Flint House Increase

Colleagues

The monthly contribution to the convalescent home - Flint House in Goring-on-Thames is to be increased from September of this year from £7.48 a month to £9.21 following a decision by the Trustees. (please see attached article)

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Firearms officers’ numbers fall

Police use of firearms has slightly risen in the past year – as the number of firearms officers hit a seven-year low.

The figures prompted the Police Federation of England and Wales to call on the number of officers to be increased.

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Recorded crime up, officer numbers down

Two new reports released yesterday showing a rise in recorded crime and a continuing fall in police numbers are of serious concern, says Jim Mallen, chairman of Bedfordshire Police Federation.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed an eight per cent increase in recorded crime for the year ending 31 March 2016 and also 5.8 million fraud and computer misuse crimes, the first time so-called cyber crimes have been included in the reported figures.

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98 per cent pass rate for fitness tests

Just two per cent of officers have failed their fitness test according to figures released by the College of Policing today.

The figures show an average pass rate of 98 per cent based on a total of 93,956 tests carried out between September 2014 and August 2015.

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