Tri-force ACC retires after leading COVID-19 response

After joining the army aged 17 and serving several overseas tours, Paul Fullwood started his policing career in 1992 with Sussex Police working in Brighton in various uniform and detective roles. He transferred to Cambridgeshire in 2002 as a DI, was quickly seconded to the National Crime Squad working extensively… ACC Paul Fullwood, who is currently the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire (BCH) COVID-19 Gold Commander, is retiring after many years of police and army service....

Lancashire chief constable to step down after 30 years with same force

Lancashire Constabulary will start the process of looking for a new Chief Constable in September this year as the current incumbent Andy Rhodes has announced his intention to retire next year. Mr Rhodes, who has spent his entire policing career with Lancashire Constabulary and has been in his current post… Andy Rhodes who headed up the establishment of the national police wellbeing service will retire next year ...

Conservative MP pushing for more support for retired officers

Ms Davison is the MP for Bishop Auckland and a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. She says she is committed to support the mental health of retired officers and met with NARPO to hear about their work and what support is currently available. She raised how retired officers… Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has asked the Home Office what steps they’re taking to support the mental health and wellbeing of retired officers after meeting with the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO)....

Leicestershire bids fond farewell to Caz Steptoe after 48 years' service

Caz first joined Leicestershire Police as a 17-year-old cadet in 1972. Within a year, she had joined the Policewomen’s Department and became WPC Steptoe. At this time she was mainly working with children. After the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act came in and all aspects of policing opened to women, she… This week, after 48 years’ service, Leicestershire Police is saying goodbye to Carolyn ‘Caz’ Steptoe as she leaves for her “very well earned retirement”....

Criminal justice lead appointed police board member of Sentencing Council

The national policing lead for criminal justice Nick Ephgrave has been appointed as the policing board member for the Sentencing Council. The Council which issues guidelines on sentencing which the courts must follow, says Assistant Commissioner Ephgrave would provide a police perspective on public concerns about particular types of offending.… AC Nick Ephgrave to provide police perspective on particular types of offending ...

Mike Cunningham to stand down from College of Policing

Mr Cunningham said he intends to retire from policing at the end of the year after leading the College since 2018. He has had a pivotal role in working with the Home Office, National Police Chiefs’ Council, Police Federation and Police and Crime Commissioners to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.… The College of Policing has begun its search for a new chief executive after Mike Cunningham announced he is standing down....

Lincolnshire Chief Constable Bill Skelly to retire in December

Chief Constable Bill Skelly has announced he will step down from his role on December 18 after four years leading the force. CC Skelly has been a champion of better officer wellbeing being embedded into policing and more recently has staged a legal fight with the College of Policing on… Officer wellbeing champion and fierce opponent of police degree system to leave service after 31 years. ...

Federation votes for £2 per month subscription increase

The Police Federation will increase its subscription rate for rank and file members for the first time since 2011 by £2 a month because it says it can no longer absorb costs by dipping into financial reserves. Real-terms inflation has gone up by 28%, according to the Federation, and the… The first rise in Federation subs for nearly a decade will start from the autumn.A virtual meeting of delegates backed the £2 a month increase from September....

West Midlands Specials to get ‘one off’ payment for pandemic work

West Midlands Specials are to be paid £150 for every 16 hours of duty they have put in over their usual monthly commitment during the pandemic. According to PCC David Jamieson this will be the first time Special Constables have received such a payment anywhere in the country. The scheme… PCC David Jamieson pledges ‘extraordinary payment’ for extra hours worked during lockdown ...

Police degrees: a 'rear mirror' review of costs and abstraction rates

In 2018, the College committed to producing a ‘rear-view mirror’ report on the new PEQF initial entry routes, following at least one year of force delivery. The result of that commitment is Learning to date: development and implementation, 2016 to 2019, looking at data and participant feedback from the forces who… The College of Policing has produced a report on the early implementation of the Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) which indicates officer abstraction rates are as predicted by critics....