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Remembering Fallen Officers – See Pages 18 and 19 federationWest Midlands Police Federation October/November 2018 Remembering fallen officers – see Pages 18 and 19 www.polfed.org/westmids Did you know... ...if you subscribe to the group insurance scheme you can get cover for your partner too? Cover includes: 9 £65,000 Life Assurance All for 9 £7,500 Critical Illness cover £8.45 Personal Accident lump sum benefits per month! (By payroll RAC Motor Breakdown Assistance deduction) Mobile Phone / Gadget cover Contact the Federation office for details: 0121 700 1200 Or visit our website: www.polfed.org/westmids *Premium quoted correct at 1 September 2018 Full details of the cover including exclusions and limitations can be found in the policy wordings which are available from the Federation. West Midlands Police Federation is an Appointed Representative of Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited, and George Burrows is a trading name of Arthur J. 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It does not have to centenary celebrations relate to your policing role – though detached on police funding, we are definitely interested in hearing 06 Protecting the Protectors - says Audit Office about what’s going on around the assaults bill clears final hurdle Force. Do you have an interesting 25 Pay award: ‘a punch on the hobby or perhaps you are involved in 07 Assaults at ‘crisis’ levels within sport locally, as a player, a manager, a nose’ coach? West Midlands Police Just get in touch and let us know. 25 Historic helmet returned to We would also be interested to hear 08 Peggy becomes national Force what you would like to see featured in equality lead your magazine. 26 Colour blindness tests could hit 09 ‘Critics didn’t think we could firearms officers Cover photo: The National Police Memorial Day change’ service in Belfast. Photo courtesy of Anderson Photography 27 Help get our fund-raising off to 10 High-rise, hair-raising event a flying start! 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All material is copyright and may not be Advertisers reproduced without the express permission of the editor. 02 George Burrows, Federation 32 Slater & Gordon, family law insurance scheme 33 Warren & Co, independent 14 Police Insure mortgage advice 16 George Burrows, financial health 34 First Call Financial, independent check mortgage advice 28 Slater & Gordon, police law 34 NARPO, member services 30 Police Credit Union 36 McAlister, family law 31 Gorvins, police and family law www.polfed.org/westmids federation October/November 2018 03 Chair’s introduction Taser – helping our officers to protect themselves and their communities remain part of the policing family and that to send out a very clear signal to others that we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. this despicable behaviour will not be For me, the service exemplifies why the tolerated. police service has such a unique place in Sadly, in the last couple of weeks, a society. Police officers face danger each and number of cases where in my opinion these every day as they go about their duties offenders have received quite lenient serving and protecting their communities sentences have hit the headlines, so I am not and sometimes they pay the ultimate price feeling that reassured. Perhaps we should when doing so. take some heart from the fact that the But, as violence against police officers media, in covering these cases, seems equally soars, I, for one, want to see more done to outraged at the sentencing. protect them. We will continue to push for more As you will read in this magazine, the protections to be put in place and the Police Federation of England and Wales has Federation will use everything in its power to achieved a success with its Protect the put pressure on the Government and the Protectors campaign which was borne out of judicial system to do more to support police concerns over the number of assaults on officers and our emergency service police officers and other emergency service colleagues. workers. Meanwhile, I am continuing to campaign Sadly, officers – and I am sure ambulance for more officers to be issued with Taser. service personnel, paramedics and other blue As I am sure you are aware, there have light workers – were becoming accustomed been a number of serious assaults on West By Rich Cooke, chair of West Midlands Police to being attacked when they stepped into try Midlands officers in recent weeks. Federation to help others. Figures have also just been released that That could not be allowed to continue. It reveal almost 50 officers have been bitten by s I write this, I have just returned is never acceptable for anyone to consider suspected offenders or dogs this year. The from Belfast where I attended the being assaulted as part of their job. Force disclosed 35 of them had been bitten Aannual National Police Memorial Day A new act – and we have to thank Labour by offenders with 11 of those requiring service. MPs Holly Lynch and Chris Bryant and hospital treatment and one being given a It is a sombre occasion, of course, Conservative Philip Davies and other hepatitis vaccine. honouring as it does, our fallen colleagues. cross-party supporters including Eddie These figures should be seen as alarming. The service is important, not just because it Hughes (Cons, Walsall North) for their But, I am sure, many officers are no longer enables people from within the police determination to bring about a change in particularly shocked by them and some will service and the Government, to come the law – does allow for tougher sentences carry permanent scars because someone has together to honour their memory but also for those who attack emergency service taken a decision to sink their teeth into them. because it shows their families that their workers. As it stands, less than a quarter (22 per loved one’s sacrifice is not forgotten. However, we now need to see evidence cent) of our front-line officers have access to I hope also that the service of the courts using these sentences not just Taser. We welcome the fact that the Force has demonstrates to those families that they to punish the offenders before them but also agreed to a roll-out to more officers. But, 04 federation October/November 2018 www.polfed.org/westmids sadly, that will only account for less than half of our front-line colleagues. In the most recent survey of our New national secretary members’ views on routine arming, 42 per Alex Duncan has been Alex, an Avon and Somerset officer, has cent of the West Midlands Police Federation selected as the national 27 years’ service, has been a Fed rep for 19 respondents said they were in favour of secretary of the Police years and took up a role on the Interim officers receiving appropriate training and Federation of England National Board in 2014. armed at all times when on duty. This and Wales (PFEW). Other national post-holders are: compares to 34 per cent of respondents His appointment Treasurer - Tim Packham (Kent) across England and Wales and perhaps goes follows a new interview Vice-chair - Ché Donald (Sussex) some way to illustrating how our members process. Deputy secretary - John Partington perceive the risks and dangers they are Alex took over his new role on 1 (Metropolitan) facing in policing the West Midlands. October following the retirement of Andy Deputy treasurer - Simon Kempton A total of 63 per cent of West Midlands Fittes who has been an officer for 31 (Dorset) officers taking part in the survey said they years, 19 of which as a Federation rep and Head of criminal claims - Andy Ward would be prepared to carry a firearm at all four as national secretary.
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