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Progress Report The Police Federation of England and Wales INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE POLICE FEDERATION CHAIR SIR DAVID NORMINGTON I OCTOBER 2013
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suffering mental health issues who wrongly end up in a police cell as well as highlighting the use of police cars as ambulances on occasions when our NHS colleagues were unable to provide such a service. We made it very clear that a police cell is no place for people with mental health problems and a police car is no substitute for an ambulance. Subsequently, the Home Office has begun working with the NHS, setting up pilot ‘triage’ schemes Steve Williams Ian Rennie which see mental health nurses working Chairman General Secretary closely with police patrol teams.
2013 proved to be another year of The Federation also made representations challenge and change for the Federation on the issue of crime recording and the use and the police service as a whole. of statistics, joining the public debate on how inaccuracies in crime data have an A shadow was cast across the organisation impact of public confidence and the following the sudden death of our dear integrity of the service. The Federation gave colleague and Chairman Paul McKeever evidence to the House of Commons’ Public just days before he was due to begin his Administration Select Committee in retirement. November and is also assisting the HMIC’s 2013/14 crime data integrity programme. Our incoming Chairman, Steve Williams took Autumn last year saw the publication of the on the legacy that Paul had created final report of the Independent Police through his resolve and dedication to Commission, led by Lord Stevens QPM. champion the rights of rank and file police officers as well as striving to maintain the Following the Federation’s repeated calls standard of service delivery that the public for a Royal Commission, the Labour Party deserves. commissioned an inquiry in 2011, also led by Lord Stevens. The report recommended a Influencing the Political Landscape series of reforms to the service including the The year began with a parliamentary abolition of Police and Crime reception organised by the national Commissioners and the current 43-force Federation to highlight policing issues in structure. Of key significance to our Wales. Minister of State for Policing and members was the recommendation that Criminal Justice, Rt Hon Damian Green MP officers should have ‘chartered status’. spoke at the event, expressing his Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has determination to "restore more discretion to announced that Labour will consult on the the police". The event provided an recommendations as part of Labour’s opportunity for Federation representatives manifesto-writing process ahead of the next to discuss matters impacting on policing in general election in 2015. The Federation will Wales with Westminster parliamentarians. use every opportunity to feed into that Steve Williams, PFEW Chairman and consultation process to shape the Shadow Policing Minister, Rt Hon David interpretation of those recommendations Hanson MP, also spoke at the event, Mr and work with other political parties as their Hanson highlighting concerns over the manifestos develop. levels of cuts to the policing budget. Police officers’ terms and conditions, pay Work continued to represent the views of and pensions our members and highlight those areas This was the year that the cuts to the police where we felt the Government could assist service really began to have an impact in tackling issues that are threatening to with a further 4,516 full-time equivalent undermine the service. The Federation officers being lost bringing a total reduction lobbied throughout the year on the issues of over 14,000 officers since 2010. With ever- surrounding the treatment of people increasing demands on the service being
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met by a dwindling number of officers, Further detail on all the issues relating to morale took a real beating as officers strove police pay, pensions and terms and as always to ensure the safety and security conditions of service, can be found in the of the public. PNB/PAB section of this annual report.
The reverberations of the Winsor Review Federation Ballot continued to impact on the landscape of The Police Federation ballot to seek the policing with the Federation continuing its right to take industrial action was held mission to ensure wherever possible that the between 31 January 2013 and 28 February implementation of reforms would not be to 2013. It was called after a motion brought the detriment of its members or the public. by the Metropolitan Police Federation was Some of Winsor’s most significant accepted as policy by PFEW’s Joint Central recommendations remained on the Committee (JCC). The online ballot was agenda at the Police Negotiating Board conducted by Electoral Reform Services (PNB), including the introduction of (ERS) an independent scrutineer. Officers compulsory severance for police officers from all federated ranks of the police and proposals concerning restricted duties service had the opportunity to take part in and payment of the ‘x-factor’. The the ballot. They were asked the question: Federation played a key role in the “Do you wish PFEW to seek the right for discussions that took place during 2013 at police officers to take industrial action?” the PNB. When, regrettably, an agreement could not be reached, the issue was taken The results were announced on 4 March. forward to the Police Arbitration Tribunal Out of the 133,108 officers eligible to vote, (PAT). The Staff Side was led by chief some 56,333 took part in the ballot, with negotiator and Federation General 45,651 voting in favour and 10,681 voting Secretary Ian Rennie. Backed by robust against. PFEW’s policy stated that a clear written and oral evidence, our organisation mandate to seek industrial rights could only played a key role in challenging the case be provided by more than half of its total for the introduction of a measure that membership of 133,108 voting in favour. would alter the constitutional position of the Whilst that figure was not achieved, the police and change the very nature of the ballot result highlighted the pressure the service. As a result, the PAT ruled against service was feeling and the Federation introducing the power to make officers continued to negotiate to get the best deal redundant – a great result for the for officers in straitened economic times. Federation, for the service and for the public. On restricted duties, the Sides only Legal Services 2013 differed on one, recommendation 39. The The JCC provides legal advice and view put forward by the Official Side on the representation to members in respect of definition of restricted duty was accepted, duty related criminal and conduct matters, so the potential pay reduction applies to defamation and privacy, employment officers unable to undertake the full range tribunal respondents, malicious of duties of a police officer. Staff Side prosecutions, regulations advice, inquests, remain concerned that this could lead to judicial reviews, criminal appeals and police unlawful discrimination for disabled officers. appeal tribunals. Each Rank General Secretary deals with funding of claims of In April, the Government confirmed that the discrimination; cases of discrimination that PNB will be replaced by a Police involve a conflict are considered for Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) in 2014. funding by the JCC. This will be similar to that used to set pay in other public services. Whilst this decision In 2013 the Police Federation funded a total was not welcomed by the Federation, we of 2494 legal actions, compared to 2217 in are involved in the process of the formation 2011. All categories increased slightly with of the new body and will fully engage with the exception of the “JCC Other” category it once established to ensure the interests of which decreased from 341 in 2012 to 315 in our members are best served by the new 2013. arrangements.
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Chart 1: The proportion and number of Women made up 27% of Federated ranks in cases supported by the PFEW in 2013 England and Wales in 2013 (Home Office); (Total 2494) and 21% of the cases funded by the Police Federation. The Separate Rank Committees fund primary claims of discrimination; of these, women account for 57% of the total cases funded compared to 50% last year. 30% of Constables were women in 2012, yet 67% of all cases funded by the Constables’ Central Committee were from women (149).
Chart 4: The Racial Breakdown of Funded Cases in 2013
Chart 2: The breakdown of claims of discrimination funded by the Separate Rank Committees in 2013 (Total 315).
In 19% of cases the ethnicity of the claimant was not recorded.
BME officers made up 5% of Federated ranks in England and Wales in 2013 (Home In respect of discrimination, claims of Office), and 5% (154) of the claims funded disability discrimination increased while where ethnicity was stated. Ethnicity was cases of race discrimination decreased. not stated in over three times as many Disability discrimination accounts for half of cases (484). In all cases funded by the all claims. Numbers of sex discrimination Separate Rank Committees (i.e. claims of cases remained the same as in 2102, a discrimination) ethnicity was stated. quarter of all cases funded. The numbers of cases in respect of other protected Police Federation Annual Conference 2013 characteristics remained broadly the same The theme of the annual conference was as in 2012. '20/20 Vision: Policing the Future Together' and it was seen as an opportunity for the Federation to discuss the challenges which Chart 3: The Gender Breakdown of funded continue to face policing and to come cases in 2013 together to help ensure a better future for police officers and a better service for the public.
In her keynote speech to delegates in Bournemouth, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that, subject to consultation with the Sentencing Council, the government will change the law so that the starting point for anybody who kills a police officer should be a life sentence without parole. Her assertion that "life should mean life for anyone convicted of killing a police
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officer” was met with applause from Policing. She revealed that more than a delegates. In his first keynote conference third of forces have no women in their top speech as national Chairman, Steve ranks. She said a lot of the good work that Williams urged the Federation to 'unite had been done to ensure the police service together' for the good of its members. was more representative of communities was being undone. “Austerity is allowing In the main forum debates, conference people to do all sorts of things that would discussed privatisation, industrial rights, otherwise not be acceptable,” she told sentencing, the College of Policing, stalking delegates. Jayne Monkhouse OBE, equality of police officers and the Independent advisor to the Federation spoke about the Review of the Police Federation. Delegates inequalities in the current pay arrangements heard from Nick Gargan QPM, Chief highlighted by the PNB Equal Pay Audit Constable, Avon & Somerset; Rachel 2012. Ms Monkhouse told delegates that Robinson, Policy Officer, Liberty; Paul women constables were earning an Nowak, Assistant General Secretary, TUC; average of 93.4p compared to every Judge Davis QC, Sentencing Council; Eoin pound a male constable earned in 2012. McLennan-Murray, President, Prison Governors Association; Frances Crook, Chief The JCC is grateful to the committee Executive, The Howard League for Penal members, CAC and JBBs for their continued Reform Vikram Dodd, The Guardian; support to ensure conference is a success. Thomas P Winsor, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary; and Alex Conference Motions Marshall QPM, CEO, College of Policing. The Motions to Conference 2013 that were The theme of policing the future was also carried are as follows: included in a 'Question Time' panel discussion including Rt Hon Damian Green, 8. CHANGE TO REGULATION 12 (1A) MP, Minister of State for Policing and ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO CENTRAL Criminal Justice; Ian Johnston QPM, Interim COMMITTEES Chair, Official Side PNB (APCC); Irene Curtis, Hertfordshire President, Police Superintendents’ “That this conference instructs the JCC to Association of England and Wales; Sir Hugh amend the last sentence of regulation 12,1, Orde, OBE, QPM, President - ACPO; Rt Hon (1A) Of the Police Federation regulations to David Hanson MP, Shadow Policing Minister. read: “In each case, from the eligible Following the 'industrial rights' ballot in membership” March, a special forum was held, led by Instead of “from among their number” Steve Williams, Chairman, and Ian Rennie, The eligible membership being any person General Secretary. Mr Rennie pointed out properly elected as per Regulation 6 to any the ballot result showed just how strongly Branch Board as at January 1st of the year many members felt about the way police in which the election takes place and who officers had been treated by the continues to be so at the time of the government and that view would need to election, therefore not necessarily having be reflected in the work of the Federation ever been a delegate to any of the Central moving forward. Conferences.”
The Policewomen’s Eve of Conference Amendment (Hertfordshire): meeting heard presentations from Jayne “That this conference instructs the JCC to Monkhouse, OBE, Equality Advisor, Emma seek a change in Police Federation Hawksworth from solicitors Slater & Gordon Regulations 1969 as amended 2004 to Lawyers (formerly RJW) and Professor amend the last sentence of regulation 12,1, Jennifer Brown – Director of the Manheim (1A) of those regulations to read: Centre for Criminology at the London “In each case, from the eligible School of Economics and Political Science. membership” Instead of “from among their number” Professor Brown gave an update on the The eligible membership being any person Independent Police Commission Review of properly elected as per Regulation 6 to any
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Branch Board as at January 1st of the year rates to the Police Federation for new in which the election takes place and who recruits. We propose that for the first year of continues to be so at the time of the service the rate be 25% of the full election, therefore not necessarily having subscription rate and 50% for their second ever been a delegate to any of the Central year of service. The subscription rate would Conferences.” CARRIED (as amended) then increase to the full national rate once the officers reach 2 years’ service. The rates The amendment to Regulation 12 was should be rounded up to the nearest penny made and takes effect from January 2014. and calculated irrespective of whether a force has 12 or 13 pay days per year.” 9. CHANGE TO CONFERENCE PROCEDURE – REG 11, NOMINATIONS MOTIONS ACCEPTED AS POLICY BY THE JCC Hertfordshire BEFORE CONFERENCE SINCE THE CLOSING “That this conference instructs the DATE FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE CAC CAC/JCC to change the conference procedure regulation 11, Nominations to REVIEW THE STRUCTURE OF ANNUAL read: CONFERENCE ‘Nominations for all members of central TREASURERS Northamptonshire committees shall close on the last day of “This conference instructs the Joint Central March prior to the commencement of the Committee to review the structure and separate central conferences. All length of the annual conference of the nominations must be on the prescribed Police Federation of England and Wales. form and signed by the proposer and Proposals for shorter conference to be seconder, certifying that the nominee is presented to Conference 2014 for prepared to stand. Elections shall be held at implementation in 2015.” times to be fixed by each Separate Conference. The list of nominees will be Work has been undertaken by the Deputy circulated to all Branch Boards, together Treasurer but proposals in respect of with any supporting documentation conference have been superseded by the candidates may wish to add. All reference Independent Review that is to be to separate conference within these considered by conference 2014. regulations shall include a separate annual general meeting should the appropriate AMENDMENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL rank central committee deem it to be so.' REGULATIONS CPS – REMOVAL OF CLAUSE Legislation Lancashire The CAC has effected this change to “That Conference instructs the Joint Central Regulation 11 of the Conference Committee to seek an amendment to the Procedures. ‘Attorney General (the Regulations) (The Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses’ etc Emergency Motion 1 Allowances) Regulations 1988), as Lancashire amended from time to time. The “That Conference instructs the Joint Central amendment being the removal of the Committee, not to adopt as JCC Policy any exclusionary clause ‘No allowances, recommendations proposed by the expenses or fees can be paid to police Independent Review of PFEW (as officers (from Forces in England and Wales) announced in December 2012 as attending in their official capacity.” supported by the JCC at their extraordinary The Legislation sub-committee has been meeting on 3rd January 2013) unless progressing this matter and the Home instructed to do so following debate of Secretary has been requested to consider those recommendations at Conference.” making the required amendments.
Adopted as JCC policy. Emergency Motion Lancashire Emergency Motion 2 “That Conference instructs the Joint Central Sussex Committee to bring before Conference all “That Conference instructs the Joint Central recommendations proposed by the Committee Treasurer to reduce subscription Independent Review of PFEW (as
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announced in December 2012 as Federation together with the Association of supported by the JCC at their extraordinary Chief Police Officers. Over the years it has JCC meeting on 3 January 2013) where become a key feature on the roads they shall be debated either collectively or policing calendar, highlighting new ideas, individually as appropriate.” and initiatives and providing a forum where sharing professional knowledge, vision and Party Political Conferences experiences contributes to an In the Autumn the Police Federation made understanding of progress and the changes representations at each of the three major officers are constantly facing. party conferences. Delegates heard from Stephen Hammond Building on the now well-established brand MP, the Under-Secretary of State for ‘The Policing Fringe’, together with the Transport, who thanked police officers for Association of Chief Police Officers and the the incredible job they do in helping to Police Superintendents’ Association of make Britain’s road network one of the England and Wales, PFEW held a series of safest in the world. panel discussions which included senior party members. This was an opportunity to debate At the event, Vice-Chair of the ACPO how we can continue to deliver high quality Roads Policing Business Area, ACC Gary as well as value for money service without Forsyth announced that a process had negatively impacting on frontline services been launched that will lead to the and to look ahead at where policing and creation of a national accredited standard crime will sit in policy terms in the run up to of training for officers involved in policing the 2015 General Election. the roads. The project is set to last up to two years and will engage with forces within At the Liberal Democrat conference Alan England and Wales to establish what Travis (Guardian) chaired a panel which training is currently being delivered. The included Jeremy Browne MP in his role as team will work with a view to embedding Minister for Crime Prevention. At the Labour the standards within the College of Policing. conference Alan Travis again led the proceedings with David Hanson (Shadow The conference brought attention to the Police Minister) and Yvette Cooper (Shadow issue of officers being more cautious when Home Secretary) on the panel. Finally, at responding to emergencies as the law the Conservative Conference, Mark leaves them vulnerable to be prosecuted Williams-Thomas (TV Presenter, Criminologist for dangerous driving. T/DCC Andy Holt and Child Protection Expert) presided over a South Yorkshire, ACPO lead on pursuits, said constructive debate with Damian Green he would do all he could to ensure that (Minister for Policing) giving an overview of officers were allowed to do their job without the current government priorities for policing fear of prosecution for doing what they are including a call for officers to do their jobs called upon to do. 'more efficiently than ever before'. The conference saw the second year of At each event PFEW Chairman, Steve ACPO and the Police Federation giving Williams, delivered the key message that awards to recognise outstanding issues of privatisation, cuts to frontline achievement in the world of roads policing. services and compulsory severance were The awards, sponsored by Irwin Mitchell threatening to undermine the fundamental Solicitors, had 32 nominations this year principles of British policing. The Chairman which were all of a very high standard. The also represented the Federation at a overall winner was PC Andy Ivison from number of round-table discussions as well as Cumbria with Chief Superintendent Paul one-to-one meetings with MPs, peers and Morrison of Sussex Police and Sergeant representatives from key stakeholders and Nigel Ralphson from Lancashire Police the influential organisations. two runners-up.
Roads Policing Conference In his last Roads Policing Conference, Alan In January another successful roads policing Jones, who retired on 17 March after almost conference was hosted by the Police four decades within the police service, was
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presented with a lifetime achievement and murder of five-year-old April Jones. award for the extraordinary work he has Detective Constable James Smith, Essex done as a Police Inspector for South Police, was named Student Detective of the Yorkshire Police and for the Police Year having spent the last two years on Federation where he was the Chair of the local CID as a trainee investigator, and Inspectors’ Central Committee. Alan’s already having an above average crime passion and enthusiasm for roads policing clearance rate for the area. has made a huge impact, and seen him work tirelessly on behalf of police officers Bravery Awards 2013 within England and Wales, supporting and This year’s annual Police Bravery Awards campaigning for a variety of changes to were held at 8 Northumberland Avenue in improve policing the roads. London. The gala evening, organised by the Police Federation of England and Wales in Police Federation National Detectives Forum partnership with Police Mutual, was In October, the Police Federation National attended by 63 of the most courageous Detectives Forum (PFNDF) held its annual officers from forces throughout England and conference. During the day delegates were Wales. The ceremony followed a reception engaged in a series of presentations given at 10 Downing Street earlier in the day for by Senior Investigative Officers working on the nominees and their families. high-profile and complex cases sharing experiences and best practice. PC Ian Dibell was recognised posthumously for his incredible courage and self-sacrifice. The event also saw the launch of research He died close to his home in Clacton after findings following a survey conducted by being shot in the street on the afternoon of PFNDF into the impact of the cuts to the July 7, 2012 by Peter Reeve; the officer was service. The survey, found that out of more trying to tackle Reeve as he threatened a than 4,000 detectives - 78 per cent of neighbour. respondents think the service to the public has deteriorated and nearly a third, 30 per The other recipients of the regional bravery cent, think that it has ‘seriously deteriorated’. awards were; The results also highlighted the increased • North West winners - Constables Nathan work pressures on officers with 96 per cent Jackman and Peter Stevens from of those who responded finding the job Merseyside for their courage in tackling a stressful and more than half said their knifeman and saving the victim’s life. workloads had increased ‘substantially’ in • North East winner - Constable Sara the last three years. Widdrington from North Yorkshire - for fearlessly tackling a gunman in a busy Even when detectives were ‘off-duty’, more supermarket. than 70 per cent had been contacted by • Midlands winners - Constables Stephen their forces regarding case work at least Fletcher and Rory Stuart-Knill from West once a month. Midlands – for undergoing a vicious and sustained attack by a masked petrol During the conference, the PFNDF Awards bomb gang. were also presented. DCs Wayne Talbot • Eastern winner - Constable Martin and Glen Baird, Devon and Cornwall Police, Bentley from Norfolk - for continuing to were jointly presented with the Detective pursue a violent armed offender despite Investigation of the Year award for their being stabbed himself. work in bringing a prolific sex offender to • Welsh winner - Constable Alun Morgan justice. The award was shared with DC Jerry from Dyfed Powys - who plunged into Walters, City of London Police, who spent freezing quarry waters to rescue a seven years investigating Giovanni Di drowning boy. Stefano, who falsely claimed to be a lawyer • South West winner - Constable Nicholas and defrauded his clients out of vast sums French from Gloucestershire - for of money. Dyfed Powys Police had been heroically tackling a man armed with a named the inaugural winner of the new knife and a lawn edger. PFNDF Policing Excellence Award for their • London winners - Constables Stephen operation which investigated the abduction Barker, Thomas Harding, Shumal Haque,
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Alastair Hinchliff and Andrew Robb - for provide mutual aid. A Federation ‘gold their persistence and heroism confronting group’ was formed to ensure the safety and a man armed with a knife in a butcher’s welfare of its members remained of shop, despite suffering horrific, life paramount importance, successfully raising threatening injuries. concerns with government representatives to iron-out last minute worries, particularly over the protection of officers’ safety. National Police Memorial Day (NPMD) Following the G8 Summit we saw the This year the tenth National Police Memorial deployment of officers from mainland Day service took place in St David’s Hall, Britain to provide mutual aid support to our Cardiff and was attended by the families, colleagues in PSNI during the ‘marching friends and colleagues of officers. Prince season’, a situation that is likely to continue. Charles, Patron of the charity, spoke at the event, which also saw Home Secretary Looking Forward Theresa May and MPs come to the service This year was not only significant for the alongside senior officers and Steve Williams, external changes to policing but was also chair of the Police Federation of England the year that the Federation took a long, and Wales who support NPMD. hard look at itself in relation to how the policing landscape has shifted. It was the Prince Charles spoke of the professionalism Federation itself that decided to instigate a of policemen and women and the fully Independent Review – a root and gratitude that we owe them for keeping us branch level review of the organisation with safe. the aim of ensuring it is better positioned to serve its members and is a credible and The officers who had given their lives in the united voice. exercise of their duty in the 12 months preceding the event were also Early in the year a distinguished panel, remembered. chaired by former Home Office Permanent Secretary Sir David Normington, was They are: Sergeant Ian Harman, brought together in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police; Constable Steve RSA acting as secretariat. The interim Rawson, Hampshire Constabulary; progress report was published in October. Constable Philippa Reynolds, Police Service While the report did not make comfortable of Northern Ireland; Constable Bruce reading, the key message was clear. 91 per Stevenson, Derbyshire Constabulary; cent of members agreed the Police Constable Andrew Bramma, North Yorkshire Federation should change. The final report Police; Constable Anthony Sweeney QPM, was received in January 2014. West Yorkshire Police; Detective Constable Adele Cashman, Metropolitan Police; 2014 will be the most significant year in the Special Constable Scott Bennett, Federation’s history since its formation in Lincolnshire Police; Constable Nicola 1919. Getting the implementation of the Hughes, Greater Manchester Police; Review right will be absolutely crucial This is Constable Fiona Bone, Greater Manchester our opportunity for every part of the Police. Federation – members, representatives, staff, and the executive – to come together The Police Federation of England and Wales and work through what needs to happen to continues to support the National Police secure our long-term future. If we can keep Memorial Day Trust and the PFEW Chairman working together as an organisation, we are chairs the Memorial Day Organising confident that we will be ready to tackle Committee. whatever challenges lie ahead in 2014.
G8 Summit Finally, we wish to thank the Joint Central This summer’s G8 Summit put further Committee, Joint Branch Boards and all the pressure on an already overstretched Police Federation staff for their support and service with 3,600 officers from mainland UK work during 2013 on behalf of the being deployed to Northern Ireland to membership.
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The committee is only as good as the professional advice that it receives and once again we are grateful for the advice and service provided by Emma Hawksworth and Juliette Franklin from Slater and Gordon Solicitors, who both contribute regularly to our meetings and leaders seminars.
Our own in-house legal team, Jibin Philip Chairman: Secretary: Jayne Willetts Ian Trueman and Jonathan Keighley, continue to provide excellent service and value for money, not 2013 has been a year of minimal change for only in terms of the advice provided to the the sub-committee. General Secretaries on equality issues but also in contributions to the new Equality We have said goodbye to Julie Grocutt from practitioners course, the continuing the Constables’ Central Committee who maintenance of the Equality handbook, the retired from the service and we will miss her updating of the smaller advice leaflets; and enthusiasm and commitment to the advice and support in the compiling of committee’s work. We wish Julie a long and written responses to government happy retirement. consultations.
There have been several appointments to Lastly, the committee is very grateful for the the committee during the course of the year continued advice, knowledge and and in December the current committee experience of Jayne Monkhouse OBE who members were: has provided valuable insights for the committee and was instrumental in the re- Jayne Willetts (Chair) – Region 3 writing of the practitioners’ course and the Ian Trueman (Secretary) – Region 5 primary author of the College of Policing Carolyn Davis – Inspectors reserve guidance on flexible working, which was Julia Lawrence – Sergeants reserve based upon Jayne’s and the Federation’s Fiona Douglas-Mullett – Constables reserve knowledge and experiences. Paul Davis – Region 4 Steve Evans – Region 4 Seminars George Gallimore – Region 1 The Equality Liaison Officers are our main Doug Campbell – Region 6 communication channel with the JBB’s, and Zac Mader – Region 7 we would like to thank them for their hard Steve Garmston – Region 2 work and dedication on behalf of our members. As usual the leaders have had the The sub-committee continues to work on the opportunity to attend two seminars at Federation’s aims of equality, fairness and Leatherhead during the year, in March and diversity within the police service. We do this November. The seminars have been well by representing our members’ interests in attended and provide an opportunity to various forums including numerous national discuss pressing issues and share best police business areas within the equality practice, as well as receiving updates on a area, the Police Advisory Board and the variety of topics. Home Office as well as training and updating the equality representatives and leaders. The content of the seminars during 2013 has included, recent legislative changes and During the course of the year our committee case law, updates on Equal Pay, use of clerk has continued to provide valuable Positive action, changes to Statutory support and assistance to the committee questionnaires, advice on Whistleblowing, within meetings and seminars. We would like support for officers undergoing IVF and the to thank Louise Dunne for her help assisting menopause, the introduction of the College with the running of the committee and its of Policing guidance on flexible working, the events. introduction of fitness testing, good practice
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on unsatisfactory attendance, Deaf other stakeholders in the National Police awareness, BME disproportionality in conduct Diversity business area; this group have proceedings and Police pensions and been working on a new Equality strategy for Medical appeal boards. Regular question the police service, which should be time contributors to the seminars include the launched by the College of Policing in late Home Office Equality team and the Head of 2013 or early 2014. The committee secretary Equality for the College of Policing. has also provided feedback to the College of Policing on their internal diversity strategy. Courses The committee has restructured and re- The sub-committee considered and launched the equality training program approved a funding request to join the through 2013. The program now consists of Business Disability Forum, which will provide a grievance course which lasts one day Equality Leaders, sub-committee members and is designed to be delivered locally to and our own PFEW HR team with access to reps by the Equality leader. Once a rep has best practice information which is currently completed this initial training they are then available to some Force HR teams but not able to attend the Equality practitioners Federation representatives. The Forum gave course. Three separate training sessions a presentation to the Equality leaders in were held for the Equality leaders, to November and the information will be enable them to become familiar with the available to Leaders through the new training package. extranet and will be limited to one person per JBB. It is hoped to have the electronic The revised equality practitioners course has access by early 2014. now being running for a year, with positive feedback from delegates. The committee During 2013 the committee have made intend to monitor the course to ensure that amendments to the following leaflets; it remains current and relevant to the Maternity, Flexible working, and Part time; demands of our members. Beyond this is the this means that Amendments have been equality liaison officers’ role who should made to the Family leave and Flexible attend the 6 monthly seminars to refresh working manual to reflect the regulations. and update their knowledge. The Harassment and bullying leaflet has also been updated. This has meant that similar Consultations changes have been made in the Equality The committee and their advisors have and Diversity manual. responded to several government consultation documents during the course The committee continues to monitor issues of the year, the primary one being the that are brought to its attention by the government consultation on the Public equality leaders, as well as the employment Sector Equality Duty. During 2013 the PFEW issues brought to the attention of our in- diversity equality scheme was refreshed and house and external legal teams. Looking saw the introduction of an Anti-bullying and forward the committee is keen to review harassment policy. The committee how successful the implementation of the throughout the year have worked with new flexible working guidance has been.
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to thank them for their attendance and input to the programme. Presentations from the seminars can be found on our intranet website.
Issues covered included the following topics:
March Chairman: Secretary: Policing fast roads Alan Ogg Geoff Stuttaford, FCMI G8 and Mutual Aid In March of this year Alan Ogg from the Airwave Health monitoring programme Inspectors Central Committee was elected Coping with suicides as our Chairman. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder National Fitness testing The sub committee has had another very Blood borne Viruses and HIV busy year responding to the many consultation requests received, mainly from October the Health & Safety Executive, which all Blue light trauma services stemmed from the review conducted by National Uniform Project Professor Löfstedt. I would like to thank our Shift patterns and Working Time Regulations adviser, Lyn Harris, for his advice and Emergency Services Mobile Programme guidance in submitting the responses. World Tetra Association and Communications Broadband Group One major change to affect our members Mobile policing from Blackberry was contained in the Enterprise & Centre for Applied Science and Technology Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which was enacted on 1 October 2013. This Act now National Inspection – Roads Policing removes the right to bring civil claims for Following on from our March seminar we breaches of Health & Safety legislation. This decided that this year’s national Health & change in the law means that only cases Safety inspection would focus on policing based upon allegations of negligence can fast roads. We are all well aware of the now be pursued for people injured at work. drop in numbers all departments have It will make claims harder to establish and faced and in particular roads policing units means that fewer will succeed than before. around the country. As a result more and For those that followed the Bill’s progress more incidents on fast roads are being you will remember that it stuttered a few dealt with by response officers. The times but was eventually pushed through by inspection will look at their training and the Government. Together with the TUC equipment, force risk assessments, near and other staff associations we did raise our misses etc. I will be producing a report to objections to the changes, but to no avail. assist us in dealing with this issue at a senior For more information see JBB Circular level. A copy of the report is available on 028/2013. our website.
Health & Safety Leaders Seminars Airwave – Tetra Radio Network The leaders are the conduit between the The current provider of Tetra radio is sub committee and local Joint Branch Airwave Solutions Ltd. Contracts between Boards and ultimately, front line policing. this company and forces around the We have tried this year to involve them as country are due to expire between 2016 much as possible in the reviews and papers and 2020. The Emergency Services Mobile that come through the subcommittee that Communications Programme is the Home may be relevant for them so we get an up Office led replacement programme for that to date operational perspective on some of contract. The programme involves all three the recommendations and discussions. emergency services and we have been involved in the on-going consultation with a This year we held two seminars with a wide view to maintaining the service our variety of external speakers and I would like members require.
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Previously the end user, the officers on the but following the disturbances in the ground, tended to be forgotten when summer mainland officers were again negotiating new equipment so I have been deployed to Northern Ireland. involved in the programme from the start and I am grateful to Commander Richard I regularly meet with the Police Federation Morris who leads for the police service. for Northern Ireland and the Scottish Police Federation as a Joint Health & Safety To try and establish exactly what officers committee and obviously these prefer in their day to day operational life I deployments are high on our agenda. instigated a survey of officers across many I also sit on the Mutual Aid working group different departments and received over which looks at all mutual aid requirements, 450 responses. The survey will be analysed as we can look forward to the and the results will help us to influence the Commonwealth Games, Tour de France programme as to what is required by front and probably many other events which will line officers. A copy of the report is require mutual aid policing. available on our website. Water Rescue Safety The Imperial College Airwave health The ACPO Police Health & Safety Guidelines screening programme continues to be for water rescue were agreed by the rolled out across the country and is of Health, Safety & Welfare strategic group significant benefit to our members as they and they have now been submitted to the are provided with an intensive health College of Policing for approval. It was screening examination. Many unconnected disappointing that these guidelines could health issues have already been identified not yet be agreed as we have been in discussions around this issue for over three which have been of benefit to those taking years but, understandably, the College of part. Policing want to ensure they are fit for purpose. Police vehicles used as Ambulances It became increasingly apparent during the Training year that the ambulance service was We continue to run the IOSH accredited finding it difficult to cope with the amount safety representatives course and I would of calls they had to deal with. Several issues like to thank those leaders who assisted this were identified which meant ambulances year as course directors, as well as our were not able to reach all casualties and as resident trainer Graham Richens. We also a result the police and fire service were offer a strategic health & safety course being increasingly used to convey within the police service which can be casualties to hospital. booked through your Joint Branch Boards. The Working Time Regulations course and We have been working with UNITE to look at the Accident and Incident Investigation the issue holistically and try to alleviate the course are also available and should again problem. We have also highlighted be booked through your Joint Branch numerous incidents to various ministers both Boards. in government and the shadow government. We also continue to raise the I would also like to take this opportunity of issue at ACPO level so that local protocols thanking Charlotte Clover-Lambert, our may be put in place around the service we committee clerk, for her help in all aspects are expected to give to the public. of the sub committee as well as organising the leaders’ seminars. I would also like to Mutual Aid thank our adviser Lyn Harris for his continued We are all well aware of the G8 summit held support and advice. Finally, I would like to in Northern Ireland this year and the fact thank our solicitor, Richard Geraghty from that mutual aid was supplied to that event. Slater & Gordon solicitors, for his help and This was supposed to be a one off event advice throughout the year.
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improving training and development. It will focus on identifying the current and future skills required for roads policing, to map existing training provision and produce a national roads policing developmental programme.
Police Federation National Detective Forum (PFNDF) Chairman: Secretary: The PFNDF continues to lobby and highlight Kevin Huish George Gallimore the necessity to maintain the best In February 2013 George Gallimore was investigative service in the world. Much of elected as Secretary of this sub committee, this lobbying has been conducted with the succeeding Steve White who took up the College of Policing to impress upon the role of Vice Chair of PFEW. College the requirement for quality training and skills accreditations. This will remain one The Legislation sub committee has had yet of the priorities for 2014. another busy year responding to the many consultations it has received. During the Mental Health year the sub committee received 30 The demands placed on officers relating to consultations and responded to 26 which mental health and the massive impact of were relevant to the work of PFEW. Mental Health on the work of the police service has also been a large area of work Consultations were received in the main this year. This will continue to dominate in from the Home Office. However, the 2014 and we are grateful to Kevin Huish and College of Policing and Ministry of Justice the National Custody Forum for taking the have also submitted consultations for our lead in this area. consideration, and some Inquiries have also sought our input. Special Constabulary The sub committee via Jayne Willetts has A list of the consultations received is been busy covering the, still yet to be available at the end of this report. Our decided route of whether membership of responses to the consultations can be found the federation, should be implemented and on our website at www.polfed.org available for our Special Constabulary colleagues and conference will hopefully Roads Policing make the decision this year. Much work has also taken place within the business areas of Roads policing as well as Expanding the Role and Powers of the National Detectives forum with both Community Support Officers (PCSOs) holding successful seminars and awards This is the latest consultation to be received events in 2013. Our thanks go to the during this year and one which will require respective new leads John Giblin for Roads much consideration before responding. Policing and Paul Ford for the National Detectives forum. College of Policing The College of Policing continues to Roads policing has suffered more than progress with its reform in terms of many, with the cutbacks but continues to governance and setting up new business raise the issues concerned in this often areas. The sub committee will continue to maligned but crucial area of police work. be involved in any consultations on issues Following on from the work in 2012, an affecting the membership. important step has been the formation of the National ACPO Pursuit Consultative Numerous strategic meetings/forums/events Group, which aims to offer better protection continue to be attended, including the to emergency drivers in Police pursuits. Reducing Bureaucracy Board, PACE strategy Board, Justice Unions Parliamentary A dedicated roads policing online network group. has also been launched with the aim of
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So whilst 2013 has been a packed year for Proposals for improving the police the Legislation sub committee, we fear that disciplinary system: 2014 will be another full and interesting year Consultation on police powers of stop and with the emergence of the College of search: Policing and our Independent Review. Consultation on revised Special Constable expense and allowance rates: On behalf of the sub committee our thanks Consultation on PACE CODES C and H: go to our advisers who have assisted us throughout the year, and also to Nyki Curtis, Inquiry into online safety: our Committee Clerk for her assistance in all Proposals for improving Her Majesty’s aspects of the sub committee. Inspectorate of Constabulary’s (HMIC) powers and independence: List of consultations Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Powers of entry - draft code of practice Bill: Transfer of powers to make and amend consultation: Police Regulations: Draft Pensions Bill: Call for evidence : Streamlining parole together: Stakeholder Amendments to the High Risk Offenders Engagement Exercise: (HRO) scheme: Draft code of ethics: principles and Consultation on the implementation of standards of professional behaviour for the direct entry into the police: police forces of England and Wales: Independent Police Complaints Commission Inquiry into Police and Crime (IPCC) powers: Commissioners: Implementing the coroner reforms in Part 1 M60 J8 to M62 J20 Smart Motorway - of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009: consultation on proposal to implement Consultation on revised PACE codes of variable mandatory speed limits: practice 2013: Our strategic intent: Review of the Public Sector Equality Duty: Consultation: Proposals for expanding the Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more role and powers of Police Community credible and efficient system: Support Officers (PCSOs): Review of Strategic Command Course: Draft Vetting Code of Practice: Inquiry into the treatment of vulnerable Inquiry into penal policy and crime witnesses: reduction: Hate crime: The case for extending the Inquiry into counter-terrorism: existing offences: Inquiry into online safety.
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imposed expressly against the advice of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary begin to bite. Police Officers are expected to deliver more with less but, the reality is that the only thing that you get for less is less.
Many area Commanders dictate that officers should patrol alone with the Chairman: Secretary: inevitable increased risk that this brings, Will Riches Rick Nelson both in terms of officer and public safety and ability to give a timely response to The year started sadly for the Police incidents. It is also clear as police stations Federation and policing in general with the close and forces move to more centralised untimely death of our National Chairman response and policing “hubs” colleagues Paul McKeever just days before he was due are having to travel greater distances to to retire, it was a cold, sad day for all of us attend incidents, particularly in some of the who knew Paul and worked with him. vast rural areas of the county forces.
Paul worked tirelessly on behalf of the rank Another worrying trend is the loss of many and file Police Officers of England and specialist officers, including large reductions Wales and never forgot his roots as an in dogs and their handlers and the closure operational officer. He was immensely of some force mounted sections. The proud to have led our organization and negative impact that this is having and will cared passionately about policing and continue to have cannot be serving our communities. He is very much underestimated. As Chief Officers struggle missed. with tight budgets and are forced to look at ways to save money - it is left to our I would like to take this opportunity to thank members whose safety is being the members of the Operational Policing compromised as they struggle with drunks, Committee and the Committee and Events violent groups and individuals. team for all the hard work that they do on behalf of our members, I’m sure they will all Similarly traffic police numbers are falling. In continue to work hard to improve conditions July 2013 the Road Safety Charity ‘Brake’ for our colleagues so that they in turn can highlighted that nationally there were 12 provide a better service to the public. percent fewer roads policing police officers 2013 was another hectic and challenging than five years ago although some forces year. With the on-going negotiations on pay have suffered around 40 per cent and conditions and threats that continue to reductions. face the working conditions of all Police Officers. A leaked Home Office report ‘Brake’ described the loss as “desperately recently revealed that in England and worrying” and said “roads police officers do Wales there has been a loss of 16,000 police a vital job enforcing important safety laws officers since 2009. and protecting the public - their work is proven to save lives and prevent injuries To put this into perspective sixteen thousand and suffering. Cutting traffic police is a false is the equivalent of losing more than every economy, because the crashes and Police Officer from forces along the South casualties they help to prevent inflict such Coast of England - reaching from Devon devastation and are a huge drain on public and Cornwall to Kent. We have also lost services.” thousands of police staff colleagues, all at a time when demand on the police service I wholeheartedly agree with the concerns and particularly the frontline officer has of ‘Brake’ we are losing a vital resource never been greater. both in terms of the quality of service being provided to the public and the support and Our members are being stretched to the full expertise that RPU officers give to as cuts made by this coalition government, colleagues.
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Politicians, academics and accountants The mobilisation of hundreds of officers and seem to know the cost of everything and the negotiations regarding pay and conditions value of nothing. The difference that a horse was a mammoth task and I would like to or dog can make in a public order situation, thank the Operational Policing Committee, or dog when in pursuit of offenders or the Mutual Aid working group and our searching for vulnerable missing persons or colleagues from the Police Federation of drugs cannot be overemphasised. Neither Northern Ireland and the Scottish Police can the benefit of a fully trained and Federation for the help and unswerving equipped RPU crew and car, on patrol support they gave throughout the helping to keep roads safe or at the scene of operations and during negotiations that are a fatal or serious injury road traffic collision. still ongoing.
With more frontline officers working alone, it Last year the Police Federation worked is paramount that our members have the closely with the newly formed National best possible equipment to protect them. Police Coordination Centre [NPoCC] which We have asked for a wider roll out of Taser led to the establishment of a Memorandum to operational officers, not just for our of Understanding which agreed the roles, firearms colleagues and other specialists. function and coordination arrangements We are pleased that in some forces there between PFEW and NPoCC during any has been an increase - but it is not enough. period of Operational Status.
Some Chief Officers and now Police and The NPoCC is the facility from which the Crime Commissioners seem reluctant to National Mobilisation Coordinator [NMC] will allow more officers to be trained or operate, supported by a team of suitably equipped with Taser. I suspect that with enabled NPoCC staff and partner fewer officers and as mentioned earlier in representatives. Operational Status is this report, greater demand, training may activated by the NMC when NPoCC is be viewed as an abstraction rather than an required to move from steady state and investment, particularly when “all hands are proactively coordinate large scale mutual needed on deck” due to dwindling aid resources, and ensure accurate/timely resources. We will continue to lobby at reporting to key stakeholders including every opportunity for more Taser trained Chief Officers and/or central Government. and equipped officers - to help protect those protecting their communities. I wish to thank ACPO and other key stakeholders within NPoCC who recognised Last year saw the unprecedented that at times of national crisis and during deployment of mainland United Kingdom major events, the presence of PFEW Police Officers onto the streets of Northern representatives in NPoCC has a beneficial Ireland. Firstly for the G8 Summit then again effect for all parties. for the Marching Season. The inherent dangers of policing the province are well The Memorandum of Understanding ensures known, with our colleagues in the Police that PFEW representatives will provide the Service of Northern Ireland having paid a national coordination function for heavy cost down the years. Federation issues arising across affected forces and the wider police service as Helping to police Northern Ireland brought necessary and will develop a national new challenges for officers both in terms of overview to inform NPoCC of critical issues. training and in the duties that they were required to perform with nearly all of our The firearms portfolio remains one of those members who were trained experiencing subjects within Operational Policing where the use of water cannon and baton rounds following any incident involving a firearm for the first time. I would like to pay tribute being used there is possibly the most here to the professionalism and dedication scrutiny. That scrutiny is important and of all colleagues who volunteered to assist lessons must be learned, but this needs with G8 and the ‘Marching Season’, as well balancing against the support that is as those left behind to fill in the gaps left by required for our colleagues most affected. those providing mutual aid. This includes the way our members are
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treated by any Post Incident Management predominantly firearms but the skills are [PIM] procedure. transferable to any death involving police contact. Those officers who have the difficult job of protecting our communities against those The work we have undertaken has grown who have no regard for public safety and from strength to strength to the point that choose to carry a firearm must have we now deliver at least three seminars per confidence in any process. year supported by the Joint Central Committee with a budget through The The current Authorised Professional Practice Operational Policing Sub-Committee. [APP] adopted and agreed by all parties including the Independent Police The Police Federation supports the principle Complaints Commission [IPCC] gets that of body worn cameras for operational balance right, it supports an effective police officers but with proper guidelines investigation yet protects individuals who and training for best evidence gathering. are at their most vulnerable. We believe that cameras will demonstrate the professionalism of our members and Lets remind ourselves that those members show the challenges that are faced by who choose to carry a firearm are colleagues on a daily basis. They will volunteers - they don’t have to! certainly help to protect officers in terms of malicious and vexatious complaints. The Police Federation of England and Wales has embraced the Post Deployment Procedure which is an established practice It is imperative that there is a joined-up clearly identified in the APP - Armed approach with body worn cameras to policing module 7 which 'facilitates the avoid problems with interoperability. We investigation, ensures integrity of process need standardisation of the recording and that the needs of the Principal Officers system to make sharing between forces are addressed'. and other agencies as simple and efficient as possible. Our seminar for Federation officials is designed to familiarise a representative of We continue to monitor with interest the post incident procedures where there has various pilot schemes and will have more to been a death involving police contact, report next year.
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This past year the committee has looked at various different issues concerning the COP including fitness testing, code of ethics and direct entry.
Direct entry has been a highly contentious issue for officers and work has been ongoing to get the best for those that start their career as a constable. Chairman: Secretary: Andy Fittes Karen Stephens This scheme has obviously highlighted the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) The committee has had a facelift this year which is still going to be part of career with the retirement of Alan Jones and John progression within the service. Although Giblin stepping down from Secretary. Both how much career progression there is once have steered this committee for a number direct entry is embedded remains an issue of years, working tirelessly on behalf of for the committee. PFEW, engaging with other stakeholders to ensure that PFEW’s voice is heard and Regarding the Professional entry into the respected in matters concerning service there are still discussions going on Professional Development. Their hard work is with what a suitable certificate in police to be commended. knowledge should look like. The pros and cons are still being looked at as to whether In January Andy Fittes was elected Chair of it would be better to have a standalone the committee and Karen Stephens was unit of function skills qualification prior to elected Secretary. doing any certificate in policing knowledge or whether that should be within the Also new to the committee are Steve certificate itself. Garmston and Fiona Douglas-Mullett. The National Police Promotions Framework is Throughout the year the committee has looking to be rolled out in 2014. However been extremely busy on a number of issues. there are still some issues regarding whether However, much of the focus for this year has Chief Officers could still promote officers been on the College of Policing (COP) and under the OSPRE rules. Discussions are the way it will influence and shape ongoing between the COP and the PFEW professional development in the future. The committee has been heavily involved with regarding this. the College entering the debate to ensure that the future careers of officers are There is a lot of work around the status of a maintained in a fashion that meets the detective too. Should a detective have a individual’s and the service’s requirements. career pathway which enables them to go We will be continuing this work into 2014. through the promotions pathway purely in a detective status? Also should assistant At present the COP will be looking to investigators be given the opportunity to introduce a subscription in order to belong become PIP level 2 trained? These are to the facilities which it will be providing. For some of the areas that are being looked at that you will be able to receive training and within the professional development if you want to take exams for any kind of committee. career progression, you will have to pay an extra fee for taking that exam. This year has been a definite baptism of fire personally for me, joining the JCC and then The COP is well and truly bedding itself into becoming secretary of the committee. But I the core of police development. Julia want to take this opportunity to thank Andy Lawrence sits on the Governing Board as a Fittes for being a great support as the chair, representative from the JCC and we have and Louise Dunne the committee clerk who representatives on the Professional continues to work tirelessly to assist the Committee. committee.
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received and we believe it has far more benefits for our members than dangers. This has been discussed with our engine room, the DLO’s, and met with broad acceptance. We must continue to be seen as an organisation willing to change, because only by doing so will our voice be heard by government when we wish to express our views. Chairman: Secretary: George Gallimore Steve Evans I touched on the “struck off list” which It seems every time this report is being appears to have changed to a prepared my first thoughts are “what a year “disapproved list”. This work is still ongoing. this has been” and of course this year has PFEW has contributed to the debate and proved no exception. It seems that so many will continue to fight for our members rights different parties feel the need to enter into and concerns in this arena. The difficult the Professional Standards world and offer a area is not with officers against whom there vision for the future. It is ironic that at a time is a conduct finding, although there are when the professionals involved agree we some problems, but rather with officers who have a fair set of regulations and state that resign prior to hearings. There are great the ‘system is not broke’ that so many feel it difficulties yet to be addressed and we necessary to suggest such profound expressed our position most strongly into the changes. debate.
It is of course due to the on-going Police I now come to the Code of Ethics. Our Integrity dialogue that so many changes position has been from the start that this is have been proposed and we cannot unnecessary given that we have the Oath remain immune to the endless call for of Attestation and the Standards of change. It was the Home Office who first Professional Behaviour which we firmly entered the fray following a speech in the believe covers all eventualities. We are House by the Home Secretary. This first however realists and once it became clear introduced us to the concept of “struck off that the Code of Ethics was a political lists”, publishing of conduct outcomes and imperative we then worked hard to shape it open hearings. These items are still very from its dreadful first draft. Our Deputy much on the agenda and work is ongoing General Secretary has worked tirelessly on in both the Home Office and the College of the various drafts until we have a document Policing. which at least makes sense to us. Steve Smith is normally a very calm man but this There then followed a Home Office process tested even his resolve! Our latest consultation where it was suggested that submission has now gone in and we await the Conduct system should remove lawyers the next developments. The actual content from its processes and that Hearings could of the Code is fine and has little in it we be conducted by Superintendents, sitting would disagree with, but its status remains alone or with an Independent member. We ambiguous. We are governed by legislation identified these issues as potentially very via the Standards of Professional Behaviour damaging to our members and waged a within Schedule 2 of the Police (Conduct) vigorous campaign against them which so Regulations 2012 and Chapter 1 of the far seems to have been successful. I say so Home Office guidance and it is still unclear far as nothing ever goes away in the Home where the new Code of Ethics will sit and Office, but rests on shelves waiting for the what, if any, its statutory status will be. No next big idea. doubt it will become clearer in time.
Part of this campaign was to argue for Our colleagues at the IPCC continue to be looking into the feasibility of Independently active, both in the cases they slowly Chaired Panels to hear Gross Misconduct investigate and in the acquisition of new Hearings. This was a radical departure from powers and resources. It is certain that this our usual approach but it has been well organisation is going to grow in size,
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doubling its budget at the expense of more. Several DLO’s have used him to already reduced police resources. come and speak to their PSD/HR Whatever the future holds it will departments to ensure that the 2012 undoubtedly be a different organisation. Conduct Regulations are followed. On Lord Steven’s Review even suggests a every occasion it has improved the process merger with HMIC. It is clear that because for our membership. of the various attacks on Police integrity more changes to the way we are As usual we have run two well attended investigated are certain. and successful seminars for the DLO’s. Each time we work hard to make the programme There are several high profile cases, both both informative and enjoyable and I like to historic and current which will in time attract think we have succeeded once more. great media attention and cause some What is certain is that if we didn’t get it right difficulties. We remain grateful to our the DLO’s would tell us in their usual retained solicitors Slater and Gordon for the forthright manner. The knowledge levels work they do to assist in these cases and displayed, and the commitment of the the committee is particularly grateful as DLO’s continues to astound and impress. It is always to the insight and assistance it a genuine pleasure to present seminars to receives from Scott Ingram. such a hard working group of people who remain the very heartbeat of our proud What is certain is that the IPCC will use these cases to pursue their crusade to treat organisation. police witnesses as suspects without the appropriate protections. They are once It is only fitting that I give thanks to our again pushing for a no conferring position, administrator, Charlotte Clover-Lambert once again mistaking the word for collusion. whose hard work ensures the success of We will continue to resist this unfair both our seminars and committee meetings. approach and have issued circular 26/2013 She is a crucial member of our team and outlining our position. This attack will deserving of high praise. continue and we must continue to fight it. Our committee is hard working, focussing We continue to use the considerable talents on this essential area of work for our of Vic Marshall in an advisory capacity and members and I am again grateful for their that advice has proved invaluable once hard work this year.
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Since December 2012 progress has Board was unable to reach a decision on occurred in the following areas. these recommendations without details of the scheme design being available to it. It Consideration and implementation of was agreed that these recommendations recommendations from the final report of should be considered by PABEW once the Winsor Review of Police Officers’ and details of the scheme have been provided. Staff Remuneration and Conditions Details of the scheme are expected to be available in early 2014. In March 2012 the Home Secretary wrote to • Direct entry (superintendent and chief the independent chair of the Police constable rank) Advisory Board for England and Wales (PABEW) directing the Board to consider a Recommendation 21 suggested that number of recommendations from the final Regulations be amended to provide that report of the Winsor review of Police Officer those who enter the service above the rank and Staff Remuneration and Conditions. of constable should serve a probationary Some recommendations had a discussion period in accordance with the applicable deadline of July 2012 and some had a direct entry scheme. As with the deadline of July 2013. At the PABEW recommendations on accelerated meeting on 24 July 2012 the Board reached promotion, the PABEW will consider this unanimous agreement on all of the recommendation once the substance of recommendations except those to do with the direct entry schemes is known. restricted duty and on 15 January 2013 the Home Secretary accepted the PABEW’s Recommendations 23 and 26 concern advice. The following paragraphs provide direct entry for overseas candidates at detail of the recommendations, the Chief Constable rank. Recommendation 23 PABEW’s advice and the progress of states that eligibility for the role of Chief implementation. Restricted duty is discussed Constable should include overseas service in a separate section. in a common law jurisdiction which practises policing by consent and • Pre-entry requirements Recommendation 24 states that the Recommendation 3 suggested that minimum length or place of service required candidates for appointment to a police should be removed from Regulations for force have a Level 3 qualification, a police overseas candidates. The Board concluded qualification, service as a special constable that this was a matter for Parliament to or service as a PCSO. The Board agreed decide which has agreed the that Level 3 achievement is appropriate to recommendations. The College of Policing the demands of modern policing. The has now been commissioned to facilitate a Board also recommended that chief plan for the scheme. officers should have discretion to accept • Secondments: candidates who do not hold a formal Level 3 certificate if there is evidence to show Recommendation 16 was that a provision that the training and experience of the be introduced to enable police officers to candidate is equivalent to Level 3. The be seconded to organisations outside Police (Amendment) Regulations 2013 policing for a period not exceeding five implement this recommendation and came years. The Board unanimously agreed this into effect on 25 November 2013. recommendation. The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2013 instituted Regulation 13A • Accelerated promotion (fast track to and came into effect on 25 November inspector) 2013. Recommendations 10, 11 and 12 • Return to service: concerned probation and promotion matters for the accelerated promotion to Recommendation 17 was that officers inspector scheme. The Board was not asked within five years of leaving the service by the Home Secretary to consider the should be allowed to return at the rank they design of the proposed accelerated last held, while Recommendation 18 was promotion scheme, which was deemed to that returning officers should be subject to a be a matter for the College of Policing. The probationary period of six months. The
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Board unanimously agreed both of these Recommendation 38 was also referred to recommendations. The Police the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) along (Amendment) Regulations 2013 with two further recommendations. implemented these recommendations and came into effect on 25 November 2013. Following the July meeting of the PABEW, the independent chair wrote to the Home • Fitness testing: Secretary explaining the outcomes of the Recommendation 33 was that a fitness test discussions. The PABEW had agreed a paper should be introduced in September 2013 for by majority, but the PFEW did not support all police officers and staff required to this paper due to interdependencies undertake personal safety training, with between the recommendations that were those who fail the test three times being sent to the PABEW and the PNB. In his letter subject to the appropriate disciplinary to the Home Secretary, the independent procedures from September 2014. The chair included both the PABEW report and Board accepted the recommendation for a report written by the Staff Side of the PNB an annual fitness test at level 5:4 on the and he explained why the PFEW could not shuttle run; however, it recommended that support the PABEW paper. Additionally, the failure should not lead to disciplinary action. recommendations that were sent to the In the first instance supportive action should PNB registered a failure to agree and were be offered to remedy the matter and then, sent for arbitration. This is covered later in if it remains unresolved, Unsatisfactory this report, under the Police Arbitration Performance Procedures should be Tribunal section. initiated. The Police Elimination Database – crime Recommendations 34, 35 and 36 related to scene contamination the introduction of an annual physical The ACPO DNA database working group fitness test for all police officers in England prepared a paper suggesting that and Wales equivalent to the test used for regulations be amended to allow forces to recruits in the Police Service of Northern compare an officer’s DNA profile against Ireland. These recommendations were crime scene evidence where the force referred to the PABEW with a deadline of suspects the evidence is a result of July 2013, but the PABEW responded in July contamination. The PABEW agreed to this 2012 advising that this should not be principle at its meeting in July and pursued until the introduction of the fitness approved draft regulations at its October test under recommendation 33 has been meeting. The regulations are yet to be laid. evaluated. Guidance for seconded officers Interim guidance has been produced and In 2008, a guidance document that aimed agreed by the PABEW and was to replace the Central Services Guide was promulgated by the College of Policing in produced by a PABEW working party. The October 2013. document was delayed from being agreed due to on-going discussions at the Police • Restricted duty Staff Council and recommendations made There were a total of five in the Winsor report. The working party Recommendations relating to restricted reconvened during 2013 to finalise the duty and the X-factor. Three were referred document. Discussions have centred on the to the PNB and then PAT (38, 39, 71). In central services allowance, payment of addition, Recommendations 38, 40 and 41 administration fees and the application of were considered by the PABEW. (Note the guidance to police staff. It has been Recommendation 38 was considered at agreed that the central services allowance both PNB and PAB). They focused on the will continue, but subject to certain criteria; procedure for determining the work is on-going with regards to the circumstances in which an officer may be administration fee, and feedback has now placed on restricted duty, have their X- been received from the trade unions for factor payment of the lower of either 8% or police staff. The guidance is expected to £2,922 per annum removed, and be retired be agreed and promulgated in January or dismissed from the service. 2014.
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Substance misuse – alcohol testing work. It is anticipated that the PABEW will The Home Office produced a paper to agree a guidance document and PABEW stating that despite with-cause amendment regulations in January 2014 testing for drugs being in regulations the with a view to them coming into effect by same did not apply for alcohol testing. April 2014. Therefore it asked PABEW if it wanted the Police Regulations 2003 amended to Police Disciplinary Arrangements accommodate this. This issue was referred On 12 February 2013 the Home Secretary to the discipline sub-committee which delivered a speech in which she agreed that Regulations should be announced measures to improve the amended to allow for with-cause testing for standards of police integrity. These alcohol. Draft regulations have been measures included expanding the powers approved but are yet to be laid. of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to investigate all serious Role of a “police friend” and sensitive allegations by transferring This was raised by the Chief Police Officers resources from Professional Standards Staff Association (CPOSA) following an issue Departments and for the College of Policing whereby a temporary Chief Constable, who to develop several products as part of an acted as a police friend for a colleague overall integrity programme. During 2013, and tried to broker a deal, was accused of the PABEW sub-committee on the Reform of misconduct following his actions. CPOSA Police Disciplinary Arrangements has been wanted a discussion around the need for a consulted on these strands of work, which protocol for this aspect of the police friend are on-going. function. With regards to the IPCC’s powers, the The PABEW decided that this was an issue Police (Complaints and Conduct) that affected all ranks, not just Chief Officers Regulations 2013 and the Police and it delegated discussions to the discipline (Complaints and Misconduct) (Old Cases) sub-committee. The sub-committee have Regulations 2013 have come into effect in agreed that a protocol would be useful, but March and August 2013, respectively. These discussions are on-going. introduce provisions for the IPCC to compel officers who are being treated as a witness Delegation of Chief Officer functions to attend an interview and for the IPCC to At the February 2008 PABEW meeting the investigate old cases. Home Office put forward a proposal to amend legislation to make functions The Home Office also consulted during July specifically requiring chief officer decisions and August 2013 on proposals to improve delegable to less senior officers and police the police disciplinary system and whilst staff equivalents. The existing legislation these did not receive universal support enables most decisions to be delegated discussions are still ongoing within the sub- but there are no restrictions on the lowest committee in respect to any further rank or grade to which decisions can be changes to the system. delegated. In April 2008 the PABEW approved the working party’s proposal to National Recruitment Standards allow delegation to a minimum of Chief The National Recruitment Standards sub- Inspector level or police staff equivalent. committee of the PABEW continued to Certain decisions which materially affect review and monitor a range of criteria the lives of officers were retained at affecting officer recruitment during 2013, ACPO/police staff equivalent level or chief including the recommendations agreed by officer level. The working party was then the PABEW from the Winsor final report. asked to produce guidance on the definition of police staff equivalents. This Changes to the role of the PABEW guidance was approved at the October Following Peter Neyroud’s review into police 2008 PABEW meeting. Draft Regulations leadership and training, the Home Secretary were produced by the Home Office in announced in December 2011 that a new October 2010 but were never laid. The professional body (the College of Policing) working party has reconvened to review this would be established. The College will be
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responsible for several areas that are and is now progressing through the House currently the remit of the PABEW and of Lords. It is anticipated that the powers will therefore legislation is needed to transfer pass over mid-2014. In addition to this, the these powers. The Antisocial Behaviour, abolition of the PNB has meant that pension Crime and Policing Bill tables these matters will transfer to the PABEW. Therefore, amendments and was presented to the remit of the PABEW in future will primarily Parliament on 9 May 2013. The Bill has focus on pensions, voluntary retirement and progressed through the House of Commons discipline.
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Police pay The PNB agreed to increase pay for the federated ranks by one per cent with effect from 1 September 2013 as set out below. The increase also applied to dog handlers’ allowance and London weighting. Details were set out in PNB circulars 2013/1, 2013/4 and 2013/5. Further changes to Constables’ and Sergeants’ pay scales will come into effect on 1 April 2014 as set out in PNB circulars 2013/14 (revised), and 2014/2.
CONSTABLES’ PAY CONSTABLES’ PAY FOR NEW ENTRANTS WHO Pay point JOINED FROM 1 APRIL 2013 On commencing service £23,493 Pay point 0 £19,191 On completion of £26,223 1 £22,221 initial training 2 £23,229 2 £27,747 3 £24,240 3 £29,439 4 £25,251 4 £30,366 5 £27,270 5 £31,341 6 £31,341 6 £32,235 7 £36,885 7 £33,030 8 £34,092 9 £36,153 SERGEANTS’ PAY 10 £36,885 Pay point 0 £36,885 1 £38,145 2 £39,426 3 £40,266 4 £41,451
INSPECTORS’ PAY OUTSIDE LONDON RATES LONDON RATES Pay point 0 £47,256 £49,329 1 £48,588 £50,664 2 £49,923 £52,005 3 £51,258 £53,346
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY OUTSIDE LONDON RATES LONDON RATES Pay point 1 £52,308 £54,393 2 £53,358 £55,437 3 £54,459 £56,541
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ IN POST AT 31 AUGUST 1994
OUTSIDE LONDON RATES LONDON RATES £55,350 £57,423
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Winsor Review of Police Officers’ and Staff promulgated in a PNB Circular. Remuneration and Conditions: Part One As noted in last year’s report, following the Winsor Review of Police Officers’ and Staff publication of revised Regulations and Remuneration and Conditions: Part Two Determinations, Staff Side wrote to the As noted in last year’s report the Home Home Secretary on a number of occasions Secretary issued a Direction to PNB on 27 to set out concerns that some of the March 2012 setting out those determinations appeared to go beyond the recommendations to be considered by July PAT decision, or were being interpreted 2012 and those to be considered by July more widely than Winsor had 2013. recommended, or had unintended consequences. In particular: Recommendations to be considered by July 2012 • Away from home overnight allowance Home Office circular 7/2013 published Staff Side wrote again to the Official Side on amendments to determinations to 20 September 2013 seeking the urgent implement the Home Secretary’s decision provision of clear guidance to forces on the with effect from 1 April 2013. The interpretation of the allowance given the determinations covered: level and range of disputes that exist, both across and within forces. The Official Side Recommendation 54 – constables’ pay are making further enquiries with forces. scale for new entrants Recommendation 74 – regional allowances • Travelling time for officers held in reserve Recommendation 83 – abolition of CRTP A revised determination was published Recommendation 112 – introduction of on- under Home Office circular 13/2013 with an call allowance effective date of 1 April 2012. This clarifies that officers who are held in reserve should The Home Office confirmed in HOC 7/2013 be paid travelling time. and at the PNB meeting on 24 July 2013 that the introduction of the on-call • Maternity pay allowance should not impact on how on- Following Winsor part one, police maternity call is defined and managed in practice by pay was increased to 18 weeks, with officers forces and that it remained voluntary. having the option of extending their final five weeks’ pay to ten weeks at half rate. Recommendations to be considered by July This caused unforeseen consequences; 2013 Home Office circular 13/2013 published a At the PNB meeting on 17 January 2013 a revised determination, with an effective schedule of working party meetings was date of 1 April 2013, to address the financial agreed ahead of the PNB meeting on 24 detriment an officer would suffer should she July 2013. decide to extend her final five weeks of maternity pay. Agreement was reached in respect to the following recommendations. • Replacement allowance Constables’ pay scale – recommendation 55 The Home Office has confirmed that the Sergeants’ pay scale – recommendation 56 amendment to Regulations to implement Pay progression – recommendation 84 recommendation 43 of the Winsor review Public order allowance – recommendation was only intended to apply to cases where 101 an allowance was to be increased i.e. on Casual overtime – specialist protection promotion. It does not affect cases where officers – recommendation 103 the allowance is being restored having been suspended partially or fully i.e. Details of these agreements are set out in reverting to full time service from part time PNB circulars 2013/14 (revised) and 2014/2. service, returning from maternity leave, Pay point 6 for Constables will be removed returning from career break or where two on 1st April, as will pay point 0 for Sergeants, officers co-habit and one partner retires or meaning that individuals will reach the top the co-habitation ends. The Staff Side have of the pay scale faster than they would requested that this information be otherwise have done.
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The Police Arbitration Tribunal was detrimental to the mutuality of The Police Arbitration Tribunal (PAT) was commitment between officers and forces, convened to consider a failure for Staff and and to the psychological contract. Official Side to reach full agreement on a total of six recommendations outstanding The PAT further stated that it was not from the Winsor review. Of these six, the persuaded that the terms of the proposed Sides differed substantially on three, and compulsory severance package were agreed on the arbitrable parts of two. One sufficient to reflect the negative change in was referred because the Sides differed in pension age expectations that compulsorily their interpretation. redundant officers would face.
Three relate to compulsory severance, and The PAT did not believe the case made in on these the two Sides disagreed. favour of compulsory severance was Recommendation 46 is that Police compelling. Regulations should be amended to create a system of compulsory severance for With regard to restricted duties and the x- police officers with less than full pensionable factor, there were a total of five service, from April 2013; while Recommendations, of which three were Recommendations 47 and 48 relate to the referred to the PAT. (Two others were payment of financial compensation and referred to PABEW). Both Sides agreed all the right to access to industrial tribunals, three of these Recommendations, but should Recommendation 46 be enacted. differed in terms of the definition of who would fall within the scope of restricted Three relate to restricted duties and duties. (Recommendation 39). Hence the payment of the x-factor. Recommendation debate was over which of the two 38 is that Police Regulations should be definitions would be accepted. The PAT amended to specify the procedure for ruled in favour of the Official Side variation. determining the circumstances in which an However, the PAT noted that Police officer may be placed on restricted duty, Regulations will need to be clarified, and arrangements for this and adjustments to that this will help to ensure that Staff Side’s pay, while Recommendation 39 relates to outstanding concerns are addressed. the time period after which deployability and capacity should be assessed, and the arrangements for officers to continue to Skills Thresholds work or to be retired thereafter. The Home Secretary agreed to extend the Recommendation 71 relates to the size of deadline for consideration of the x-factor. On these, the Sides differed recommendations 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99 to only in relation to Recommendation 39, but July 2014 to give the College of Policing all three were referred as they are time to design the tests by April 2014. (See interrelated. also the College of Policing update on Foundation and Specialist Skills Threshold The Tribunal met on 15th November 2013. Testing). On 20th December the PAT award was made. Gender Equality and Work Life Balance The PNB Gender Equality and Work Life The PAT found in favour of the Staff Side with Balance working party first met in August regard to Recommendation 46, and 2008. Meetings continued throughout 2013. rejected compulsory severance. The PAT The following matters have been also rejected Recommendations 47 and 48, progressed: these being dependent on the introduction • Adoption leave and pay of 46. Staff Side submitted a claim on 30 April 2012 The PAT stated that officers are required to seeking an increase in police adoption pay accept sacrifices and restrictions in their to eighteen weeks on full pay to mirror personal lives, and the knowledge that, maternity provisions. PNB agreed that the despite making these sacrifices an officer adoption pay arrangements should mirror might be subject to compulsory severance the maternity pay arrangements.
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This agreement was detailed in PNB circular • Part-time Officers – allowances for 13/6. A revised determination was published additional hours worked under Home Office circular 13/2013 with an Staff Side wrote to the Official Side in effective date of 1 April 2013. February this year regarding an • Parental leave Employment Tribunal case settled by the MPS concerning the payment of Staff Side submitted a claim on 11 March allowances and elements of pay that 2013 seeking agreement to provide police should be included when calculating pay officers with the same entitlement to for additional hours. The Sides are currently parental leave as other workers following drafting a PNB circular on this issue. the Government’s decision to extend unpaid parental leave from 13 weeks to 18 • Compensation for a requirement to work weeks from 8 March 2013. PNB agreed that on a rest day or free day within a period parental leave should be increased from 13 of annual leave weeks to 18 weeks. A claim was submitted by Staff Side in 2008 which sought the same level of This agreement was detailed in PNB circular compensation to be awarded to rest days 13/6. A revised determination was and free days that fall within an annual published under Home Office circular leave period as that currently provided for 13/2013 with an effective date of 1 April annual leave days and days in lieu of 2013. overtime. The Official Side expressed a • Pay for Inspectors and Chief Inspectors willingness to reach agreement on this who work part-time claim, although they have stated that they may wish to extend the number of days to As noted in last year’s report, PNB circular which the agreement applies (currently the 12/2 detailed that Inspectors and Chief compensation applies to absences of three Inspectors working part time should be paid or more days, one of which must be a day at plain time for all hours worked up to a of annual leave). Further details of the maximum of 40 hours per week. A revised Official Side’s proposals are awaited. determination was published under Home Officer circular 13/2013 with an effective • Equal Pay Audit date of 1 June 2006. The Staff Side compiled the latest Equal Pay • Part-time working Audit (2012) in July this year and sent a copy to the Official Side for their The Part-Time technical working group met consideration and agreement. The Official on 27 February 2013. The meeting Side have considered the audit and have discussed the Part-Time Audit which had indicated that they have some comments been put together by Staff Side. Agreement to make. We are awaiting further details. was reached on a number of elements from the audit and the progress was reported • Data – average length of service by back to the 5 June 2013 meeting of the gender Gender Equality Worklife Balance working The Gender Equality and Worklife Balance party meeting. A draft PNB circular is working party has continued to consider under discussion to formalise the areas of ways in which data on the average length agreement. of service of officers, by gender, at the point • Part time workers (constables and they leave the service, can be identified. sergeants) – free days to be treated as • Carry-over of annual leave rest days The Staff Side wrote to the Official Side in Staff Side submitted a claim in 2008 for duty July 2012 regarding the carry-over of annual performed by a part-time constable or leave into the next leave year, where sergeant on a free day to be compensated officers have been unable to take their in all instances in the same manner as if the leave due to sickness and/or maternity day was a rest day. The Official Side have leave. agreed this claim, in principle, and it has been included in the draft PNB circular on There have been a number of Employment the Part-time Audit (detailed above). Tribunal cases on this issue and the
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Government has undertaken a Modern that will arise for both sergeant and Workplaces consultation on this (and other) inspecting ranks in England and Wales on issues. However, as the Government has the resumption of incremental progression not yet made any announcement in on 1 April 2014. Agreement was respect of the carry-over of annual leave, subsequently reached in respect to the Staff Side wrote again to the Official Side in sergeants’ pay scale, to prevent July this year to request that this issue be “leapfrogging” whereby individuals with less progressed, without further delay. The PNB time in rank might have reached the top of has therefore agreed to provide joint the pay scale faster than others. This means guidance to forces, in advance of the changes to some individuals’ incremental outcome from the Modern Workplaces dates: details are contained in PNB circulars consultation. A draft is currently under 2013/14 (revised) and 2014/2. discussion and it is hoped it will be issued Pay on promotion shortly. The Home Office have now clarified that • Maternity pay and south east allowance the pay on promotion provision took effect This issue relates to the payment of South from 1 May 2008. This was promulgated in East allowance whilst an officer is on Home Office circular 2013/2013. maternity leave. It is not currently under discussion at the Gender Equality Worklife PNB Earnings Census Balance working party due to pending At the PNB meeting in July this year it was litigation. agreed that the PNB Census of Earnings and Hours should be repeated for the year • Children and Families Bill 2013 2012/13. The costs would again be split The Government has announced a number jointly between the Staff and Official Side. of changes to maternity, adoption, paternity, parental and surrogacy PNB constitution entitlements to be implemented from 2015. The PNB Constitution has been amended in These will not necessarily apply directly to line with changes relating to the creation of police officers. Staff Side has therefore Police and Crime Commissioners and the requested that they be considered in a Police Service of Scotland. A final revised technical working group, with a view to version is due to be published shortly. reaching agreement at the same time as the changes from the Bill come into effect. Police Remuneration Review Body On 13 June 2013 the Home Office wrote to Other matters that have been progressed give advance notice that they were about through the PNB include: to start recruiting for a Chair and Members of the National Crime Agency Resumption of incremental progression for Remuneration Review Body (NCA RRB) and, sergeants and inspecting ranks subject to Parliamentary approval of its Staff Side wrote to the Official Side on 12 creation, the Police Remuneration Review September 2013 to draw attention to issues Body (PRRB).
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Long-Term Pensions Reform 2012. We hope to have sight of the results On 4 September 2012 the Home Secretary early next year. announced her intention to close the Police Pension Scheme (PPS) 1987 and the New Part-time Officers and Pensionable Pay Police Pension Scheme (NPPS) 2006 and All additional hours worked by part time replace them with a Career Average Re- constables, sergeants, inspectors and chief valued Earnings (CARE) scheme from 1 April inspectors over their determined hours up to 2015. Members closest to retirement would forty hours in a week (which are paid) are receive transitional protection. On 24 April automatically pensionable. This reflects PNB 2013 the Public Service Pensions Act agreements as detailed in HOC 22/2007 received Royal Assent. This Act allows for and HOC 19/2012. Staff Side awaits sight of the introduction of CARE pension schemes draft amendments to the pensions’ for public sector workers, including police regulations to reflect these arrangements. officers, from 2015. Unpaid Leave and Buy-back of Pensionable In November 2013 the Home Office issued Service HOC 14/2013 which contained further Staff Side is currently seeking to extend the information about the CARE scheme and pension buy-back of unpaid leave provision transitional arrangements: to all types of family leave. Currently it is https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio only possible to buy-back unpaid maternity ns/circular-0142013-further-information-on- or parental leave for pension purposes. Staff long-term-police-pension-reform Side has asked the Home Office to provide its position on this issue at the PNB meeting Useful information relating to pensions in January 2014. reform can also be found on the PFEW website at: Pensions Forfeiture http://www.polfed.org/campaigning/Pensio In March 2010 Staff Side wrote to the Home ns.aspx Office with comments on its draft forfeiture guidance, without prejudice to our view Increase to Pensions Contributions Pensions contributions were increased with that forfeiture is inappropriate and effect from 1 April 2013. This implemented potentially unlawful. We await a response. the second phase of the Hutton Review’s We understand that the Home Office is recommendation to increase pension currently focusing on a package of contributions by an average of 3.2% over measures around police discipline and the three years up to 2015. Staff Side now integrity, which is taking priority. awaits the Home Office’s consultation with the PNB on the third and final phase of Amendments to Police Pensions Regulations pension contribution increases, with effect and Consolidation from 1 April 2014. The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2013 increased pension Injury Awards contribution rates with effect from 1 April The Home Office continues to work on draft 2013 for members of the PPS and NPPS. The regulations to implement the PNB-agreed regulations also corrected an error in the package of changes to police injury Police Pensions (Amendment No. 3) benefits. Regulations 2012 relating to the Voluntary Exit Scheme; the regulations erroneously Valuation of Police Pension Schemes extended the entitlement to early payment The Government Actuary’s Department is of an actuarially reduced pension to all PPS undertaking an actuarial valuation of the members, instead of to a specific set of Police Pension Schemes as at 31 March members.
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The Home Secretary announced in of what the College would need to December 2011 that a new body would be become as a professional body and to founded to increase professionalism in the move away from its precursor organisation, police service. In December 2012, the the National Policing Improvement Agency. College of Policing was established. It looked at current business activity, The purpose of the College is to: membership, finance, commercial and • Set standards of professional practice. procurement strategies and the culture • Accredit training providers and set needed to implement change. Much of the learning and development outcomes. work undertaken by this team informed the • Identify, develop and promote good strategic intent document of the College, practice based on evidence. published for consultation in September • Support police forces and other 2013. The PFEW was represented on this organisations to work together to protect team by a member from each rank board. the public and prevent crime. • Identify, develop and promote ethics, Change portfolio board values and standards of integrity. This team has been set up to implement the change that is needed for the College to This section of the annual report provides become a professional body. The PFEW has some information about how the PFEW is representation on the main board, as well involved with the College as a stakeholder as the four work streams beneath it. and what work has been undertaken by the College since its onset. Integrity programme Following a speech from the Home Once the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Secretary in February 2013 about police Policing Bill becomes law, the College will integrity, this programme was set up to become responsible for several areas of embed the approach to integrity within the policing that are currently the remit of either service. The programme has several strands the Home Secretary or the Police Advisory of work including producing a code of Board for England and Wales. It will be able ethics, a review of vetting, creating a to suggest changes to Regulations and “struck off” list and maintaining a hospitality produce codes of practice. register. The PFEW has a representative on the main programme board and the code Governing Board of ethics was circulated to JBBs for The College’s governance structure has a comment during a public consultation in board of directors, headed by an October and November 2013. independent chair, as its ultimate decision- making body. It is responsible for setting the National Police Promotions Framework strategic direction of the College and In April 2006 the Minister for Policing oversees the planning process. The PFEW approved the trial of work-based has a nominated representative on the assessment for promotion within seven board, Julia Lawrence. forces. The Police Promotion Examination Board (PPEB) opted in January 2008 for an Professional Committee extension of the trial followed by a phased The Professional Committee approves and roll-out of the scheme from 1 April 2009. The sets strategic direction on a range of national PFEW and PSAEW later withdrew their policing issues, including the College's work support and the rollout did not occur. The to develop national standards, policy and original trial was closed and a new two-year practice. It is chaired by the Chief Executive trial began in April 2009. Following of the College and primarily consists of the evaluation of the second trial the PPEB heads of national policing business areas as recommended rollout of the scheme to the well as representatives from across policing. Minister. The Minister conferred the decision The General Secretary represents the PFEW to roll out the scheme to the College of on this committee with support provided by Policing, which agreed to the scheme in relevant JCC leads. March 2013. The PFEW did not agree to its implementation due to equality issues. Design and build team However, the legal decision to roll out the This team was set up to develop a blueprint scheme still rests with the Policing Minister.
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The PFEW has written to the Minister to A number of assessment options have been express its concerns. A decision is still outlined for Foundation Threshold awaited. assessment. These include work based assessments, structured knowledge Foundation and Specialist Skills Threshold assessments, and functional skills testing assessments of English and ICT. The College In part 2 of his review, Winsor acknowledge that if all are included the recommended that access to pay point 4 system may be overly complex and of the Constables’ scale should be subject ambitious. Consultations are therefore to passing a Foundation Skills Threshold test, currently focused on designing a solution designed to assess whether an individual that includes a sub-set of these options, had mastered the basic skills of policing. whose costs (in terms of time and so on) are (Recommendation 95). The highest point on proportionate to its benefits. The PFEW the pay scale for each police officer rank, continues to engage in discussions to (scale point 7 for Constables), should be ensure that the scheme is workable, reliable, and fair. redefined as the “Specialist Skills Threshold”. To access this, an officer should have With regard to Specialist Threshold accreditation in a required skill. Assessments, a number of meetings (Recommendation 97). Skill areas should be between the College of Policing, the PFEW, in aspects of policing that are of the and others, have focused on the need to greatest relevance to the public. maintain general deployability of officers, and the potential conflict between this and Winsor recommended that the Police the requirement to specialise in order to Professional Body should be responsible for achieve remuneration. There has been design and implementation of assessments debate as to whether testing should focus for both Foundation and Specialist Skills, on specialist skills and knowledge and for determining which roles were associated with particular areas, or on eligible for Specialist Skills Threshold Testing. generic requirements for a competent On its inception, responsibility passed to the officer with advanced levels of knowledge College of Policing to set standards to be and skills. The latter would mean effectively attained, and accredit the skills required. tending towards a “Higher” Skills Threshold, Work towards these ends forms distinct but rather than a “Specialist” Threshold. At the related strands of College of Policing work time of writing no firm decision has been known as “Defining and Assessing taken, however the Federation continues to Competence” in the Police Service. engage with the College.
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Contents
Page 2 Foreword
Page 3 In Memoriam
Page 4 Central Committee Members
Page 9 Constables’ Reserves
Page 10 Voluntary Funds: Trustees to the Constables’ Fund; Bankers; Accountants & Auditors; Investment Advisers; Trustee to the Joint Funds; Trustees to Charities; CCC Meetings 2013; CBB Meetings 2013; CBB Circulars 2013
Page 11 Presentation Piece
Page 13 Central Office News
Page 14 Review of the Year 2013
Page 15 2013 Honours List
Page 16 Annual Conference 2013
Page 19 Central Office Bulletin
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Officers with less than full pensionable service and stated: "… the case for the introduction of such a fundamental measure, whether used or not, needed to Paul Barker be compelling. In the Tribunal's view this General Secretary was not the case". Constables’ Central Committee With reference to the restricted duty recommendations, the Tribunal decided Whilst not wishing to repeat the obvious, it is clear that we are in the middle of the the Sides only differed on one, most challenging period that this recommendation 39. The view put forward organisation has ever faced since its by the Official Side on the meaning of inception nearly 100 years ago. I had restricted duty was accepted, so now the hoped that this year’s Secretary’s report definition and potential pay reduction would be able to say that we have applies to officers unable to undertake the reached the end of the ongoing journey full range of duties of a Police officer. Staff of turmoil and uncertainty but, as ever, Side remain concerned that this could and in line with the last few years’ reports, lead to discrimination for disabled officers we are still uncertain as to either where or and negotiations will be continuing in the when this journey will end. New Year within PNB over the revealed issues. Police integrity has been brought into question almost daily to add to the pressure, It must also be pointed out that whilst the both in the press and by senior officials PAT judgment is binding for both sides of and politicians. Add to this several high the PNB, ratification of the Tribunal profile investigations such as the Leveson decision now rests with the Home Inquiry and Mitchell (Operation Alice) plus Secretary. At the time of writing, we await the Police Arbitration Tribunal (PAT) that decision. covering compulsory severance, restricted duties and the ‘X’ factor and then to top it With reference to the PNB, another of all off we now have the interim progress Winsor’s recommendations was that it report from the PFEW Independent Review. should be abolished and replaced with a At the time of writing, however, the only pay review body similar to the Armed reports from the above that have been Forces, however, following a consultation concluded are the Leveson Inquiry which period, the Home Office have stated: has already been widely reported upon “Given that the remit of the new police and has also had ramifications for the pay review body will go beyond simply service as a whole and the result from the ‘pay’ to include most aspects of police PAT. remuneration, we intend for the body to be called the Police Remuneration Review As has been widely advised thus far, the Body and be referred to as such in PAT were considering several important legislation.” recommendations from the Winsor Review which were the subject of a failure to Subject to Parliamentary approval, the agree at the Police Negotiating Board Home Office have stated that they (PNB). These were recommendations 46, 47 anticipate the new PRRB will be and 48 which outlined a framework for operational by autumn 2014, with a view Compulsory Severance for Police Officers to making recommendations in time for and recommendations 38, 39 and 71 the 2015/16 pay year. This is another major which looked at ‘restricted duty’ and the change for the Police service as the ‘X’ factor. The outcome from the PAT was negotiation mechanism that we have announced on Friday 20 December 2013 been a part of since 1980 is to be and I am pleased to say that the PAT abolished. We await further detail on the rejected wholesale the introduction of a setup of this new body. system of Compulsory Severance for Police
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On pay we have had a year of mixed the Police service is still expected to fortune. Whilst we received a 1% pay provide the same service whilst in some increase in September and have agreed areas officers are also makeshift with the Official Side to enable Constables ambulances due to reduction in numbers to reach top of scale in 7 years as in other public sector bodies. opposed to the current 10, this has come with a system of ‘threshold tests’ that We have many issues facing us in the officers will have to pass to move up the coming 12 months from an operational scale. These tests are currently being point of view and, yet again, the burden developed by the College of Policing will fall upon our rank – we will see the which replaced the National Policing continuing sceptre of deployment to Improvement Agency (NPIA) fully in early Northern Ireland to assist colleagues with 2013 and we expect to receive detail of their reduced numbers in keeping the what these will entail by April 2014. We peace in an extremely volatile scenario. also, at the time of writing, still await We will see officers deployed to police the publication of the new pay scales outlining Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup the 7-point incremental pay scale for and any number of high-profile inter - Constables. national meetings coming to our shores along the lines of the G8-style summits. The reform of the Police pension scheme following the publication of the Hutton It is incumbent upon us all, therefore, that Review continues to focus the minds of our now more than ever we stand united and members. The proposed changes, the not lose sight of the fact that the vast biggest since the reform of the scheme in majority of Police officers conduct 2006, will see an end to the final salary themselves with the utmost honesty and scheme and for it to be replaced with a integrity in the face of ever increasing career average scheme. Currently the adversity, pressure and scrutiny. Home Office has published its reform framework in order to give our members That notwithstanding, however, many of the opportunity to see what is envisaged. the popular polls that are conducted on a You may know that the pension scheme is regular basis show that trust in the Police as non negotiable, however the Staff Side of a whole from a public perspective remains PNB continues to work with the Home high. We must strive to maintain the trust Office to ensure we get the best deal that is shown in us as we move into 2014. available for our members. Committee Changes As well as the work that is currently In 2013 the CCC saw the retirement of ongoing as above, there has been much Julie Grocutt who was our Chairman for a work in the background on many other total of four years. I wish Julie all the best headline topics such as Mutual Aid, for her retirement and would like to place especially to Northern Ireland and dealing on record my personal thanks for her hard with the many issues that pursuit driving work and dedication to the CCC. Julie has alone brings. Importantly, we have also been replaced as Reserve Seat member seen how, with its diminishing resources, by Fiona Douglas-Mullett.
In Memoriam
Constable Steve Rawson of Hampshire Constabulary Constable Andrew Duncan of the Metropolitan Police
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WIll rICheS Paul Barker No. 8 Region – No. 1 Region – GMP Metropolitan General Secretary / Chairman Treasurer
Joining the Metropolitan Paul became the Police in 1995, Will served Constables’ on the London boroughs Representative for No. 1 of Redbridge and Region in May 2008 and Hackney working in was elected General response, investigation, public order and Secretary of the Constables’ Central neighbourhood policing. Committee in May 2009.
In 2001 he was asked by colleagues to He joined Greater Manchester Police in become a Fed rep and soon after 1983 and during his service has gained became the Constables’ Branch Board experience in a number of different areas representative for Hackney. of police work including response, neighbourhood policing, CID and latterly Having achieved a position on the was employed on a public service team. Metropolitan Joint Executive Committee, in 2009 he was elected Constables’ Paul joined the GMP Federation Representative for No. 8 Region. Will Constables’ Branch Board as a became Chairman of the Constables’ representative in 2001 where he became Central Committee in February 2013. Treasurer of his board and Deputy Treasurer of the GMP JBB. He is currently He is passionate about all areas of Treasurer of No. 1 CopperPot Credit Union. policing, has IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications assisting in his role as Since joining the CCC Paul has sat on the member of the Health and Safety sub- Operational Policing, Legislation and committee and is the elected JCC Professional Development sub-committees representative on the board of Trustees at and currently sits as a member of the PNB Flint House Police Rehabilitation Centre. and PABEW. He is a trustee of the Police Treatment Centres and the Police Will also relishes his role as Chairman of the Dependants’ Trust, two organisations which Operational Policing sub-committee seek to support both serving and retired enabling him to be actively involved in officers in times of welfare needs where representing the views of police officers physical or financial needs require across England and Wales. addressing. He is also a trustee to the National Police Fund.
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anDy DuMBIoTIS Paul DavIS No. 6 Region – No. 4 Region – Devon & Cornwall Cambridgeshire vice-Chairman Deputy General Secretary
Andy became the Paul joined Constables’ Cambridgeshire Representative for No. 6 Constabulary in 1984 Region, covering the serving in Cambridge city forces of Gloucestershire, and then later Wiltshire, Dorset, Avon and Somerset and Cambridge rural, mainly in a uniform Devon and Cornwall, in 2007. function and then later as a community beat officer for 9 years in Cambridge rural. He joined Devon and Cornwall He joined the Federation in the mid 1990s Constabulary in 1984 and spent all of his and became actively involved in all service in uniform patrol, at different times aspects of Federation work and in as a response officer, community officer particular matters relating to probationary and traffic officer. He was elected as BCU constables. Constables’ representative in 1998 and subsequently became the CBB Chairman. Between 1997 and 2001 he was elected He also held JBB positions as Treasurer and Chairman and later Secretary of his local Discipline Liaison Officer. Constables’ Branch Board before taking up the position on the CCC in February 2001. Andy’s interests and experience lie in In May 2010 Paul became the Deputy misconduct and health & safety. He is a General Secretary of the CCC. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. Paul sits on a number of JCC sub- committees including Operational Policing He is Vice Chair of the Professional as well as being a member of Equality. Standards sub-committee and a member of the Health and Safety and Legislation sub-committee of the JCC.
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STePhen SMITh oversees all legal services. He has been No. 2 Region – Durham instrumental in reviewing and updating the JCC Deputy General ‘funding criteria’ for the funding of legal Secretary services, implementing a funding appeals procedure and arranging Service Level Steve joined Durham Agreements with all the Federation Constabulary in 1979, solicitors. His priorities remain the provision of performing core patrol, the most cost effective advice and response, beat and representation service to members, tutoring duties. He was also together with striving to maintain the best PSU trained and was involved in the conditions of service possible for all policing of both the Toxteth riots of 1981 Federation members as a representative on and the national miners’ strike of 1984/1985. the Police Negotiating Board. In 1994, Steve became a child and family protection unit investigator and in 2000 became the domestic violence co- ordinator for the division. He was also a trained family liaison officer.
Elected to the Durham Constables Branch Board in 1993, Steve became CBB Secretary in 1996 and became Durham’s JBB Chairman in 2002. As Chairman, Steve was instrumental in the introduction of the ‘Workforce Agreement’ and new ‘Variable Jayne WIlleTTS Shift Arrangement’ within Durham No. 3 Region – Constabulary. West Mercia
In 2005 Steve was elected to the Joint Jayne joined West Mercia Central Committee and became Deputy Police in 1992 and has General Secretary of the Constables’ worked in local policing, Central Committee in 2007. He has been traffic and response. In involved in various sub-committees, 2007 Jayne became a including Legislation, Equality and divisional Fed rep and Professional Standards (Discipline). He was then became the CBB Secretary in 2010. involved as the national Federation lead in all negotiations leading to the introduction Jayne has supported officers in a variety of of the Police (Conduct) and Police cases, but especially around equality and (Performance) Regulations in December disability and student officers. 2008 and more recently with reviewing those regulations that resulted in the Jayne joined the Joint Central Committee implementation of the new Police in March 2012 and is Secretary of the (Conduct) and Police (Performance) Specials Working Group, Chair of the Regulations 2012 and associated Home Equalities and Diversity sub-committees Office Guidance on 22 November 2012. and also sits on the Legislation sub- committee. He has worked closely with the Home Office, ACPO, APA, HMIC, NPIA, the Superintendents’ Association and the IPCC within the Police Advisory Board (PAB) Disciplinary Arrangements sub-committee as well as various other PAB working groups on Business Interests, Collaboration, Fitness Testing and Restricted Duty.
In May 2008, Steve became Deputy General Secretary of the JCC where he
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karen STePhenS ZaC MaDer No. 5 Region – No. 7 Region – Hertfordshire South Wales
Karen joined Hertfordshire Zac has been a serving Constabulary in 1991 and police officer with South worked on response in Wales Police since 1999 the north and east of the where he worked in county. In 2000 she Cardiff as a response moved into the Crime officer. He then tutored group working on various departments student officers and finally worked in the and in 2007 worked on the Vulnerable Investigation support unit as an Persons Unit dealing with abuse of the interviewing officer. elderly and vulnerable adults in the community. After three years she moved He became a Federation work-placed back into the main CID office. representative in 2004 before being elected as a Federation rep in 2005 when Karen joined the Branch Board in 2007 as he dealt with discipline matters, equality the detectives’ rep. In 2011 she became and diversity issues, fairness at work and Chair of the Constables Branch Board and the welfare of colleagues. He was soon became Chair of No. 5 Region Secretary of South Wales Constables’ Constables. She joined the CCC as No. 5 Branch Board and JBB Vice Chairman Region representative in January 2013. before being elected as No 7 Region Constables’ Representative in May 2011. Karen is the Secretary of the Professional Development sub-committee, serves on Zac currently attends the Professional the Health & Safety sub-committee and is Standards, Health & Safety, Operational the Deputy Secretary of the Police Policing, Legislation and Equality sub- Federation National Detectives Forum. committees. He is Secretary of No 7 Region. As No 7 Region Constables’ representative Zac attends a number of meetings at the Welsh Assembly and acts as link between the four forces of Wales and the PFEW. He also assists a number of the police forces in Wales in regional collaboration work streams.
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rICk nelSon FIona DouGlaS-MulleTT No. 8 Region – Reserve Seat – Metropolitan Hertfordshire
Rick joined the Met in Fiona Douglas-Mullett April 1982 and was joined Hertfordshire as a initially posted to Constable in 2002 and Paddington Green, has served in a number serving on different areas of operational roles of policing including including response, neighbourhood and public order and vice. He joined the youth offending team. In the 2004 Territorial Support Group in 1986 where his triennials, Fiona was elected as duties included public order and Constables’ Reserve Seat on her local JBB. surveillance. She has served as JBB Trustee, 2nd Reserve to the Reserve Seat, Regional Reserve Seat In 1989 Rick joined the Dog Section unit Chair and, more recently, Regional where he worked in all disciplines of dog Reserve Seat Secretary. support including firearms support, explosive search & narcotic & firearm At a local level Fiona was involved with recovery. He became a fed rep in 1999 discipline, misconduct and equality issues. and after a short time became the Constables’ Branch Board Rep for the In March 2013 Fiona joined the JCC. Fiona Operational Support Command. He also is a member of the Equality and served as trustee to the branch board and Professional Development sub-committees, was a member of the JEC. the Specials Working Group and she is the Secretary of the Equality Act (Positive Rick was appointed No 8 Region Action Provisions) Working Group. Constables’ representative on the CCC in May 2011 and is Secretary of the Fiona has one son and joined the JCC Operational Policing sub-committee and straight from her maternity leave, so is no sits on the Legislation and Professional stranger to many of the issues facing Development sub-committees. He female officers. represents the CCC on the Police Professional Body Project Board and is the CCC rep for the College of Policing.
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Constables’ Reserves
No. 1 Region 1 Gary Davies (GMP) 2 Bernie McGeough (Cumbria) 3 Steve Fletcher (Merseyside)
No. 2 Region 1 Darren Liddemore (West Yorkshire) 2 Steve Matthews (Cleveland) 3 Gene Healey (Northumbria)
No. 3 Region 1 Marc Quinn (Warwickshire) 2 Stephen Thornton (Staffordshire) 3 Pete Lowe (West Mercia)
No. 4 Region 1 Ian Godfrey (Derbyshire) 2 Mark Hills (Cambridgeshire) 3 Mick Taylor (Nottinghamshire)
No. 5 Region 1 Mark Smith (Essex) 2 Simon Steele (Sussex) 3 Steve Fisher (Hampshire)
No. 6 Region 1 Alex Duncan (Avon and Somerset) 2 Dave James (Devon and Cornwall) 3 Nick Jones (Dorset)
No. 7 Region 1 Jeff Mapps (Gwent) 2 Richard Eccles (North Wales) 3 Paul Havard (Dyfed-Powys)
No. 8 Region 1 Kevin Walsh (Metropolitan) 2 Ken Marsh (Metropolitan) 3 Vacant
Reserved Seat 1 Andrea Thompson Taylor (No. 3 Region) 2 Lindsey Moss (No. 5 Region) 3 Peggy Lamont (No. 3 Region)
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Voluntary Funds
The Treasurer's report and the audited Police rehabilitation Centre, Goring accounts of the Police Federation Ken Marsh Metropolitan Constables' Fund for the year ending 31 Will Riches Metropolitan December 2013 are published within the Mark White Sussex Police Federation of England and Wales Statement of Accounts for 2013. Gurney Fund John Apter Hampshire Trustees to the Constables’ Fund Graham Riley Gloucestershire The Trustees to the Police Federation Constables' Fund are: Kevin Cooper (Northumbria), Paul Deller (Metropolitan) CCC Meetings 2013 and Graham Haygreen (Suffolk). The Constables’ Central Committee held a total of eight meetings during 2013. The The Trustees held a total of four meetings dates and venues were: during 2013 as follows: 22 January Leatherhead 18 March 19 March Leatherhead 24 June 22 March (Extraordinary) Leatherhead 2 September 24 April (Extraordinary) Stoke-on-Trent 28 October 17 May Bournemouth 25 June Leatherhead The reserves to the Trustees are: 3 September Leatherhead 1st reserve Pete Lowe (West Mercia) 29 October Leatherhead 2nd reserve David Woodward (Northumbria) 3rd reserve is vacant CBB Chairs & Secretaries Meetings 2013 5/6 March Cheltenham Bankers 4 July Stratford-upon-Avon National Westminster Bank plc 10/11 September Newcastle 10 Victoria Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7JY CBB Secretaries Meetings 2013 accountants & auditors 26/27 November Leatherhead George Hay & Co 83 Cambridge Street, London SW1V 4PS CBB Circulars The following CBB Circulars were issued Investment advisers during 2013: Axis Financial Planning Ltd 01/2013 – CBB Chairs & Secretaries Hargam House, 40 Sandhurst Road Wokingham, Berks RG40 3JD meeting 02/2013 – Elections Trustee to the Joint Funds 03/2013 – Independent Review CCC The Trustee to the Joint Funds is Jonathan Update Nott (West Midlands) 04/2013 – Update for CBBs on the Independent Review The reserves to the Trustee are: 05/2013 – CAC Postal Ballot Result 1st reserve Kersten Peters (Metropolitan) 06/2013 – Independent Review Update 2nd reserve Mohammed Khan 07/2013 – Meeting of Constables (Metropolitan) 08/2013 – Extraordinary Meeting of CBB 3rd reserve is vacant Chairs & Secretaries 09/2013 – Time For Change – Next Steps Trustees to Charities 10/2013 – CBB Chairs & Secretaries Members from the rank of Constable are: meeting northern Police Treatment Centre, harrogate 11/2013 – CCC Parliamentary Reception Paul Barker Greater Manchester 12/2013 – CBB Secretaries Meeting Mark Davis Nottinghamshire 13/2013 – Time For Change – The Nigel Day North Yorkshire Outcomes
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Presentation Piece
Constables’ Presentation Piece The Constables’ figurine was awarded to Paul McKeever (posthumously), Simon Reed and Julie Grocutt in recognition of their services to the Constables’ Central Committee.
Paul Mckeever Simon reed Paul joined the Simon joined Metropolitan Police Bedfordshire Service in 1977 and Constabulary in 1981, became a Federation became a Federation rep in 1992. He was the rep in 1993 and joined Metropolitan Police the Constables’ Central Federation Health and Committee in June 2000. Safety leader prior to During his time on the being elected to the Committee he held the JCC in 2002. During his time on the JCC position of Vice Chair, was lead for the Paul chaired the SCC, Professional Constables on the Branthwaite Project and Standards and Health & Safety sub- led for the JCC on the stop and search committees and the UK Health & Safety issues. committee, as well as representing the Federation on a number of Home Office He was active on many sub-committees and external groups including the IPCC on the Joint Central Committee but most advisory board, the Bichard Inquiry and notably Chair for a number of years on the the European police union EuroCOP. Legislation sub-committee.
Paul was elected to the position of In May 2008 Simon was elected Chairman of the JCC in May 2008. Shortly unopposed into the position of Vice Chair afterwards he was also elected Chairman of the JCC and since that time was of the Staff Side of the Police Negotiating consistent in his enthusiasm in his approach Board. He was a trustee to the Police for this work, often working extremely long Dependents’ Trust, Chairman of the hours to ensure that the wider membership National Police Memorial Day Trust and a received the best press and publicity. At all director of the Metropolitan Police Friendly the CCC meetings that were held, both Society, where he chaired the Audit and statutory and planning, he would always Finance Committee. bring thought-provoking ideas to the table to assist in the deliberation process. Paul will be remembered throughout policing history as the man who carried the Federation through one of its most challenging times, leading many campaigns over officers’ conditions of service to vociferously representing his colleagues on the numerous changes to the service that were taking place.
Despite the many challenges faced, one of Paul’s greatest qualities was his ability at all times to remain a gentleman, at no time allowing the petty or difficult to detract from his true passion and calling in life: policing. He will also be remembered by all as one of the most inspiring orators. His ability to captivate audiences, rally the troops and make the persuasive case for whichever cause he was championing was unrivalled.
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Julie Grocutt Julie joined South Yorkshire Police in 1979. In 1998 she was elected onto the local Federation branch to represent Constables in the force. She played an active role in both misconduct and equality matters. Prior to being elected onto the Joint Central Committee in 2003, Julie was the Deputy Secretary of her local Joint Branch Board and the Chair of the women’s north east region.
During her time on the Constables’ Central Committee Julie was actively involved on the Legislation, Professional Standards and Equality sub-committees. She was a member of the staff side of the Police Negotiating Board and sat on the Futures Group, the Olympics Working Group and the Positive Action Working Group. Julie served two terms as Chairman of the CCC and she led the Committee through some major changes in the service and was pivotal in developing and improving the Constables’ communications strategy.
Julie was also responsible for ensuring that the woman’s voice was heard within the service and considered when policy and decisions were being made. She regularly attended meetings across England and Wales with her female colleagues to ensure that women representatives were aware of changes to policy and practice that would impact on women Constables.
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Central Office News
rTI (norfolk) (4) “… and after a few difficult years on restricted duties the decision was finally taken to medically retire me. My civil claim was recently settled and I am writing to thank the Central Committee for all their financial support in bringing my case to a close.”
Cycling rTI (essex) (5) “I have recently received settlement for my claim and in particular wish to express my gratitude for the financial support that the Committee gave for this claim which Constables’ Central Committee Staff resulted in me receiving a professional (left to right) service from your retained solicitors.” Liz Cain, Sinéad Healy, Kelly Stanley, Anita Spink, Sue Clifton, Brian Pallant Family Claim (north Wales) (7) “On behalf of myself and my son and daughter I would like to express our Members’ Thanks deepest thanks for the financial support Every year the CCC receives scores of given us by the Constables’ Central thank you letters for successfully pursuing Committee following the death of my wife members’ claims. in an RTI.”
Motorcycle accident (Metropolitan) (8) Ill-health retirement (lancashire) (1) “I would like to take this opportunity to “I wish to thank you for your support and thank the Constables’ Central Committee funding in pursuing damages against my for their financial support in a recent claim force following an injury. The work of the following my personal injury road traffic Police Federation is invaluable; officers do collision. After rehabilitation at Flint House I require your support and advice in these am now back to full duties and appreciate difficult times.” the financial assistance given to pursue this claim.” Injury on Duty (northumbria) (2) “In challenging times for every officer I can Police Collision (City of london) (8) only stress that I have received full backing “I was a firearms officer at the time of the and support from the Federation. I am collision and had to make the decision to pleased to remain a Federation member leave the firearms unit as a result of my and value the service and support injuries but thankfully was able to return to provided.” other full-time operational duties. I really appreciate having the financial support accident on Duty (Staffordshire) (3) through the Federation to have been able “Without your help it would not have been to pursue a successful claim.” financially viable for me to pursue my claim. The accident had a great impact on my career as a response officer and I do not envisage I will ever return to this role. Although no amount will ever compensate for the loss of my dream job, it was welcomed for a rainy day should I ever be medically retired.”
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Review of the Year
Professor Bob elliott November. Unemployment stood at 7.1% Constables’ Central in November 2013 - that’s unqualified Committee Advisor good news. The level in November was just 0.1% above the ‘target’ rate the Bank of As the economic England identified in its’ ‘Forward statistics for the last Guidance’ as the rate likely to trigger a rise quarter of 2013 come in in interest rates. 7% will be passed early in there is accumulating 2014 and that target, and with it ‘Forward evidence that the Guidance’, has now effectively been economy is finally on ditched because the Bank is not going to the mend. For once I can report good raise interest rates yet. Forward Guidance news, though accompanied as you might proved a very short lived and unhelpful expect by several words of caution. innovation in macro-economic management. The provisional figures for GDP in the final quarter of 2013 report the economy grew Alongside the fall in unemployment has at 0.7% in that quarter. This was much in gone a remarkable growth in jobs. There line with market predictions and only a were nearly 0.5 million more people in jobs little down from the previous rate of 0.8% at the end of November 2013 than there for the third quarter. Economic forecasters were 12 months earlier. Most strikingly the are revising up their forecasts for UK GDP adult employment rate is now back to the growth in 2014: the IMF to 2.4%, in line with level it attained before the recession. The that of the Office for Budget Responsibility adult employment rate measures the (the OBR) and the Bank of England to an proportion of people aged between 24 optimistic 2.8%. Though it is difficult to and 64 who are in jobs, so it’s the number accurately distinguish the trend rate of of that age in jobs divided by the number growth of the UK economy (we used to of that age in the population. The number think it was 2.8–3.0%) it seems likely that aged between 24 and 64 in the growth in 2014 will be at if not a little population has been growing, and the above trend, which is probably now number of that population who want to nearer 2.5% per annum. work and have been looking for jobs has also grown. The employment rate tells us Critics of the government will point out that this growth has been matched by an that, though welcome, these rates of increase in the number of jobs offered and growth hardly represent the bounce back filled. Labour demand has matched the from the deepest recession in the last 100 remarkable growth in labour supply over years that we might reasonably have the past 12 months. expected. They will point out that we have yet to reach the level of output we Of course the growth in employers’ offers attained in 2007, before the recession, and of jobs is in part due to falling real wages. that had we grown at pre-recession trend Labour has become cheaper, real wages (but see above) national output would have been falling and it has thus become now be some 17% higher than it is today. increasingly attractive for firms to employ What a different world that would be. more people instead of investing in new Moreover in the past when the economy machinery. We are moving toward a more has emerged from recession it has tended labour intensive way of producing things in to grow above trend for a couple of years the UK. The fall in labour productivity that is – that has not happened this time (yet?) provoking much comment is the mirror of and we are now nearly 6 years from the the fall in real wages. When real wages trough of the recession. start to rise so will productivity, though then employment growth will also slow. All that said the most remarkable feature of this recovery is what has been There are signs that the fall in real wages happening to jobs: what has been may be coming to an end. The happening in the labour market. First government statistics on this are less than unemployment fell very rapidly, by 0.3% in clear, but one series seems to show that each of the months October and wages rose in line with prices in the year to
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April 2012. If real wages are beginning to about the sustainability of the police rise that is good news for those in work; less service. The fall-out from Winsor Part 2 and so for those still without jobs. And a rise in subsequent decisions of the Police real wages is now more likely because in Arbitration Tribunal continue to threaten recent months inflation has fallen back the pay and morale of Constables. towards the Bank of England target of 2% Negotiations on the rules that will on the CPI. Inflation is forecast to increase determine progression up the constables’ again through to the end of the year but pay scale have yet to be concluded and only to around 2.5%. That’s another reason these may well be the last set of interest rates are not likely to rise soon. negotiations in PNB. In future, from September 2015, police pay will be set by However there is little immediate prospect a Police Remuneration Review Body of better times for those who work in the (PRRB). The PRRB is in the process of being public sector. The Chancellor has established and it will recommend to extended the 1% pay cap on the public government future rates of increase in sector to 2015/16 and reductions in police pay, though those for 2015 are expenditure on the police continue to bite already determined by the government hard. Police numbers are falling sharply pay cap. Another challenging year lies and some police commissioners and chief ahead for the service and for the officers are beginning to express concerns Federation.
2013 Honours List
The following constables of England & Wales received honours:
new year’s honours 2013 Queen’s Birthday honours 2013
MBe MBe Andrew Whitehall Staffordshire David Dargie West Midlands Denise Kershaw Lancashire QPM Elizabeth Stanton Cheshire Jacqueline Crank Cheshire James Engelbach Metropolitan QPM Thomas Simmons Metropolitan John Hockley Surrey Stephen Tunmore Northumbria
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Motions Trustee to the Joint Fund Motion 1 - Trustees’ Report (CCC) Jonathan Nott (West Midlands) was “That this Conference receives and elected. accepts the report of the Trustees of the Police Federation (Constables’) Fund.” reserve Trustees to the Joint Fund Carried Kersten Peters (Metropolitan) was elected 1st Reserve and Mohammed Khan Motion 2 - Treasurer’s Report (CCC) (Metropolitan) 2nd Reserve. The 3rd “That this Conference receives and Reserve position remains vacant. accepts the report from the Treasurer of the Funds under the control of the reserves to the reserve Seat Constables’ Central Committee.” Lindsey Moss (No. 5 Region) was elected Carried 2nd Reserve and Peggy Lamont (No. 3 Region) 3rd Reserve. Motion 3 - Annual Report (CCC) “That this Conference receives and reserve to the Constables’ CaC (Provincial accepts the Annual Report of the Forces) Constables’ Central Committee for the There being no nominations the 3rd year 2012 together with verbal reports as Reserve position remains vacant. may be necessary to ensure the delegates be informed of the up-to-date position.” Carried Constables’ Comments Ian Collins facilitated the Constables’ emergency Motion 4 - Vote of No Comments session. Members of the panel Confidence in the JCC Chair Steve Williams were the Rt Hon Damian Green, Minister of (West Midlands) State for Policing and Criminal Justice; Mr “That the Constables’ Conference make a Alex Marshall QPM, CEO at the College of vote of no confidence in the current Policing; the Baroness Angela Harris of leadership of the Joint Central Committee Richmond DL; and Will Riches, Chairman of Chair, Steve Williams. And should that vote the CCC. Questions were asked by Police be carried the Constables’ Conference Constables via video and from the floor of ask the CCC to consider evidence to Conference. Further details of the support and instigate Schedule 6 questions and speakers can be seen and proceedings against Steve Williams in his heard on the DVD recording of capacity as Chair of Police Federation of Conference 2013. England and Wales.” Lost The General Secretary’s Annual Report for 2012 and the Chairman’s Address to elections Conference have been circulated, along Trustee to the Constables’ Fund with the Conference minutes, to Branch Kevin Cooper (Northumbria) was elected. Boards.
reserve Trustees to the Constables’ Fund David Woodward (Northumbria) was elected 2nd Reserve. The 3rd Reserve position remains vacant.
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Constables’ Central Committee (left to right) Fiona Douglas-Mullett, Zac Mader, Jayne Willetts, Paul Davies, Paul Barker, Will Riches, Steve Smith, Karen Stephens, Rick Nelson Not pictured: Andy Dumbiotis
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our service to members
Compensation ETs
Civil Claims Legal Advice Medical A dvic e CICA
No. of members
1409 236 129 219 102 94,517 £12,273,846.75 Number of claims opened by the CCC in 2013
During 2013 new proceedings were issued judicial mediation hearings and in 121 cases and 834 claims were closed negotiations by our solicitors, with good with the consent of the members settlements for our members without the concerned. need to go to a Tribunal Hearing. In some of these cases a contribution towards our The procedure is that a claim will only be costs have also been negotiated. Overall regarded as settled when both the this has a significant saving on our costs. compensation and the legal costs have been agreed. Therefore, many claims It is interesting to note that the number of involving substantial compensation for disability discrimination claims was slightly members but where costs have yet to be up on last year representing 52.5% of all agreed have not been included in this advices in relation to Employment year’s figures. Tribunals. A number of these claims were in relation to issues of disability linked to Advice requests in respect of issues members’ injuries, many of which were on covered by Employment Tribunals has duty. There were also a significant number increased from last year with numbers up of claims related to unsatisfactory by 3 on 2012 to a total of 236 cases for the performance and attendance, where the year. From July 2013 Issue fees and Hearing force had not taken account of the fess have been paid to the Employment member’s disability. This is an area that will Tribunal for all new claims lodged, which continue to be monitored closely. Sex over the course of a full year would have discrimination claims were slightly up on an effect on the cost of each case. This last year at 28.8% of all claims. Race additional cost has been taken account of discrimination claims were well down on when setting the 2014 budget. last year at 5.5% of all claims. There has been another increase in whistle Although recourse to legal action is always blowing/protected disclosure claims which available, usually the best course of action are now 8.9% of all claims. for our members is mediation and conciliation in an effort to reach a The number of civil claims has fallen resolution and settlement prior to a full dramatically for the second year running hearing. Many more cases are now being to 1409, down 126 on last year. This is of settled in force by way of the internal concern at a time when we hear on the grievance procedures to our members’ news of a “claim culture” in the country. It satisfaction. There has again been a would appear that many of our members’ significant increase in the number of claims are being dealt with elsewhere
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either by claims farmers or via their own downloaded and forwarded to branch insurance companies. It will be interesting board offices for countersignature by the to see if this changes in 2014 when the full branch board secretary. The forms were implementation of the Jackson reforms updated in 2013, with the employment and the removal of referral fees and details now being fully incorporated in the success fees have an impact. C2 forms, replacing the old resolution information sheet. It is envisaged that early The majority of the claims are received by in 2014 changes will be made so that the the member contacting PF Claimline. This online C1 claim form can be completed provides for a quick and efficient service in and submitted online direct to our CCC registering the claim in the first instance claims office. This should speed up the and also in ensuring decisions are made at process and give the CCC better control the earliest possible opportunity. We have of the member’s claim from the outset. noticed throughout the year an increase in the use by members of the new claim Our members continue to receive a good forms available online on the national level of service from the appointed Federation website, together with the solicitors and we thank them for that hearing loss questionnaires, MP1 form for support and assistance. medical advice/pension cases and a health & safety form for civil claims involving accidents at work. All these forms Paul Davis can now be completed online and then Deputy General Secretary
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Page 2 Foreword
Page 10 The Central Committee
Page 13 Committee Officers
Page 14 Police Federation (Sergeants’) Funds
Page 15 2013 Honours List
Page 16 Central Conference 2013
Page 17 Central Committee Office
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police officers in financial debt according to PMAS research. As the Home Secretary ratified the PAT ruling, negotiations on the second set of Winsor 2 recommendations began, decisions Adele Kirkwood required by July 2013. The areas under General Secretary discussion were again compulsory Sergeants’ Central Committee severance, which had been referred back I take pleasure in presenting the Annual by the PAT, together with recommendations Report 2013 on behalf of the Sergeants’ related to restricted officers; fitness testing; Central Committee (SCC) of the Police the X factor; pay progression using a Federation of England and Wales. national PDR system; the assimilation of the constable’s pay scale from the current top Police Negotiating Board (PNB), Pension and rate of 10 years to 7 years, in line with the General Matters Equal Pay Audit; the removal of the 0 pay For the 4th consecutive year it is my duty to point from the sergeant’s pay scale; deliver a report predominantly underpinned Foundation and Specialist Skills Threshold by the Winsor recommendations on the Payments and finally, payments to Specialist future of police pay, conditions and Protection officers and the Public Order pensions. It is deeply unfortunate that the Allowance. focus Government has put on their ‘reform Plain to all, a continuation of the tsunami of agenda’ has led to the largest reduction in Government reform of police pay and police sergeant numbers seen for many conditions at break neck speed. However, it years. This will hamper the ability of police was soon clear that the Foundation and sergeants, with our other federated Specialist Skills Threshold Payments required colleagues, to create and deliver the detailed work to be conducted by the positive policing atmosphere to the public newly formed College of Policing. Both the we all strive to serve. Independent Chair of the PNB and the Last years’ Annual Report finished waiting for College wrote to the Home Secretary the decision of the Police Arbitration Tribunal outlining reasons why complying with the (PAT), ultimately delivered on 6 December July 2013 deadline would not be possible. 2012 and ratified by the Home Secretary in The Home Secretary subsequently extended January 2013. As you are aware the second negotiations on these particular PAT ruling had a significant and long term recommendations to July 2014. impact on policing and police officers. The In July 2013 the negotiating process reached decision to reduce the starting salary for its conclusion. Agreement was reached on a unqualified new entrants proved interesting. number of matters. Firstly, assimilation of the The Official Side was unmoved in their desire constable’s pay scale, using an extra 8 to achieve this recommendation, yet a million pounds to prevent any number of Chief Officers subsequently ‘leapfrogging’. Without this investment over decided £19,000 was too low to attract the 18,000 officers would have been affected. right calibre of individual to the service, and To achieve this, both sides agreed not to would in their own Forces retain a higher pursue the Public Order Allowance at this starting salary. ACPO’s failure to speak up time. Removal of the 0 pay point from the during the negotiations speaks volumes and sergeant’s pay scale from April 2014, which has unfortunately been a golden thread will give clear blue water between the throughout the negotiation process. The PAT constable and sergeant rank pay scales, also overturned one of its previous rulings, effectively acknowledging the additional the phasing out of CRTP over the next three accountability and responsibility that goes years, with the first reduction implemented in with our rank. Success in this area has April 2013. A real terms pay reduction, achieved a long standing policy of the SCC. coupled with the incremental and public However, due to the incremental pay freeze sector pay freezes and increased pension it has been identified that a small number of contributions, has increased the numbers of sergeants could also be subject to
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‘leapfrogging’ and to avoid such a scenario the issue, use and return of police clothing this issue is currently under discussion with the and accoutrements. PAB though would be Official Side. The final recommendation that extended to also include Pensions, with found agreement was the linking of PDR to recruitment, learning and training matters satisfactory performance. It had always passing to the College of Policing. been the intention of the Official Side to As you can see from this Report, despite move away from incremental pay increases some changes in personnel, the negotiating based on service. This recommendation atmosphere has not changed. The means that officers would receive their continuation of tight fiscal control and pay incremental increase, unless they are reduction is the overarching priority, subjected to the formal Unsatisfactory continuing to create uncertainty and Performance Procedure, an improvement anguish for all police officers on how their on the original Winsor recommendation. pay and conditions are being materially However, the July 2013 PNB meeting also reduced and how they would be assessed resulted in reverting two major in the future. recommendations to a third PAT. The attack An element of pay discussions that was not on the Office of Constable has continued, Winsor led was the end of the two year with the Official Side pursuing compulsory public sector pay freeze, which had been severance coupled with its failure to agree imposed since September 2011. In addition the Winsor recommendation on restricted in November 2011, it had been announced officers/the X factor. At the time of writing by the Chancellor that following the freeze this Report, a decision from PAT is awaited, there would be a cap on future public evidence having been given on 15 sector pay rises of no more than 1% for the November 2013. As with other Winsor following two years. Then in March 2013 the recommendations Staff Side made huge Budget announcement developed this efforts to negotiate on these proposals and policy, declaring that the pay cap would offered real and credible solutions, including remain in force for a further twelve months, supporting Winsor’s recommendations on taking us to April 2016. Based on restricted officers. However, the Official Side Government’s overarching fiscal policy, wanted to go even beyond Winsor and public opinion and the economic climate both the Home Office and ACPO stuck to Staff Side, having written to the Official Side their positions, preferring to revert to the PAT in January 2013 favoured that the 2013/14 to achieve their aims. In respect of fitness pay increase, applied from 1 September testing, which forms part of the X factor, 2013 would be 1%. Discussions on future pay agreement was reached. Guidance was increases are yet to take place. issued to Forces in July 2013 for implementation from September 2013. Pension consultation has continued a pace, as has the passage of the Pension Bill, which In terms of the make-up of the negotiating Government presented to Parliament in May body the main change was the 2013 and received its first reading in the replacement of the Association of Police House of Lords in October 2013. The Authorities members by nominations from consultation discussions within the PNB the Association of Police & Crime Working Group have been highly technical, Commissioners. However, the Home to produce Home Office Guidance for the Secretary also issued a consultation new Career Average Pension Scheme document on the implementation of a Pay (CARE) and associated matters. The CARE Review Body (PRB) to replace PNB. In April scheme will come into effect from April 2015, 2013 it was announced that police officers with the necessary regulatory changes. At would lose the right to collective bargaining the time of writing the Report, forces are and PNB would be replaced by a PRB from currently awaiting the Guidance. It will cover autumn 2014; Sir Clive Booth’s report from areas such as part time service, career 2006 resurrected in all its glory. This new breaks, uprating, transitional protection and entity for police officers would deal with all tapering, actuarial reduction, commutation aspects of police remuneration, including and opting out. Staff Side have been hours of duty, leave, pay and allowances for instrumental in contributing to this Guidance,
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which was issued to Forces in November whether they wished PFEW to pursue 2013. employment rights for police officers was published, having conducted an In February 2013 the Home Secretary also information exercise through Joint Branch announced that the second year’s increase Boards. Although more than half of the to police pension contribution rates would membership did not support the changing take affect from April 2013. Lord Hutton’s of the employment status for police officers, interim report had recommended an there was a clear unprecedented mandate increase to public sector pensions of an from a significant proportion that wanted average of 3%, phased in over three years the right to take industrial action. Such is the from April 2012. Therefore the Home strength of feeling felt at the current Secretary has continued to implement this treatment of the service and officers. This Government policy, increasing in April 2013 has been highlighted in our the 1987 Scheme to 13.5% and the 2006 communications strategy to evidence the Scheme to 11.5%. The SCC has continued to pressure that many officers are under. It fight hard to achieve the very best for our was also agreed by the Joint Central members in all these areas, with expert Committee at its March 2013 meeting that legal and actuarial advice. The Official all options would remain open and will be Side are under no illusions of the damaging used as necessary. In order to be able to affect that Government changes to directly access member’s views on a pensions are having and that a long term regular basis, movement towards a national commitment from existing serving officers to membership database has been deemed a future career in the police service is very essential and on which work has begun. much at risk and therefore damaging for the public. Finally within this section, as you are aware the Independent Review of the PFEW has The monumental changes and financial been on-going since May 2013. At the time reductions under the banner of ‘reform and of writing this Report the Review Panel’s austerity’ have had and are continuing to recommendations are awaited and will be have a long lasting effect on the police fully debated at Joint Conference in May service. The announcement in March 2013 2014. An extraordinary national Sergeants’ by the Chancellor on the future CSR saw Branch Board Chairman and Secretaries further budget reductions for the service. meeting was held in July 2013, which the The accumulative effect has been the Review Panel’s Secretariat attended to severe reductions in the number of serving listen to the views of your representatives. All police officers, with the sergeant rank taking our members have been actively the biggest hit of all. In December 2012 encouraged through technology, national, sergeant numbers were at 22,900. As of regional and branch board meetings to June 2013, numbers had fallen to around submit their own individual and/or branch 20,300, which equates to over a 10% board evidence. The SCC submitted its reduction. Government say crime is falling own evidence, which was widely circulated so there is no effect, but we all know that and placed on the website. Whatever the quality of service that we are able to conclusions the Review Panel come to the deliver to communities, and the ability for SCC is committed to working with you all, in sergeants to effectively supervise, is being the very best interests of the whole of the drastically affected and compromised. Police Federation of England & Wales. Together with a halt on recruitment over the last three years, the service has lost Sergeants and Professional Development valuable experience, professional knowledge and is becoming older, which National Police Promotion Framework Forces are attempting to disguise by (NPPF) continuing to recruit retired officers to fill Once again the National Police Promotion posts, a short term measure storing up long Framework (NPPF) has been the focus of term problems. much attention during 2013. Following an In March 2013 the outcome of the ballot for evaluation of the second trial of the NPPF, members across England & Wales on the PPEB recommended a nationwide roll-
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out of the NPPF to the Police Minister. At will provide the underpinning knowledge for the time of writing this Report the Minister the revised NPPF units for Sergeants has yet to make a decision as to the roll- promotion, and how it will support the fast- out. If a decision isn’t made by April 2014 track constable to inspector programme the College of Policing will have the and skills threshold tests (defining authority to do so as promotion matters will competency) as recommended in the then transfer direct to the College. Winsor 2 Report. We are aware that the Sergeant rank The CLP also intends to build on the assessment units contained within the NPPF recommendations from the HMIC ‘Leading first line supervision diploma will be reviewed from the Frontline’ Report, which stated that in autumn 2013, and the SCC will be it was essential for the police service to actively involved with this on your behalf. clarify the role requirements; set a clear direction; implement measures to provide College of Policing (CoP) sergeants with the appropriate skills and The College of Policing came into existence training and provide them with the in December 2012. Since its inception necessary leadership skills which the rank members of the SCC have been involved in both require and desires. The College is the design and build phase of the College, pursuing this agenda with the design of a the final structure is still to be determined. cradle to grave professional development The SCC has also been heavily involved in approach. the Change Programme Project Board and A full suite of learning resources for implementation team, as well as Sergeants is available on the NCALT MLE - representing Sergeants interests within the Core Leadership Web Portal for your various working groups that sit under the information and use. National Policing Business Areas. The College published its Strategic Intent Functional Skills Document, the key aspect of which was a The PAB National Recruitment Standards consultation regarding the membership subcommittee has been carrying out work offer and the payment of a subscription to establish the entry requirement in English, fee, voluntary or mandatory at some point Maths and ICT for Police Constables, in the future. The College business plan and Special Constables and PCSO’s. Discussions commercial strategy is currently being are on-going as to what levels are required worked on. and whether this level should be met prior to joining the police service or as a result of Members of the SCC sit on the College post recruitment development. This will be Governing Board and the College of interest to the Sergeant rank in the future Professional Committee, which are the as it will be the role of the first line decision making forums within the College. supervisors to assess competence in these We will ensure that the views of sergeants areas, especially if the decision is to meet are represented within ALL College the level post recruitment but pre workstreams. confirmation in the rank. Core Leadership Programme (CLP) Custody Matters In the last year there has not been huge The pressure on forces to make financial involvement by us with the CLP, however an savings, driven by Government funding implementation review by forces has been cuts, has seen increased rationalisation of carried out by the College of Policing which custody provision across England & Wales shows that all Forces have now mapped and alarming reductions in the number of their Sergeants Training programmes to the custody sergeants being deployed. Fewer CLP learning descriptors, even if they are custody suites, longer journey times and the not directly utilising the delivery products. requirement to do ‘more with less’ in Members of the SCC are now actively custody while complying with PACE and engaged to see how the recently launched approved custody guidance is not only National Policing Curriculum and the CLP putting Sergeants at increased risk of stress,
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burn-out and misconduct but also com - to promote the sharing of information promising the safety of detained persons through IPCC ‘Learning the lessons’ and HM and the communities we serve to protect. Coroner ‘Rule 43’ bulletins. Force procedures and resourcing limitations Despite the assurances given by the Home that require civilian staff, often by stealth, to Secretary in 2012, dealing with those carry out duties for which they have no suffering with mental ill-health has legal responsibility and that require Custody continued to dominate the custody and Sergeants to delegate tasks are unlawful; wider policing agendas. The joint report of forces, branch boards and members need HMIC/P, CQC and Healthcare Inspectorate to be mindful of the dangers posed by such Wales, “A Criminal use of Police cells”, the ‘back-door civilianisation’ arrangements to IPCC, Lord Adebowale and an those working in custody, detainees and overwhelming number of Police and Health the wider organisation. Custody sergeants professionals are clear in reinforcing our remain 100% responsible for everything that long held view that Police cells are not an happens in the custody suite whilst on duty appropriate place for people suffering from and for every task delegated; only the acute mental health crisis. custody sergeant can delegate to a We are committed to keeping this debate member of staff. in the forefront of the minds of public and Recent changes to PACE, including politicians alike and are determined to hold requirements requiring 17 year olds to be the Government to account on this issue, treated as juveniles and the translation of while supporting partners and initiatives ‘essential documents’ for non-English aimed at diverting those who are ill into speaking detainees, together with a revised appropriate healthcare. Authorised Professional Practice for Custody The Federation has continued to contribute (formerly SDHP) due to be published in April to the National Policing Custody Forum 2014, will undoubtedly place further (formerly ACPO NCF) and has secured pressures on under-resourced custody suites changes to the terms of reference for the and those working within them. network of regional meetings to ensure that In May 2013, the interim report of Dr local representatives have a voice in these Jonathan Houdmont of Nottingham forums. We have developed a positive and University identified worrying indicators of constructive working relationship with the unprecedented levels of psychological ACPO Custody Lead, ACC Dawn Copley, distress and emotional exhaustion being and welcome her commitment to retaining experienced by Custody Sergeants. We this portfolio for the long term. look forward to receiving the final report of We remain extremely concerned by a lack this National Custody Officers Stress Survey, of consistent investment in both custody which will be presented at Sergeants’ and mental health awareness training, with Central Conference in May 2014, and we the take-up figures for the latter remaining will continue to press ACPO and others to alarmingly low. We will continue to make seek improvements in custody working the case to the College of Policing for environments. robust and mandatory specialised training In the face of dwindling resources, it is in these areas and to challenge testament to the excellent work of our inadequacies in forces. Custody Sergeants that the number of The National Custody Officers Forum has deaths occurring in police custody continued to meet on a regular basis remained at a historically low figure providing valuable information and advice throughout 2012/13, although we recognise to the SCC across a diverse range of that any death in custody is a human custody related issues. Darren Harris has tragedy. The sharp increase in the number continued as NCF Chairman and we now of apparent suicides following custody is an have a new Secretary in Andy Shaw. The area of concern and forces must be vigilant SCC is extremely grateful for the support in ensuring effective pre-release risk- and assistance provided by all members of assessments are conducted. We continue the NCF.
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Going forward, against a back-drop of Although delegates were drawn primarily further cuts, there is no doubt that police from among Federation Custody custody will face further challenges, not Representatives, there was an increased least from the spectre of privatisation. We proportion of Custody Managers and other will continue to robustly support our representatives of other Policing representatives and members to ensure that stakeholders in attendance. From the Sergeants remain at the heart of police feedback received, this year’s seminar custody. appears to have been an overwhelming success, with many delegates commenting National Custody Seminar that it had been “the best so far”. The 3rd SCC National Custody Seminar & Our challenge going forward will be to Exhibition was held on the 11 & 12 continually raise the bar in terms of the September 2013 at Stoke on Trent and quality and relevance of our content, followed on from the success of the speakers, presentation & exhibition and we previous two events. It again ran from lunch-time to lunch-time over two days, look forward to hosting an even better providing more time for the programme event in 2014 - look out for the SCC Circular and allowing an evening networking and be sure to book early! opportunity. Police Federation National Detective Forum The seminar covered a diverse range of The investigative world of policing has seen topics affecting the increasingly specialist significant developments take place over area of police custody. The ACPO lead for the last twelve months. Most notably was Custody, ACC Dawn Copley, shared her the announcement that the Professional vision of the future for police custody and Investigative Programme (PIP) was to be Custody Sergeants and the ever popular reviewed following a request by ACPO Professor Zander gave his expert Crime Business Area. One of the drivers for interpretation of impending changes to this decision has been to take stock on the PACE. We also heard from HM Coroner 10th year anniversary of PIP’s inception and Joanne Kearsley & Moir Stewart (IPCC) with to ensure the police service future proofs their perspectives on how to prevent deaths itself. The PIP Review will report in late in police custody while Dr Jenny Holmes December 2013, but early indications show (Lead FME for Merseyside Police) shared her that development and enhanced training views on dealing more effectively with must be provided to front line supervisors. mental ill-health issues, including S136. We continue to support the Review, which A challenge laid down to ACC Copley at will bring consistency in training, the seminar was to get Chief Officers to investigations and most importantly recognise the huge corporate and public providing colleagues with the skills to be confidence risk custody poses to forces and effective in their role to protect the public. to raise its standing accordingly. Currently We have also seen the introduction of the custody is at the bottom of the pile behind National Crime Agency and the College of Firearms and Roads Policing in relation to Policing, which will impact on the role of investment in people, equipment, premises detectives. and training and yet when it comes to the The service and our members continue to number of critical incidents the hierarchy is face the significant challenges presented Roads Policing, Custody and then Firearms. by the cuts to policing, centralisation of We’re not suggesting spending less on services, collaborative working, direct entry, Firearms but more investment in custody privatisation, a rapidly changing society, and custody staff. changes in terms and conditions and The exhibition was expanded from the 2012 ultimately from criminality. The National event and featured a range of exhibitors Detectives Forum released details of a relevant to Custody Sergeants, Inspectors survey conducted in September 2013 that and force managers. Feedback from secured a response rate of over 4,000 exhibitors suggested that the event was of detectives. Colleagues who responded significant benefit to their business. expressed serious concern at the
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deterioration in policing services during the website is more dynamic, with content last three years. Worryingly, detectives changing on a regular basis. It includes a expressed concern at the increased levels members’ area that will hopefully be of stress being experienced with the expanded in future, to include more negative impact on their home lives. Also of interactive functions. It contains new concern was the fact that 25% of sections and areas, such as ‘Fed at Work’, respondents do not have a current PDR and which highlights the work of PFEW and have not been offered Continued includes a dedicated magazine site that Professional Development. works with the main website, providing extended content and greater flexibility in The National Detectives Awards and how this can be presented. Seminar held in Manchester were a fantastic celebration of policing. The varied In June 2013 the SCC conducted a review nature of investigative policing was well of the content of the SCC website. We represented in all of the nominations and examined the existing site and determined ultimately by the winners. A number of that our main priorities should be the need themes within the nominations were to focus on issues affecting the rank of evident, globalisation of criminality and the Sergeant, the avoidance of unnecessary impact of technology, we must as a service duplication of other parts of the PFEW recognise these threats, invest and equip website and the need to bring it up to date our people to deal effectively with them. and allow better maintenance in the future, The SCC will continue to work with the thereby delivering a more relevant service National Detective Forum to achieve the to our members. best possible outcomes for our detective As a result of the review we implemented a colleagues. number of subtle but significant changes. These include better promotion of SCC SCC Information Technology and events, making greater use of the website Communications for document sharing and the inclusion of a The last year has seen the Police Federation specific ‘Custody Matters’ page, which we of England & Wales go through a period of expect to develop further in association great change and review to determine our with our National Custody Forum. place and future in modern policing Nominated SCC members have also through the Independent Review. No undertaken dynamic web update training, organisation can stand still and never more giving greater ownership of the site to the so in the advance of modern information Committee and allowing greater flexibility in technology and communication. publishing web-based content. The SCC has been cognisant of the need to We are confident that the SCC website now continue to be open, transparent and provides a more positive user experience inclusive both at a national and Branch and delivers a more corporate and Board level. New advances have been professional public image. We are made in how Federation Representatives committed to maintaining and developing can interact, communicate, conduct this aspect of our business to reflect the business on behalf of our members and needs of our members. improve access to information. The coming year will see significant changes in how we PFEW Extranet communicate both externally with our By the time you read this Report Branch members via the SCC internet pages of the Boards would have heard and had sight of national website and internally via the new the new PFEW Extranet. This is being rolled PFEW extranet for use by all PFEW out through PFEW during 2014 via a series of representatives at SCC and SBB levels. local briefings and road shows. SCC Website The Extranet IT platform is based on March 2013 saw the launch of the new Microsoft SharePoint 2013, provided to us by PFEW Internet site, which incorporates the Clarity Information Solutions Ltd. The website of the SCC. This new corporate Extranet will provide facilities to the SCC
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and SBB’s to make collaboration and only at Executive level within Branch Boards, communication between representatives, but by all work place representatives. It has working groups and Boards more efficient, the potential to deliver true openness, streamlined and effective. The online transparency and engagement in workplace allows work-streams and communication throughout PFEW and will information pertinent to our rank to be provide us with an opportunity to make the shared in Equality and Diversity, Health and work of the Police Federation seamless Safety, Operational Policing, Legislation, between Committees and Boards at both a Professional Development, Roads Policing, local and national level. Professional Standards, the National Detective Forum and Women’s Reserve SCC & Social Media Seat matters. The purpose is to encourage The SCC Twitter account ‘@PFEWsergeants’ a smarter, faster and secure two way flow has maintained and increased our of information. presence in this popular social media format. We have continued to contribute to The Extranet will provide access to forums social media in a measured and responsible and discussion groups to seek opinion and manner, engaging with members and share ideas, tasks and arrange meetings. It delivering consistent and accurate updates will provide a document library and to our members across a diverse range of knowledge hub. Members of working both rank-specific and joint policing issues. groups will be provided with updates on the availability of documents and invitations to Conclusion meetings. The requirement to keep files The SCC has continued to work tirelessly on locally and email attachments should your behalf, covering a myriad of areas reduce. Work spaces for individual users and issues that have a significant impact on can be personalised to cover specific work policing and the members we all represent. streams or responsibilities. In times of change and uncertainty, we have tried to ensure that our members are The Extranet will be available to all Joint fully informed, through your Branch Board and Sergeants Branch Boards and is not Executives, improving our technology and solely for use by the Central Committees. communication being an essential element The system is configurable to our needs, to this ethos. We can all assure you we will allowing us enormous flexibility in the continue to strive to do more in 2014, a year development and expansion of how to use that will more than likely bring further it. It is hoped that when fully operational change, in terms of the outcome of the PAT access to the Extranet by secure log-in will and the Independent Review. The SCC be possible via a variety of media, including thank you all the support and loyalty you laptops, smart phones and tablet devices. have shown us, not just over the last twelve The success of this platform will be months but the months and years that measurable by the adoption at all levels in current and previous Committee members the Police Federation and by the buy-in have striven to serve both yourselves and and engagement of representatives not our members in the best possible way.
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The Central Committee
JOHN GIBLIN ADELE KIRKWOOD (No. 7 Region – Gwent) (No. 3 Region – Chairman SCC West Midlands) General SCC Executive Secretary/Treasurer SCC JCC Executive JCC Legislation SCC Executive JCC Operational Policing JCC Executive JCC Professional Development JCC Treasurers PFEW National Roads Policing JCC Equality Positive Action Lead WG PFEW Roads Policing Group College of Policing Gold Working Group Course Director Independent Review Working Group Futures Group Course Director PDR Steering Group Futures Group National Policing Area - Administration of Firearms Workforce Modernisation Working Group and Explosives Licensing Committee Parliamentary Representatives Group Police Promotion Examinations Board HMIC Front-Line Supervision Thematic Police Promotion Implementation Project Board Inspection CoP - Fast-Track and Direct Entry Project Board UNISON Liaison Committee CoP - Fast-Track and Direct Entry User Group PNB Full Board Skills for Justice Welsh Country Group PNB Federated Ranks Committee PNB Full Board PNB Winsor Working Party PNB Federated Ranks Committee PNB GEWLB Working Group National Policing Area – Roads Policing National PNB Pensions Working Group Strategic Group PAB Full Board National Policing area – Single Vehicle Specification Group National Policing Area – Pursuits/Dangerous Driving Group JOHN COPPEN National Policing Area – Driver Training Strategic (No. 6 Region – Wiltshire) Group Retired National Policing Area – Collision Investigation Deputy General Group Secretary/Deputy Treasurer PFEW Devolving Policing Wales Working Group SCC PFEW Communications Working Group Welsh Collaboration Strategic Consultation Forum SCC Executive JCC Legislation JCC Operational Policing STEVE EVANS JCC Professional Standards (No. 4 Region – Derbyshire) Course Director Vice Chairman SCC Olympics Working Party (Chairman) PNB Winsor Working Party SCC Executive SCC Deputy Managing Officer – Grievance Resolution Procedure DOUG CAMPBELL JCC Equality (Chair) (as of 28 May 2013) JCC Professional Development (No. 6 Region – JCC Professional Standards (Secretary) Gloucestershire) Course Director National Custody Officers Forum JCC Equality National Policing Area - Complaints & JCC Health & Safety Misconduct Working Group JCC Operational Policing IPCC Staff Association Meeting SCC Deputy IT Coordinator PABEW Sub-Committee on Police Disciplinary JCC Strategic Priorities Arrangements Working Group
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IAN RENNIE ANDY WARD (No. 1 Region – (as of 19 March 2013) Greater Manchester) (No. 2 Region – Durham) General Secretary JCC JCC Health & Safety JCC Executive JCC Legislation JCC Resources Working JCC Professional Standards Group Joint Custody Lead JCC Equality (Positive Action National Custody Forum Provisions) Working Group SCC IT Coordinator Police Negotiating Board Staff Side Secretary JCC Strategic Priorities Working Group PNB Full Board PNB Federated Ranks Committee PNB Joint Secretaries PNB Police Pay & Conditions Working Group PNB Gender Equality & Work life Balance Working Group PNB Police Pensions Working Group Police Advisory Board College of Policing Professional Committee KEVIN HUISH (No. 5 Region – Thames Valley)
JCC Health and Safety JCC Legislation (Chair) JCC Training and Development Manager JCC Skills Audit MAL TAYLOR JCC Equality Positive Action (No. 2 Region – Working Group1 North Yorkshire) Retired Course Director Mental Health Lead JCC Legislation Joint Custody Lead JCC Professional Standards Bradley Group Course Director All Party Parliamentary Group on Complex PFEW National Detectives Needs and Dual Diagnosis Forum (JCC Member) Mental Health and Justice Project – Advisory Secretary Group Trustee Police Treatment Centre Harrogate National Custody Officers Forum RIPA Forum (Oxford University Dept. of IAP on Deaths in Custody Stakeholder Group Criminology) National Policing Area - Custody Forum National Policing Area - Criminal Justice Home Office & NPEG Custody Design Group Business Area Police Healthcare Commission Stakeholders Youth Justice Forum Group Justice Union Parliamentary Group PACE Strategy Board National Policing Area/College of Policing - Mental Health Forum HMIC/HMIP Custody Stakeholders Group Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Group Reducing Bureaucracy Practitioners Programme Board APCCS Mental Health Working Group
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The Central Committee
ANDY FITTES MARTYN MORDECAI (No. 8 Region – Metropolitan) (No. 8 Region – Metropolitan) (as of 18 January 2013) Treasurer JCC Deputy General Secretary/ Deputy Treasurer SCC JCC Executive JCC Treasurers SCC Executive Course Director JCC Operational Policing National Policing Area - TAM JCC Professional (CBRN) Development (Chair) National Policing Area - TAM Course Director (HR) JCC Professional Standards National Membership Database JCC Specials Working Group (Chair)
PAUL MCKEEVER JULIA LAWRENCE (No. 8 Region – Metropolitan) (Reserve Seat – Derbyshire) (until 17 January 2013) Chairman JCC SCC Managing Officer – Grievance Resolution JCC Executive Procedure JCC Health and Safety JCC Equality National Policing Board JCC Professional Development Reference Group JCC Equality Positive Action Standing Committee on Working Group Conditions of Service (Chairman) JCC Specials Working Group Skills for Justice Board Federation Representative - Board of Governors Trustee to the Police Dependants’ Trust for the College of Policing. Trustee to the Police Federation Special National Reserve Seat Meetings Endowment Scheme Police Promotion Examinations Board PNB Full Board (Staff Side Chairman) Police Promotion Implementation Project Board PNB Federated Ranks Committee (Staff Side College of Policing Gold Group Chairman) National Policing Area - National Recruitment PNB Pensions Working Group Standards Police Advisory Board (Chairman) PAB NRS PFEW/ACPO/NPIA Workforce Modernisation PAB Restricted Duties Working Group Central Authority Meetings National Police Memorial Day (Chairman) Professional Practice Steering Group College of Policing Board Bramshill Leadership Board During the course of 2013, with the formation of MPFS Board the College of Policing all ACPO business MPFS Finance & Audit Committee (Chairman) areas became known as National Policing Parliamentary Police Group Areas. International Council of Police Representative Associations Chartered Institute of Management (Fellow) Institute of Directors (Member) The Royal Institution (Fellow) Royal Society of Arts (Fellow)
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Committee Officers
At the Post Conference Meeting on 17 May No. 4 Region* 2013, it was noted that the following had 1st Phillip Matthews Nottinghamshire been appointed to serve until Conference 2nd Oz Merrygold Cambridgeshire 2014: 3rd Ali Quinn Northamptonshire
Chairman John F.M. Giblin No. 5 Region* General Secretary Adele Kirkwood 1st Tracey Hammond Hampshire Treasurer Adele Kirkwood (retired on 17 May 2013) Vice Chairman Steve Evans 2nd William Boyle Thames Valley Deputy General Secretary Andy Fittes 3rd Neal Alston Hertfordshire Deputy Treasurer Andy Fittes (stood down as of 13 November 2013)
Sergeants’ Central Committee Meetings No. 6 Region* The Sergeants’ Central Committee held a 1st Douglas Campbell Gloucestershire total of six meetings during 2013. The dates (substantive SCC member as of and venues of these are listed as follows: 28 May 2013) 2nd Steve Gardner Devon & Cornwall 22 January 2013 3rd Simon Kempton Dorset (Statutory) Leatherhead 19 March 2013 No. 7 Region* (Statutory) Leatherhead 1st Callum McCleod South Wales 17 May 2013 2nd Jonathan Hill Gwent (Post Conference) Bournemouth 3rd Paul Laughlin Dyfed Powys 25 June 2013 (Statutory) Leatherhead No. 8 Region* 3 September 2013 (Statutory) Leatherhead 1st Liz Barrett Metropolitan 29 October 2013 2nd Mark Acford Metropolitan (Statutory) Leatherhead 3rd Suzanne McGuiness-Bush Metropolitan No. 1 Region 1st David Bamber Cheshire Reserve Seat* 2nd Janet Beattie Merseyside 1st Samantha Roberts No 7 Region Wales 3rd Eddie Entwistle Lancashire 2nd Deborah Hodson No 3 Region West Midlands No. 2 Region* 3rd Zoe Wakefield No 5 Region 1st Lisa Mackie Northumbria Hampshire 2nd David Baines South Yorkshire 3rd David Horn North Yorkshire * Indicates Regions where there have been No. 3 Region* changes within the Reserve positions. 1st Nigel Mortimer West Mercia 2nd Phil Stacey West Midlands 3rd Richard Moors Staffordshire
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Police Federation (Sergeants’) Funds
The Balance Sheet and Statement of 1st Reserve Accounts of the Police Federation John Capp Devon and Cornwall (Sergeants’) Funds for the year ending 31 2nd Reserve December 2013 are published within the Police Federation of England and Wales John Tooms West Midlands Statement of Accounts for 2013. 3rd Reserve Vacant
During the year there were 406 new Trustee to the Police Federation (Joint) applications in the form of civil claims, Funds (Sergeants’ Representative) employment tribunals, CICA claims and The below-named will serve as the requests for legal and medical advice. In Sergeants’ Representative to serve as addition 184 claims were settled resulting in Trustee to the Police Federation (Joint) awards to members of between £500 and Funds until 2014. £650,000. Taking into account the total amounts received for all categories of Mark Nurthen Metropolitan personal injury, £3,016,191.32 was recovered for Sergeants and their immediate families. Reserve Trustees to the Police Federation (Joint) Funds (Sergeants’ Representative) Trustees to the Funds held by the Sergeants’ The below-named will serve as Reserve Central Committee Trustees to the Police Federation (Joint) The below-named will serve as Trustees to Funds (Sergeants’ Representative) for a the Funds held by the Sergeants’ Central period of three years: Committee for a period of three years: 1st Reserve Mark Nurthen Metropolitan Phil Read Nottinghamshire - (retired) Roy Scanes Essex Del Hastings South Wales 2nd Reserve Roy Scanes Essex During 2013, the elected Trustees met at Leatherhead on four occasions: 3rd Reserve John Tooms West Midlands 15 February 28 May Reserves (Sergeants’ Representative) to the 3 September Conference Arrangements Committee 4 December (CAC) Provincial Forces The below-named will serve as Reserve The meetings on 28 May and 4 December (Sergeants Representative) to the were also attended by Mr A. Jones, Conference Arrangements Committee Investment Advisor from Axis Financial (CAC) Provincial Forces until 2014: Planning Ltd. (St. James’s Place). 1st Reserve Reserve Trustees to the Funds held by the Peter Snape West Midlands (joined CAC Sergeants’ Central Committee as of 28 June 2013) The below-named will serve as Reserves to 2nd Reserve Vacant the Trustees to the Funds held by the Sergeants’ Central Committee until 2014. 3rd Reserve Vacant
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Police Federation (Sergeants’) Funds
Reserves (Sergeants’ Representative) to the Charities Conference Arrangements Committee The following members from the rank of (CAC) No 8 Region Sergeant are elected to the charities The below-named were elected at named below: Conference 2013 as Reserves (Sergeants Representative) to the Conference NORTHERN POLICE CHARITIES Arrangements Committee (CAC) No 8 M. Botham North Yorkshire Region for a period of three years: D. Horn North Yorkshire
1st Reserve GURNEY FUND Steve Redgwell Metropolitan P. Jones Hampshire P. Land Avon and Somerset 2nd Reserve Clive Knight Metropolitan
3rd Reserve Michael How Metropolitan
2013 Honours List
New Year’s Honours 2013 Sergeant Andrew Murphy – Metropolitan Police There were no recipients at Sergeant Rank Queen’s Police Medal
Sergeant Michael Tisi – Birthday Honours 2013 Metropolitan Police Queen’s Police Medal Sergeant Stuart Dale Richards – Metropolitan Police Sergeant John Wolstenholme – Member of the Royal Victorian Order British Transport Police Queen’s Police Medal Sergeant Paul Campbell – Hampshire Constabulary Sergeant James Bingham – Police Service of Northern Ireland Queen’s Police Medal Queen’s Police Medal Sergeant Mark Jennings, (Lately) – Sergeant William Harper – Humberside Police Police Service of Northern Ireland Queen’s Police Medal Queen’s Police Medal
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Central Conference 2013
The 91st Sergeants’ Central Conference was The Annual General Meeting followed, held in the Tregonwell Hall, Bournemouth which included a report from the International Centre, on 17 May 2013 and Conference Arrangements Committee, was recorded for viewing on the website. SCC Trustees, Mr. Darren Harris, Chairman of The strapline was 20/20 Vision – Testing our the National Custody Forum, and the Rank. Chairman’s address to Conference.
Conference initially paid its respects to the Motions and Amendments memory of Mr Paul McKeever, member of There were three Motions as below: the Sergeants’ Central Committee and JCC Chairman, who sadly passed away in Annual Report SCC January 2013. "That this Conference receives and accepts the Annual Report of the Central This was then followed by a short address Committee for the year 2013, together with from the Police Minister to Conference; no further verbal reports, as may be necessary, Q & A’s were taken. to enable all Delegates to be informed of the up-to-date position." A forum session commenced facilitated by Carried John Stapleton, who introduced members of the panel to address Conference, as Ms Trustees’ Report SCC Jayne Monkhouse, PFEW Equality Advisor, "That this Conference receives and accepts Mr Alex Marshall, Chief Executive, College the report of the Trustees of the Police of Policing and Sir Hugh Orde, ACPO Federation Sergeants' Central Committee's President. The panellists were then joined funds." by Mr Ian Rennie, Staff Side Secretary and Carried Mr Ian Johnston, Interim Official Side Chair PNB for the question and answer section of Treasurer’s Report SCC the Forum session. The debate focused "That this Conference receives and accepts around many of the aspects of the Winsor 2 the report of the Treasurer of the funds Report that would require the Sergeant under the control of the Sergeants' Central Rank to supervise, assess and implement a Committee." wide ranging testing regime for those that they supervised, as well as being subject to Carried the assessment processes themselves.
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Central Committee Office
National Sergeants Branch Board Chairman Police and ACC Robin Merritt Sussex Police. and Secretaries’ Meetings During 2013 the two meetings of Sergeants’ At the second meeting of 2013 on 15 Branch Board Chairmen and Secretaries October 2013, the key note speakers were were held at the Queen Hotel, Chester, on CC Mike Cunningham, Staffordshire Police, 5/6 March and 15/16 October 2013. Tom Winsor, Chief HMIC and CC Jon Murphy, Merseyside Police, who all gave a At the first meeting of 2013, on 5 and 6 presentation on Austerity in Policing – March 2013, the first guest speaker was Mr Sergeant Rank Expectations following by a A. Marshall, Chief Executive, College of Q & A. Policing, followed by Q & A. On 16 October 2013, the meeting discussed An update on the Independent Policing Police Integrity; the guest speakers were Review, as instigated by the Shadow Steve Smith JCC Deputy General Secretary Cabinet was presented by Lord Stephens, and John Armstrong, Cheshire Police. A Chair, Independent Review into the Future presentation from Les Gray, Police Money of Policing in England & Wales followed by Matters, followed this session. Q & A. On the second day updates covered PNB On the 6 March 2013, the meeting Winsor 1 and 2, Pensions, SCC Conference discussed Winsor – Restricted Officers – 2013 and general SCC updates. X Factor and Fitness Testing. The panel comprised of Ian Rennie, Staff Side Arrangements for future meetings of SBB Secretary, Jayne Monkhouse, Equality Chairmen and Secretaries have been Advisor, PFEW, Jonathan Cumberbatch, made at the Queen Hotel, Chester, for 4 Health Promotion Adviser, Staffordshire and 5 March 2014, 15 and 16 October 2014.
Publications 2013
SBB Circular 1/2013 SBB Chairmen and Secretaries Meeting - March SBB Circular 2/2013 Custody Officers Seminar 2013 SBB Circular 3/2013 Sergeants’ Central Conference 2013 – Last Conference SBB Circular 4/2013 SBB Chairs & Secretaries Meeting dates 2014 SBB Circular 5/2013 SBB Chairmen and Secretaries Meeting – October 2013 SBB Circular 7/2013 Initial Brief for Presentation to the Independent Review Panel SBB Circular 8/2013 Sergeants’ Central Conference 2014 Triennial Elections SBB Circular 9/2013 Extraordinary SBB Chairs & Secretaries Meeting
*No SBB Circular 6/2013 was issued
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Central Committee Office
Sergeants’ Central Committee (left to right) I. Rennie; M. Mordecai BA (Hons); D. Campbell; S. Evans, BA (Hons), Vice Chairman; A. Kirkwood, General Secretary/ Treasurer; J.F.M. Giblin, MA, BA (Hons), Chairman; A. Fittes, BSc (Hons), Deputy General Secretary/Treasurer; J. Lawrence, BA (Hons); K. Huish; A. Ward.
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Inspectors’ Central Committee
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Contents
Page 2 Foreword
Page 5 Committee Officers
Page 6 Police Federation (Inspectors’) Funds 2013 Honours
Page 7 Central Conference 2013
Page 8 Central Committee
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Foreword
it was worth. The difference between the official and staff sides was that the staff side wanted to use the monies saved from this proposal and use it to remove anomalies from the constables’ pay scale that had Ian Trueman been created by a shorter pay spine and General Secretary the incremental freeze. We were successful Inspectors’ Central Committee in our approach. PNB and Pension matters 2013 in negotiating terms has followed the The subject of the away from home pattern of the last few years, we have overnight allowance continues to provoke continued to negotiate on the second debate with some forces interpreting the round of proposals from the Winsor reviews, guidance in such a way that officers are some proposals have been agreed, some being denied the payment as the force see rejected by both the staff and official sides the tasks that the officer has been and the more contentious have again undertaking as routine. We will continue to ended in going to the Police Arbitration seek a resolution to this issue. Tribunal. At the time of composing this report the result from the PAT on the matters of 2014 will see the demise of the Police restricted duties and compulsory severance Negotiation Board (PNB), and its is unknown, but when you read this in replacement with the Police Remuneration preparation for conference the outcome will Review Board (PRRB). The difference be known to us all. between these two bodies could not be starker; the former is a negotiation process The Police Negotiation Board is structured to with an arbitrator, the latter a review body meet quarterly, with working party meetings which accepts evidence from the parties in between designed to deal with the details and then makes a judgment. The gathering of the proposals. Once again the ICC and presentation of written evidence will commitment to the PNB process has been become even more important in future, heavy, with eight full days given to the than it is now. The Inspecting rank has a quarterly meetings and in excess of twenty reason to be aware and alive to this issue as days given to the working parties. the topic of Chief Inspectors remuneration was commented upon by the Winsor review, The outcomes from those meetings should who advised that the PRRB should consider already be known to you, and a fuller Chief Inspectors’ pay within its first triennial explanation of the events at PNB and the period. The ICC will continue to gather Pension working groups can be found within evidence from you to support our position the JCC General Secretary’s report. that there should be an increase in Chief Inspectors pay. There are some issues which I feel need some further explanation. The first is the ICC Key Areas recommendation of a Public Order The ICC has been working on five key areas, allowance of £600, which the negotiation as decided by the IBB secretaries. These are teams from both sides agreed to drop as a PACE reviews; Vulnerable Persons; Partner proposal. The Federation’s position on this agencies; Command resilience and Working proposal and the EPAA which went before it time. Overall there is an agreement amongst has been simple. If the service wants to pay the committee that should we be able to officers different rates of pay for different have an impact upon the first four issues, we roles, then there needs to be an evaluation will be able to directly impact the last. of all the roles undertaken in the service, However, the first three areas cannot be that must stand up to independent scrutiny. specific to the Inspecting ranks alone and Unfortunately the Public Order role that had are a wider service issue. As an example, been selected by the review as being in the individual who is detained for a crime in need of additional payment was without an our cells and requires a mental health evaluation as to why that role or how much assessment will touch those first three areas.
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With this in mind, we have to work with our officers, means 1700 senior experienced colleagues within the JCC to influence our operational officers have been lost to overall policies, so that we can engage the policing or the equivalent of a force the size stakeholders on any issue with one voice. of Humberside. In April 2013 I made a The ICC has at the time of writing issued a presentation to Chief Constables Council on survey sent via the IBB secretaries to all the topic of our losses and command Inspectors looking at the issues in custody resilience within our ranks, alongside the and the training that has been provided to Superintendents Association. The feedback the rank to enable it to perform its role. following the presentation was described by Once the results are in we will share these one chief constable as thought provoking. with you and explain where we believe we However when I have asked Chief can go next. Constables whether they have enough Inspectors to go around, the response is The topic of working time is one which is always the same; we have enough to make long running, within the ICC and the it work. Inspecting ranks. In 2012 we commissioned Cardiff University Business School to analyse Numerically we may have enough to the survey of every Inspecting rank officer provide 24 hour cover, staff the major which was conducted in 2011 regarding incident, public protection and reactive CID their working hours and have obtained teams and provide community/ European funding to progress this piece of neighborhood leadership, but you cannot work through 2013. The result of this was a remove so many from the service and force by force breakdown, with individual expect those left behind to cover all the reports for each force and a seminar held bases without missing a few of the plates regionally to discuss the issues and look at that were left spinning. The system works the solutions that others already had because we are a ‘can do’ rank, a group of working. The seminar Invitations were sent to individuals who is prepared to work on to members, reps, HR, superintendents, ACPO get the job done, or who sacrifice their members and PCC’s and all were family time for the benefit of others. reasonably well attended given the added However we fail to accurately record our abstraction required. We have provided actual hours of work or submit near miss each IBB with the information that it needs forms when there is an organisational failing to develop local policies which allow for a for fear of it reflecting poorly upon us as work life balance. In reviewing this, the ICC individuals. If a numerical argument about have asked each IBB to submit a copy of our losses will not work, we must provide our any workforce agreement on the working senior leaders with evidence of the risks that hours of the Inspecting ranks so that we can they are exposing their Forces to. do further analysis. This work is ongoing. We have also taken the step of writing to each Conference motion 2012 Chief Constable on the topic of Daily In May 2012 the Metropolitan IBB put Management meetings and the inordinate forward a motion to conference seeking the amount of time spent preparing for each following. meeting, a system designed for exceptional reporting has become a bureaucratic This Conference instructs the Inspectors burden and we are asking for the micro Central Committee to pursue through the management to cease and the trust Police Negotiating Board (or whatever returned to our rank. mechanism may replace it) that the agreement regarding the pay of the Command resilience is a difficult issue to get Inspecting ranks reached on 13th June 1994 across to Chief Constables. The numerical which is detailed within PNB Circular 94/2 as losses that we have suffered as ranks since amended by PNB Circular 94/7 be re- the introduction of the Government cuts examined and if necessary renegotiated in program currently stands in excess of 1400 order that clarity can be provided on a colleagues; combined with the losses number of issues contained within it. sustained in the Superintending ranks of 300
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The ICC have re-examined the minutes updated the Exploding the myths booklet surrounding the agreement, it is quite under a new title ‘Your wellbeing, who’s apparent that the buyout of overtime and responsibility?’ which will be printed in late financial compensation for Public Holiday 2013 and distributed to each Inspecting and rest day working from the Inspecting rank officer in early 2014. ranks covered all compensation whether monetary or time in lieu. The concept of Independent Review of PFEW pre-planned and casual overtime does not The review has just published its interim appear in the agreement, the term used is report on its research findings. For the all overtime. At present the ICC is not actively pursuing this motion, seeking to organisation as a whole, the research results influence the current issues around the do not make comfortable reading and we conditions of service of the Inspecting ranks must now wait and see what the full report through the five key areas highlighted and its recommendations will be for the above. The ICC has revamped and future of the PFEW.
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Committee Officers
Dates of ICC meetings No. 8 Region – Paul Huitson The ICC met for its statutory meetings on the No. 8 Region – Geoff Stuttaford following dates; 1st John Partington Metropolitan 22nd January 2013 2nd Siobhan Sagar Metropolitan 19th March 2013 3rd John Murphy Metropolitan 17th May 2013 25th June 2013 Reserve Seat – Carolyn Davies/Met 3rd September 2013 1st Verity Lockhart Sussex 29th October 2013 2nd Kirsty Jennett Merseyside 3rd Jane Broughton Humberside
No. 1 Region – George Gallimore Inspectors’ Trustee to JCC Fund 1st Diane Prosser Merseyside John Ainsworth Lancashire 2nd Ian Hanson GMP 3rd Vacant Reserves 1st Vacant No. 2 Region – Steve Garmston 2nd Vacant 1st Mark Trueman West Yorkshire 3rd Vacant 2nd Neil Bowles South Yorkshire 3rd Duncan Collins Humberside CAC (Provincial) Kevin Lansdale Dorset No. 3 Region – Paul Ford Jim Skinner Herts 1st Glyn Pattinson Staffordshire 2nd Steve Rees West Mids Reserves (Provincial) 3rd Vacant 1st Jon Cliff Humberside 2nd Nick Elton Wiltshire No. 4 Region – Alan Ogg 3rd Jayne Broughton Humberside 1st Jason Kwee Lincolnshire 2nd Vacant CAC No. 8 Region 3rd Vacant David Peddison-Grant Metropolitan No. 5 Region – Ian Trueman 1st Paul Robertson Hampshire Reserves (No. 8 Region) 2nd Tim Packham Kent 1st John Frost Metropolitan 3rd Vacant 2nd Vacant 3rd Vacant No. 6 Region – Steve White 1st Nick Elton Wiltshire Inspectors’ Trustees to ICC Fund 2nd Vacant John Partington Metropolitan 3rd Vacant Neil Bowles South Yorks Simon Roberts Cheshire No. 7 Region – Steve Williams 1st Richie Jones South Wales Reserves 2nd Gareth Hawkins South Wales 1st Jason Wilson Sussex 3rd Andy Broadhead North Wales 2nd Paul Franks West Mercia 3rd Vacant
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Police Federation (Inspectors’) Funds
The balance sheet and statement of Reserves to ICC trustees accounts of the Police Federation The reserves to the ICC trustees are; (Inspectors’) Funds for the year ending 31 First reserve: Jason Wilson – Sussex December 2013 are published within the Second reserve: Paul Franks – West Mercia Police Federation of England and Wales Third reserve: Vacant Statement of Accounts 2013 Trustee meetings During the year there were 140 new The ICC trustees have met on the following applications in the form of civil claims, occasions;- employment tribunals, CICA claims, and 8th February 2013 requests for legal and medical advice. In 3rd May 2013 addition 44 claims were settled resulting in 28th August 2013 awards to members of between £1,000 and 21st November 2013 £75,000. Taking into account the totals received for all categories of personal injury The meeting on the 3rd May 2013 was also £472,400 was recovered for Inspectors and attended by Mr A Jones, Investment advisor their immediate families. from Axis Financial Planning Ltd. (St James Place). In addition updates were provided Trustees’ to the Funds held by the Inspectors to the trustees in June and October. Central Committee The trustees to the ICC funds during 2013 Trustee to JCC funds have been; The Inspectors trustee to the Joint Central John Partington – Metropolitan Committee Funds is John Ainsworth - Shane Lambert – Sussex – Retired July 2013 Lancashire John Mallace – Dorset – Retired November 2013 Reserve to JCC trustee Neil Bowles – South Yorkshire – Commenced The reserve to the Inspectors Trustee to the July 2013 JCC funds is Martin Peters – Bedfordshire Simon Roberts – Cheshire – Commenced December 2013 2013 Honours List
New Year Honours Birthday Honours List
MBE MBE Police Inspector Julie Fry, (Hampshire Police Inspector Stephen Lamb Constabulary) (Humberside Police) Police Inspector Damian O’Reilly, (Greater Manchester Police) QPM (England and Wales) Detective Chief Inspector Mark Moles, Detective Inspector Gary Davison (West (Metropolitan Police Service) Midlands Police) Police Inspector Steven Jones (North Wales QPM Police) Police Inspector Sophocles (Jack) Ioannou, Temporary Chief Inspector Stephen (British Transport Police) Thompson (Staffordshire Police) Police Inspector Philip Shakesheff (West Mercia Police) QPM (Northern Ireland) Temp Detective Chief Inspector James Richard Harkness (PSNI) Police Inspector Philip Menary (PSNI)
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Central Conference 2013
Central Conference summary & motions National IBB Secretary Meetings The ICC central conference met in the The ICC has held two Secretaries meetings Purbeck Hall, BIC, Bournemouth on Tuesday this year, the first being at Oxford on the 6 & 14th May 2013. The following motions were 7 March, topics covered included; Updates presented and accepted by the delegates on pay, pensions and the key areas, in present. addition to presentations on Risk registers, the College of Policing, PFEW media Motion 1 Annual Report ICC strategy, and ‘Time for Justice’. “That this Conference receives and accepts the Annual Report of the Inspectors’ Central The second seminar in Stratford on 4 & 5 Committee for the year 2012, together with October covered pay, pensions, & key verbal reports as may be necessary to areas update, presentation on Systems enable delegates to be informed of the up- Thinking within the Police service, a to-date position of items contained presentation from Cardiff university business therein”. school on the follow up from time for justice;
Motion 2 Trustees’ Report ICC Publications “That this Conference receives and accepts 1/2013 ICC Change of General Secretary the report of the Trustees of the Police 2/2013 ICC Change of Chair 3/2013 ICC Change of Vice Chair Federation Inspectors’ Central Committee 4/2013 Reserves to ICC, ICC Trustees and Funds, for the year 2012”. Inspectors JCC Trustee 5/2013 Releasing Potential Program 2013- Motion 3 Treasurer’s Report 2014 (Female Chief Inspectors) “That this Conference receives and accepts 6/2013 Elected Positions Post Conference the report of the Treasurer of the Funds May 2013 under the control of the Inspectors’ Central 7/2013 ICC Independent Review Police Committee, for the year 2012”. Federation Extraordinary IBB Secs Mtg Following the AGM the delegates and 8/2013 Releasing Potential Program for observers participated in a question time BME Chief Inspectors session facilitated by Alistair Stewart, the 9/2013 Reserves to the ICC Trustees panel consisted of CC Alex Marshall; Zoe 10/2013 WTR – Excessive Hours Billingham (HMIC); C/Sup’t Curtis Compensation (Superintendent Association); Ian Johnson 11/2013 Update on Police Inspectors (PCC) and Jim Bligh (CBI). The panel faced Website and PFEW Web App questions from the floor on the five key 12/2013 Reserves to the ICC Trustees areas, and conference concluded with the 13/2013 ICC Submission to the Independent presentation to retiring members. Review 14/2013 Time for justice seminar 31/01/2014
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ALAN OGG IAN TRUEMAN (No. 4 Region – Norfolk) (No. 5 Region – Hampshire) Chairman ICC General Secretary/ Treasurer ICC JCC Executive, Police Negotiation Board – Full Board, JCC Executive; Federated ranks committee, Treasurers sub-committee; Pensions working group, Pay Police Negotiation Board – and conditions working group; Full Board, Federated ranks Police Advisory Board; committee, Pensions Health and Safety Sub Committee (Chair), Union working group, Pay and conditions working Health and Safety Specialists Committee; group; Airwave Health Safety and Ethical Monitoring Police Advisory Board; Steering Group; Resources working group; Professional Development Sub Committee; Equality sub-committee (secretary); Professionalism Working Group; Equality Positive action working group; Operational Policing Sub Committee; College of Policing working group; Mutual Aid Working Group; Special Constabulary working group; Course Director. National Police EDHR Business area; Course Director
CAROLYN DAVIES GEOFF STUTTAFORD (National Reserve Seat – (No. 8 Region – Metropolitan) Metropolitan) Vice Chair ICC Deputy General Secretary/ Deputy Treasurer ICC Equality sub-committee; Equality Positive action working Health and safety sub- group; committee (secretary); Health and safety sub- National Police health, safety committee, Course Director; and welfare strategic group; National Police Stress working group; Airwave strategic Board; National Police Body Armour working group; Airwave police user group; National Police Uniform working group; National Police Information management Olympics working group; communications group; Special Constabulary working group; Course director. BAWP executive;
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GEORGE GALLIMORE PAUL FORD (No. 1 Region – (No. 3 Region – Greater Manchester) West Midlands) JCC Deputy Treasurer Professional development JCC Executive, Treasurers sub-committee; sub -committee (Chair), Professionalism working Professional standards sub- group; committee (Chair), Legislation sub- committee; Legislation sub-committee National Custody Forum; (Secretary), National Emergency Planning National Detective Forum; working group, JCC Lead on substance National Investigative & Intelligence Training misuse. Steering Group; National Police Crime business area; ICIDP; ICC Social media
STEVE GARMSTON (No. 2 Region – Humberside)
Professional Development sub-committee; STEPHEN WHITE Equality sub-committee; (No. 6 Region – Course Director; Avon and Somerset) College of Policing Change JCC Vice-Chairman portfolio (people & culture) program. Legislation sub-committee; Roads policing user group Cross staff association working group on Dangerous driving (chair); JCC Website/App and extranet Working group (chair); STEVE WILLIAMS Welsh devolution working group(chair); (No. 7 Region – North Wales) JCC Strategic working group (Chair); JCC Chairman PFEW Bravery Awards (Chair) JCC Executive; College of Policing; G8 Gold Group; Welsh Devolution Group; Legislation – Welsh Update PAUL HUITSON Member; (No. 8 Region – Skills for Justice – Board; PNB Full Board (Staff Metropolitan) side Chairman); PNB Federated Ranks Committee (Staff side Legislation sub-committee; Chairman); Operational policing sub- PNB Pensions Working Group committee; Police Advisory Board (Chairman); Professional standards sub- National Police Memorial Day (Chairman) committee; International Council of Police Representative Futures Group; Associations (Executive Member) National Police Reducing Bureaucracy All Party Parliamentary Policing Group - Program Board; Course director Member
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Inspectors Central Committee: (left to right) Geoff Stuttaford; George Gallimore; Steve Williams; Ian Trueman; Alan Ogg; Steve Garmston; Paul Huitson; Ann Tomalla, - P.A. to ICC; Steve White; Carolyn Davies; Paul Ford.
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