Gloucestershire Police has been praised for looking after the health and safety of front-line cops policing the coronavirus crisis after it told officers travelling together to jobs to carry on wearing protective gloves and masks. In a move that flies in the face of Social Distancing, The National Police Chiefs Council have said that officers […]
Ian White, Secretary of Gloucestershire Police Federation, has praised colleagues foir their fantastic response to the coronavirus crisis. “These are unprecedented times for policing as we know it, both locally and nationally,” said Ian. “From a policing perspective in Gloucestershire, officers and staff have responded magnificently in adapting to the Covid-19 threat. The Federation are […]
Curfews and fixed penalty notices could be used to crack down on police officer assaults while the courts are closed due to the coronavirus, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. John Apter took to BBC News to condemn the “vile creatures” who spit at and deliberately cough on the […]
The 2020 Police Officer pay rise submission has been made – with the Police Federation of England and Wales calling for a 5% pay rise for all police officers. They are also asking for for a minimum starting salary of £24,177 for new recruits. Other submissions to the Police Remuneration Review Body include: – The […]
“The Federation repeatedly warned the Government that the severity of cuts to police funding would have profound and long lasting cuts.” #CutsHaveConsequences Steve James, Vice-Chairman of Gloucestershire Police Federation, reacts to HMIC report “Noticeable differences between police and the service they provide” which has led to headlines this morning such as “Failing police ‘rumbled’ by […]
Gloucestershire Police needs extra officers and more experience in its roads policing department, the force’s Federation has said. Insp Dan Wakefield, Gloucestershire Police Federation Representative and Roads Policing and Forensic Collision Investigator with the force, warned the force is facing an “experience gap”. He said: “At the moment I’m supposed to have 30 officers. Presently […]
Gloucestershire Police Federation is working with the force to update its 7-Point Plan designed to tackle officer assaults. Officers who’d been the victims of assaults, officers who’d been involved in the prosecution of those who carried out assaults and other members of the force, attended the first meeting in January. Ian White, Secretary of […]
Police officers are assaulted in Gloucestershire at a rate of almost three every single week, and the force will be increasing use of Tasers as a result. Some 138 police officers were assaulted between the start of June 2018 and the end of May 2019, an average of 2.7 every week, figures from the Home […]
Reflecting on the past 12 months, Gloucestershire Police Federation Secretary Ian White says it has been a particularly busy year for the Federation. “We have been assisting with the integration of dogs, specialist ops and Firearms into the Force which has been long overdue,” he says. Gloucestershire was working in partnership with Wiltshire and Avon […]
“What I’d like to see from the next government is a commitment to policing, to officer welfare and to increasing our numbers,” says Mike Harrison, Chairman of the Gloucestershire Police Federation. “It’s imperative that police officers are rewarded with the correct pay levels and that they get the proper support they need,” he adds. The […]
