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Police Negotiating Board Staff Side submission to the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission
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CRTP
Please remember to regularly check which pay point you are on so that you get your CRTP application in on time. This especially applies to those who have been promoted because you don’t always start on the bottom pay point, meaning that you reach the top earlier than you may have thought. It is [...]
Dear Colleagues,
Mark Polin the Chief Constable of North Wales will be taking part in the 10 mile West Cumbrian Run on Sunday 18th July 2010.
This event is being held in memory of PC Bill Barker who was a strong supporter of the Great North Air Ambulance, the race will be held in his name to [...]
You may be aware from conference that the Government have been hinting they wish to re-visit H&S within the Police. There is a meeting planned with Lord Young on 8th July regarding this – CLICK HERE
Following a complaint ref. a back injury resulting from poor seating at a workstation at Gloucester Custody, I have sought [...]
Got any ideas on how to help the Government achieve more for less – use the link below
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The website is open until 8th July 2010.
http://spendingchallenge.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP
Minister of State for Policing & Criminal Justice
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
Speech to Policy Exchange
Wednesday 23 June 2010
*** As delivered ***
INTRODUCTION
I would like to thank Policy Exchange for inviting me to speak today and pay tribute to your work. The role of think tanks in formulating bold [...]
In today’s budget, the Chancellor announced a two-year pay freeze to cover public sector workers earning more than £21,000. I can confirm having spoken to the Home Office that this will not affect police officers expecting the final instalment of the three-year pay deal due this September. This also confirms the assurances given by the [...]
£1 to Help Leiceistershire Police Officer Diagnosed with Brain Tumours
We all know what its like, receiving what feels like constant requests for charity donations, so I thought I’d get the amount in on the first line………
Please, please read on to find out what your £1 could do……..
David Robinson is a 28yr old trainee police officer [...]
As you will be aware from recent press coverage the vast majority of travel policies provide cover against travel delay and trip abandonment due to specified events. However, delay or abandonment due to volcanic eruption/volcanic ash contamination is not one of these insured events.
Our insurers want to provide members with some practical assistance and have drafted some [...]
Below are links to various PDFs of the latest updates from the Police Federation Conference.
http://www.polfed.org/CCC_Conf2010_Chairmans_Speech_final.pdf
http://www.polfed.org/SCC_Chairmans_Speech_to_Conference_2010.pdf
http://www.polfed.org/ICC_Chairmans_Speech_Conf2010.pdf
http://www.polfed.org/National_Detectives_Forum_2010_Chair.pdf
http://www.polfed.org/Home_Secretary__2010.pdf
http://www.polfed.org/JCC_Chairmans_Speech_2010.pdf
During a talkback session on the Future of Policing the newly appointed Police Minister Nick Herbert informed Conference that whilst they would be reviewing pensions all that has been accrued will not be touched. When asked the direct question on taxing commutations, the Minister said that to his knowledge this wasn’t being talked about. His [...]
Calling all former Royal Marines
During 2009 a fundraising event (Commando Cops – www.bmycharity.com/commandocops ) took place in central London followed by a black tie dinner to raise money for the 60+ now paraplegic Royal Marines who have lost limbs in recent conflicts around the globe.
Due to the massive success of this event where in excess [...]
The annual Police Federation Conference of England and Wales will take place in Bournemouth, commencing on Monday the 17th May, with the Women’s Eve of Conference. This will be followed by the main conference commencing at 0900hrs on Tuesday the 18th May 2010.
The bulk of the conference news will be brought to you in the [...]
Whilst it is perhaps still too early to assess how successful the implementation of the new Conduct and Performance regulations have been, it is perhaps pleasing to report that there has only been 3 misconduct meetings. Pleasing because we are not having Hearings!
With the restructure of the Force there will be the opportunity for supervisors [...]
Sarah Johnson is the Professional Development and Leadership lead. The sub committee is still a relatively new committee, but is already looking at a wide range of issues with genuine enthusiasm and desire to want to improve standards and opportunities for our members.
Five key areas affecting police officer training and professional development have been identified [...]
As with our previous Health and Safety Lead our previous Equality Lead, Keith Fagan has gained promotion to the Inspecting ranks. Our new Equality Lead is Sharon George.
The world of equality is ever evolving; with organisational as well as personnel lessons being learnt. This said there are still many things that can be done better, [...]
With Simon Todd being successful with his quest to gain promotion we have recently appointed a new Health and Safety lead in the form of Miles Ajinkya.
In the office we have noticed that there has been a sharp decline in the reported number of assaults on Constabulary members. This can be for a variety of [...]
Over the last couple of months there have been a variety of rumours spread regarding an increase to Federation subscriptions. The Federation nationally is currently participating in an independent review of the subscription income and expenditure, fund rules and regulations, and the flow of funding.
This review is being conducted by an Independent financial company called [...]
When the Policing Pledge was launched the Federation launched “The Real Policing Pledge”, which your local representatives would have told you all about, but is basically aimed at protecting the role of a Constable, and looks at gaining commitments that are crucial to securing an effective and flexible police service.
“We” have been lobbying MPs to [...]
The long awaited planned restructure of the Force has changed dramatically over the last few months, from what “we” were first told, where guarantees were given that Front line services would benefit from the changes to be made. The latest version was announced at the Police Authority launch of the latest Policing Plan for Gloucestershire [...]
With the General Election just one week away, Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says:
“Just before the General Election was called we shared our manifesto with all political parties and parliamentary candidates. Our campaign ‘The Future of Policing; continuity through change’ is aimed at the continued provision of a first [...]
Labour
Highlight 40% drop in overall crime since 1997; mandatory assessment of every parent of every child aged 10-15 who is under consideration for an Asbo; automatic parenting orders on those whose teenage children breach an Asbo; tougher sentences for knife crime; portable weapon scanners for the police; highlight 15,000 increase in police numbers since 1997; [...]
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As you read this more than 10,000 people of all ages across the UK are waiting for an organ transplant. Yet many people – on average three a day – die before they can have a transplant because there are simply not enough organs available. Do you believe in organ donation? If you would take [...]
CLOSURE OF THE POLICE PENSION AVC SCHEME
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