Final Report - Volume 1 - the South Wales Police Federation

Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions – Final ReportSpecialist Skills ThresholdSPNACSPPSSRBstaff sideStrategic Command CourseSuperintendents’ Associationfinal point in the pay scale for any Federated policingrank, and all police staff grades; to be eligible forprogression to this point, an individual must achieveskills accreditation in a qualifying policing discipline;see Chapter 9Senior Police National Assessment Centre; a stage inthe appointment of officers to ACPO rank; officersmust have passed this assessment stage before theymay proceed to the Strategic Command Course; seeChapter 3Special Priority PaymentSenior Salaries Review Bodyone of the two sides of the Police Negotiating Board(the other being the official side), consisting ofrepresentatives of the police officer staff associationsprepares selected police officers for promotionto the most senior ranks in the service; open tosuperintendents, chief superintendents and police staffequivalents; see further ‘SPNAC’Police Superintendents’ Association of England andWales, the staff association for police officers atsuperintendent and chief superintendent ranksTrenchard Hugh Trenchard, 1 st Viscount Trenchard (1873 – 1956);appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in1931 during a period of low morale and public criticismof the police; a distinguished senior military officerinstrumental in the foundation of the Royal Air Force,who served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1919 to 1930;one of Lord Trenchard’s main concerns was the lackof “officer material” in the Metropolitan Police; heproceeded to tackle the problem with the establishmentof the police college at Hendon and a scheme topromote outstanding constables and academicallyqualified entrants directly to the rank of inspector; seeChapter 3Trenchard schemeUNISONUnitescheme of direct entry to the police service at the rankof inspector operated by the Metropolitan Police in thethe Metropolitan Police College in Hendon, beginningin 1934; see Chapter 3largest of the trade unions representing police staff inEngland, Scotland and Wales; has approximately 44,000police staff memberslargest trade union in Britain; represents 1.5 millionworkers in many sectors of the economy38