplinary Departments. Amongst many other spreading the essential awareness process, it is also all of those closest benefits, learning about the whole and understanding of such to them. It is right that considerable process in this way, enable procedures, as well as provide effort and resource are invested in improved transparency and support when they are ensuring that at the best possible understanding. implemented. Further to this, we support is made available across the We have also taken this a step will be looking this year to repeat board. further, identifying a training need the last years initiative of jointly To this end, in addition to all of for those Chief Inspectors and funding a larger number of the work and negotiation ongoing Superintendents most likely to colleagues to attend Post Incident nationally, we at a local level engage Chair Discipline Meetings. We have Awareness days. at every level to negotiate and sourced and arranged external All of this training is being put influence for the fairest processes training through a nationally to good use, with over 50 officers and outcomes possible. We have recognised trainer, who had supported with discipline had constructive meetings, with recently worked in this field with investigations and in excess of Professional Standards, the the College of Policing. This has £52000 paid in legal fees in the last Independent Police And Crime now been arranged for later this year. Our experience is that even Commission (now IOPC), Regional year, in collaboration with the where the officer concerned is and National practitioners and Force to assist in finding confident that they have done no even the College of Policing. This appropriate candidates. This move wrong, there is considerable stress has resulted in reviews of working will benefit all officers, by creating a and anxiety experienced by most practices and some shared shared understanding of officers subject to a disciplinary initiatives, some of which I will arrangements for Discipline investigation. This is why our detail within this report. Meetings, which will improve support cannot be measured in We recognise that to continue officer confidence in numbers, as it does not detail the providing the highest possible determinations and sanctions. on going personal support or the quality of advice and The development of these many other Federation supported representation, that the best colleagues will go even further this schemes and initiatives, designed to training available is essential. In the year, as we look to accredit them in support colleagues at these times. last year, we have trained four Post Incident Procedures. These Protecting the Protectors goes additional workplace procedures set out how the force beyond the assaults that you suffer. representatives, through the Police will consider the welfare of officers Will Eastwood – NYPF Conduct Federation approved Conduct following the most serious and Performance Lead Officer

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YP Federation has been during the restructuring of the working together with the Critical Incident Inspector Cover force to ensure that all of (CIIC). Discussions took place with our members are treated the heads of departments and the nequally and fairly. Chief Offi cer Team (COT) Th e recent changes to our shift outlining why we believed the patterns have been a huge challenge suggested procedure was unfair to successfully implement within a and would have a greater negative very short time frame. Th e impact on a small number of Federation were consulted at the inspectors. Lengthy negotiations outset and we raised a number of have now resulted in the concerns and observations. Th e organisation reviewing and main concern we had was the adjusting the procedure to allow suggested time scales and the fair implementation for all. ability for fl exible workers to be We still see some delays with able to view their new shift patterns offi cers receiving specialist and submit renewed fl exible plans equipment who have been assessed for consideration and approval on as requiring reasonable brad Jackson time. Although a small number of adjustments within the workplace. offi cers experienced delays in We continue to push the healthy working relationship with agreeing a new plan the majority organisation to review their the senior management and the were agreed and in place for the purchasing processes to enable COT in NYP. Th ey welcome our implementation date. these offi cers to utilise the observations and feedback and act We also argued that the equipment at the earliest possible positively on most occasions. organisation could not try to opportunity. We have had to take We will continue to represent “balance” male / female offi cer positive action against the force, on our members robustly where we numbers when allocating shift behalf of a member, on one believe they have been bands as this would be seen as occasion this year which highlights discriminated against because of a discrimination under the Equality how seriously any failings in this protected characteristic or treated Act. area are taken. unfairly. We have recently been In conclusion, we as a Brad Jackson - NYPF Equality representing the inspector ranks Federation have developed a Lead.

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