A year after the Prime Minister pledged to recruit more police officers, the Home Office revealed 5,824 new officers have joined forces across England and Wales. Of those, 10% were from BAME backgrounds. But the leader of frontline staff said people already serving the communities would still be under pressure… The Uplift recruitment campaign is ahead of schedule with almost 6,000 new recruits, according to the Home Office....
The Garda Síochána has begun a search for two Deputy Commissioners to support Commissioner Drew Harris who left the Police Service of Northern Ireland two years ago in an unprecedented move to begin leading Ireland’s officers. Both posts come with a €172,955 salary. One is currently vacant and a second… Ireland’s Garda could be about to add senior officers from across the border to its top team....
South Wales Police’s current Deputy Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan will take over from Matt Jukes who is set to become Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Mr Vaughan, who currently has responsibility for the day to day running of the force, transferred from North Wales Police in 2016. He was promoted… South Wales are recruiting from within by selecting their current DCC as the replacement for their Chief Constable....
C/Supt. Young has served with Humberside for 26 years. During this time he has led on a number of initiatives, including the roll-out of Neighbourhood Policing, and served as Divisional Commander for the City of Hull. He is currently the force’s Head of Crime. He held the position of temporary… Chief Superintendent Scott Young joins from Humberside Police as Northumbria's new assistant chief constable....
An amendment to the Police Regulations 2020 has lowered the recruitment age from 18 to 17 years old. Recruits will not however be able to start in the role until they turn 18. New recruitment guidance states: “Candidates aged 17 and above may apply to become a police officer and… Officer recruitment age has been cut to 17-years-old to allow recruits to apply for the apprenticeship scheme. ...
A £60 million funding boost for police and councils to deal with coronavirus lockdown rules would be better spent on long-term funding for PCSOs, according to Unison, the trade union which represents their interests nationally. It has called for an increase in PCSO numbers to help deal with lockdown rules… Police staff union Unison has said the £60m funding boost to help enforce lockdown rules has highlighted the negative impact of some forces seeing PCSOs as "redundant". ...
Getting honest and detailed feedback from staff in any big public sector organisation is not straightforward. There may be cultural and hierarchical barriers in place and the results to a set of static questions may not yield a lot of insight for management on how things could be improved. March’s… Avon and Somerset has received a national award for an initiative that uses technology to keep abreast of how the organisation ‘ticks.’ Gary Mason reports ...
The College of Policing has pledged that the people caught up in last week’s online exam cancellation will get decisions on whether they passed and what happens next by Thursday this week. Frustrated entrants have been lobbying the College for answers following the suspension of the Inspectors’ exam due to… Exam papers from the glitch affected inspectors’ tests are being assessed manually in a bid to get results to candidates....
Bedfordshire has the third highest proportion of BAME officers in the country. “We've got probably one of the most reflective forces nationally in relation to diversity,” said Det C/Supt. Thomas. “We are doing well but we can always do better.” Two Bedfordshire officers who drove forward work to improve diversity… Detective Chief Superintendent Karena Thomas is the force’s People and Workforce Development lead. She championed the value of mentoring those who are under-represented in policing....
TeamPolice will be holding a series of webinars over the next six months to debate and promote the importance of sport to officers’ overall health and wellbeing. It is working closely with Police Sport UK (PSUK) and sponsor partners who also want to support the service. The aim is to get… Event including input by three chiefs will hear from forces pioneering surf therapy to combat PTSD...