“A GOOD, confident police officer does not need to have a degree.” That is the Hampshire Police Federation Chair’s reaction to the College of Policing’s announcement that the new police training routes will be made mandatory from April next year – meaning all officers will need to have, or be training for a degree. Of the […]
HAMPSHIRE Police officers have not been receiving their full entitlements under caring and bereavement policies, the Federation has said. Time Off for Dependants (TOfD) and Parental Bereavement Leave are regulations that cannot be overridden by individual forces, but it has emerged that nearly all forces, including Hampshire, have placed restrictions on them. Hampshire Police Federation Chair […]
THERE has been a “significant increase” in the number of officers requesting financial support from the Welfare Fund, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Chair Zoë Wakefield was speaking as Gloucestershire Police Federation said they were handing out hundreds of food vouchers to officers who were struggling to make ends meet. Zoë said: “We’ve had a […]
EXPERIENCED officers will leave the police service if there isn’t a proper pay rise this year, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Officers are waiting to hear what the 2022/23 pay rise will be, which kicks in on 1 September. There has been a 20% real-terms pay cut since 2010, which is likely to get worse […]
STUDENT officers are at “breaking point” due to the strain of trying to complete a full degree “whilst working within a highly stressful role at extremely low pay”, the Police Federation of England and Wales Annual Conference has heard. Officers discussed the Uplift programme and whether it was a false economy, given that some officers […]
POLICE officers are the only public sector workers being “penalised in their pockets”, the new Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Giving his keynote address at the 2022 PFEW Conference in Manchester, Steve Hartshorn immediately tackled the issue of police pay – saying it was the one issue that “sticks […]
POLICE officers are waiting outside supermarkets at midnight until their pay lands in their bank account so they can afford to shop for food, the Police Federation of Wales annual conference has heard. John Partington, PFEW Deputy Secretary, told the conference that officers are struggling, having not had a pay rise since 2020. Their pay […]
OFFICER welfare should be front and centre of mutual aid operations, the annual Police Federation of England and Wales Conference has heard. Policing has shown improvement in the way it deals with issues around accommodation, food and welfare of mutual aid operations, but there is always room to improve, according to National Board member Steve […]
POLICE officers are the “glue that holds communities together”, former Olympian and World Champion athlete Kriss Akabusi told the PFEW Conference. Now working as a motivational speaker, Kriss spoke to delegates about embracing change, and paid tribute to the difficult job officers do up and down the country. He said: “When I open the newspapers, […]
“THE ill-health retirement process is adversarial, leaving officers feeling even more devalued and more unwell,” delegates at PFEW’s Conference have been told. Police forces needed to be more compassionate and supportive of officers, according to PFEW Ill-Health Retirement Lead Gemma Fox. During a panel session, she explained how there are inconsistencies in how forces dealt […]
