Download - West Midlands Police Federation

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Continued from Page 15 Mike Bradley Wolverhampton 10 years’ service Theresa May and/or Police Minister: It is currently perfectly legal for anyone to swear at a police officer. This is because since R vs ORUM it has been deemed that officers cannot feel harassment, alarm or distress (as required by S5 or 4a Public Order) unless there are exceptional circumstances. Currently, officers who are sworn at need to find evidence that a member of the public has suffered harassment, alarm or distress. I would hope that you would agree that this is morally wrong and that something is done about it, for example, making it an offence for anyone to use threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour to a police officer/PCSO. Will you do something about it It would be nice to think that someone in Government is actually on our side. Daniel Halford Force CID 10 years’ service David Cooper Professional Standards 20 years’ service Andy Fleming Force CID 16 years’ service 1. Why in these austere times with massive cuts on police budgets do we still have 43 Chief Constables and probably around 120 DCCs and ACCs. SX (Colindale LPU) in the Met is run by a Commander and in terms of establishment is the 16th biggest police force in the country! How can the Home Office justify their wages at this time Collaboration does not produce the savings that regionalisation could. 2. How does the College Of Policing justify having a “footprint” in London with all the costs associated with that, when its head office is Ryton 3. As the Home Secretary is beating us with the “integrity” stick (and trust me it’s coming down the line), what is being done to address the lack of integrity of MPs (expenses scandal, Leverson Inquiry, Chris Huhne etc) 16 The police service has undergone unprecedented reforms to pay and conditions through the Winsor review, in addition, unprecedented public sector pension reforms through the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission (The Hutton Review), which represents a disproportionate disadvantage for police officers, when considering the current levels of employer contributions for main unfunded public service schemes and the Government’s proposed employer contributions. The reduction in employer contributions is over four times that faced by civil servants, teachers and NHS workers. How can these reforms be regarded as fair or even handed in the context of the ‘ring fencing’ of MPs’ pay and pensions Are MPs not also public servants and should they not also imminently be subject to the ‘fair’ reforms to pay and pensions Jonathan Jones Force CID 18 years’ service I would like to ask what research has been commissioned by the Home Office which supports the notion that a normal pension age of 60 is likely to be achieved by most officers given the particular physical demands of our job This question is set in the context of the recent Dr Williams report commissioned by the Government with regard to normal pension age in the fire service. Home Secretary or Police Minister: If compulsory severance is implemented, will the Home Secretary/Police Minister guarantee that officers on the verge (i.e within five years) of being entitled for a pension (either at 25 or 30 years) are not selected (as happened in the armed services cuts) Home Secretary or Police Minister: If compulsory severance is implemented, will police officers become employees and not Crown servants If not employees, how will officers be protected under current or new employment law Home Secretary or Police Minister: If compulsory severance is implemented for police officers, will there be an enhanced (above current civil service severance scheme) severance package offered to reflect the unique status of the Office of Constable to include a lump sum payment AND added extra contributions added onto pension entitlement (i.e five years) Federation chairman: If compulsory severance is implemented for police officers, will there be a second ballot on industrial rights for police officers www.westmidspolfed.com ‘Like’ us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter
Paul Gwinnett e Forensics 29 years’ service Would you yourself carry out your duties of protecting life and property (as shown by Officers in the riots of 2011) when you face a risk of being injured, restricted and being made redundant, when there are no guarantees in place of being protected against loss of income, mortgage and family home Sally Holmes Force Contact 18 years’ service Do you think that the Home Office is fooling itself with reporting on the same crime figures now as in the 1970s - BDH, car crime and robbery Do we not need to reflect changes within organised criminality to prioritise and report on matters such as trafficking (always treated as an aside, not among primary crime data), prostitution (to encourage forces to take a proactive stance on the seedier side of the plethora of lap dancing clubs), cannabis farms and illegal labour. At present, the general public can see these activities all around them, yet they do not feature as Force priorities, in even the Metropolitan Forces. Organised crime gangs have moved on but we have failed to keep up! PC Khan Birmingham West & Central 4 years’ service Tom Winsor and Theresa May: 1. In light of the current financial climate, why is it that police officers are having to pay more into their pension and had restricted or no payments for the rate of inflation, when the MPs seem to have a gold-plated pension and aren’t being affected Surely an increase in pension payments was meant for all public sector workers 2. The current morale of officers is low, as we are being treated unfairly. We have no clarity on what is going to happen to officers’ pay once the job-related incremental freeze is over. As you would have saved two years’ worth of payments, are we going to jump up to what we by right should be on or are you going to mock us further Dean Woodcock Birmingham East 15 years’ service As we the police service have all taken a ‘hit’ with our pension contributions and end result, are the panel taking an equal part in our country’s recovery and increasing their pension contribution and receiving less at the end of their service Dan Lagorio 9 years’ service How is it fair that I pay about £400 a month into my pension for an extra 10 years, totalling £48,000, to receive £50,000 less than I was expecting at the end of my service In effect, I am having to pay the Government £100,000 to work for another decade. Mark Hickman Birmingham South 17 years’ service Tom Winsor: On morning TV, Winsor said that the pay gaps between officers was too wide. He used the example of two officers being threatened with a knife and dealing with the incident. He pointed out that the pay of the officers could be considerably different. The range could now be, say from £20k to £37k. The reforms that he proposed have done nothing to close that gap and, in fact, with the lower starting salaries have widened the gap. Why did he say that that was his intention Secondly, why has rent or housing allowance been allowed to remain How can it be fair to give officers that extra money for doing the same job. It reinforces the notion that Winsor has not been fair in his proposals and has done nothing really to close the gap between officers pay scale like he said that he would. Pete Rowe Sandwell 25 years’ service I think my question to them all would be given no doubt further spending cuts to police budgets - when do they think forces will start meaningful recruitment and, in the absence of such, how will policing cope with the three-year and increasing void of no new recruits Deb Valentine Lloyd House I would like to know what happens to part-time officers and officers who have taken unpaid maternity leave in the pension calculations Are part-time workers going to be discriminated against as their full pension date is extended due to their hours of work Is the pension calculation date going to be the end of 30 years’ service as if they were full-time or when they reach 30 full pensionable years on part-time hours What about unpaid maternity leave Will that be taken into account as before a date in time this was only applicable to women PC Cunnion Birmingham East I feel the Government is constantly taking liberties what with our pay, pensions and conditions. I don’t know if it would be acceptable to raise the question about working the 30 minutes for Queen and country for nothing. I believe we are the only organisation that do this. I feel that this is a little outdated now. www.westmidspolfed.com ‘Like’ us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter 17
Page 1 and 2: federation WEST MIDLANDS POLICE FE
Page 3 and 4: West Midlands Police Federation fed
Page 5 and 6: “ I would like to reassure you th
Page 7 and 8: Champions will help Force be effici
Page 9 and 10: West Midlands officers want Fed to
Page 11 and 12: Chairman’s assurance on review Th
Page 13 and 14: Tom Winsor to face Federation confe
Page 15: VIEWPOINT In a new magazine feature
Page 19 and 20: Federation chairman tackles MPs ove
Page 21 and 22: concludes six years is an appropria
Page 23 and 24: Continued from Page 21 demonstratin
Page 25 and 26: Axel’s life-saving skills recogni
Page 27 and 28: Local news round-up Officers urged
Page 29 and 30: www.westmidspolfed.com ‘Like’ u
Page 31 and 32: College of Policing scraps OSPRE II
Page 33 and 34: Estate planning specialists on hand
Page 35 and 36: Officer witnesses must attend inter

Download - West Midlands Police Federation

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?