The Police Federation has called for a minimum 17% pay increase for officers across England and Wales. It comes as the Police Remuneration Review Body are currently accepting evidence from staff associations on the 2023/24 award. Met Commisioner Mark Rowley has called for a rise which matches inflation (around 10%)… The figure is based on research that shows pay for officers in the UK has declined by 17% in real terms. ...
A new Assistant Chief Constable has started at Devon and Cornwall this week with responsibility for Crime, Justice and Vulnerability. ACC Dave Thorne had first joined the force in 1999 and spent the following 21 years moving through the ranks through to T/ACC, before he transferred to South Wales to… ACC Dave Thorne has previously spent 21 years with the force. ...
Avon and Somerset has welcomed a new ACC to the force this week. ACC Joanne Hall took up her new post yesterday after transferring from Devon and Cornwall. She will take on the Investigations and Ops Support portfolios as well as being the force lead for VAWG. ACC Hall had… ACC Joanne Hall has moved from Devon and Cornwall Police. ...
North Yorkshire is welcoming a new ACC to the force today. Having already spent 28 years with West Yorkshire, ACC Scott Bisset has served in uniformed operational roles including response, Armed Policing, Neighbourhood Policing and as a detective. In 2014, he led a force-wide review for WYP to improve the… ACC Scott Bisset has served 28 years with West Yorkshire. ...
The Commissioner of the Met Police has unveiled a new senior leadership team as the force bids to "deliver the police service that Londoners deserve". Something of a restructure has been in the works for a while, and now Sir Mark Rowley has confirmed who will spearhead the Met as it… A new superintendent role has been created in each of the 32 London boroughs as part of the overhaul, which has also seen four new DACs promoted to lead on operational policing....
Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone has announced he is stepping down after nearly six years in the top job. Sir Iain told a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority on Thursday: “I have decided to retire from the office of chief constable later this year. I will retire from policing in… Announcing his decision the chief constable described policing as 'relentless' but said the force had a stable new leadership team in place ...
Lynne Owens’ appointment was confirmed by King Charles III following a recommendation by the Home Secretary and support from the Mayor’s ofice for Policing and Crime. She has been interim Deputy Commissioner since September 2022 when she returned to the Met after Sir Mark Rowley was appointed Commissioner. Her permanent… Dame Lynne Owens had been in the role on an interim basis since last September ...
Police Scotland Chief Superintendent Thom McLoughlin is set to move to Humberside to take up the role of Assistant Chief Constable. Thom McLoughlin has been a police officer for more than 28 years and has worked at a number of forces across the UK. He has also worked as an… Thom McLoughlin will take up the role of Assistant Chief Constable. ...
A former Eastern Region Special Operations Unit ACC will move permanently to Bedfordshire to take up the role of Deputy Chief Constable. Dan Vajzovic has held the role on a temporary basis since September. He had been ERSOU ACC since 2019 and has held that rank leading the Joint Protective… Dan Vajzovic will fill the role that has been vacated by now Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst. ...
GMP ACC Scott Green has been appointed as the new West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable. He will take over from the current DCC, Vanessa Jardine, who is moving to Northumbria to become Chief Constable. ACC Green started his career in South Yorkshire – initially serving in Sheffield. He served in… ACC Scott Green will be taking up the position of West Midlands Deputy Chief Constable...