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11 October
The Police Federation’s National Detectives’ Forum holds its annual awards night as part of a two-day seminar in Manchester.
15 - 16 October
The Federation stages a two-day Post-Incident Procedures seminar in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
18 October
The Federation launches its EveryonePause survey, the first menopause survey in the police service.
23 October
Formal legal proceedings
are started by PFEW after the Government failed to act on police pay recommendations.
25 October
Home Affairs Select Committee publishes a damning report into the state of policing and criticises the Home Office management of the police service.
1 November
A new strategy to tackle serious and organised crime goes only a small way in addressing the issues facing crime and criminal activity and in protecting the public, says the Federation, adding that while the strategy ‘appeared to have good intentions’ it showed again that a key element of policing was being ignored.
2 November
As part of its front-line review of policing, the Home Office is seeking the views of officers and police staff. It will be hosting a series of regional workshops over the following three months.
7 November
A new Parliamentary report by the Public Accounts Committee highlights how public confidence in the police service has been ‘severely dented’ after cuts to force budgets.
13 November
Those who attack police, paramedics, nurses and other blue light workers face tougher sentences as The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act comes into law. It creates a new aggravated offence of an assault against a member of the emergency services and doubles the maximum sentence for these cowardly and despicable acts from six to 12 months.
21 November
The Police Federation launches its Did You Know? campaign to encourage officers to claim their entitlements.
29 October
The contempt the Government has for police officers is clear as the Chancellor prioritises potholes over police officers. That was the response from national Federation chair John Apter to Philip Hammond’s budget which gives no new money for front-line policing. The only reference to the service was a £160m investment to maintain specialist counter terrorism provision - less than half of the £420m the Government has allocated to deal with potholes.
Chancellor Philip Hammond.
New campaign highlights officers’ entitlements
Annual leave is the opening theme of a new national Federation campaign to raise awareness of officers’ entitlements.
The campaign – entitled Did You Know? – went live on 21 November
and will focus on questions that the Federation receives from members. The aim is to highlight key issues and to make sure serving officers know exactly what they can claim as part of their role.
John Apter, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says: “Every day officers across England and Wales go over and above the call of duty to protect the public. It’s essential that they claim their basic entitlements - especially at a time when their hard work and dedication is not being recognised in their pay packets.
“We will continue to fight for members’ best interests, but also hope this campaign will help officers to be aware of - and claim - what is rightfully
theirs and help them to understand what support is out there.
“Officers work tirelessly to help
the public: that is what they signed up
to do and will continue to do, but it is important that if their much-needed day off is cancelled, or they miss an important family event because of work they get that time back or are compensated for it. Being a police officer means other parts of your life are simply put on hold and we need to ensure they are fully supported.”
On annual leave, the Did You Know? campaign raises the following questions: l How much annual leave am I entitled
to?
l If I have to work on a day of annual
leave what compensation am I
entitled to?
l If I receive compensation for working
a day of annual leave, what is ‘a day of annual leave’ and what is ‘a day’s pay’?
l How much annual leave can I carry over at the end of the year? Answers can be found in the updated
Quick Reference Guide.
In the coming months, the campaign
will also cover the topics of rest days, performance and pension buy-back. Information will be available and regularly updated at www.polfed.org/didyouknow.
Did You Know? is supported by the hashtags #KnowYourRights and #DidYouKnow.
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