Face to face formal learning aimed at passing assessments is rapidly becoming obsolete due to COVID-19 and new approaches to CPD, the Police Foundation’s annual conference was told. The conference heard a rapid increase in training and development will be needed by forces because 40% of people in the service… Training to pass tests rather than develop skills is holding forces back, experts have warned....
Lancashire CC Andy Rhodes was part of a panel discussion on promoting wellbeing as part of the Police Foundation's annual conference The Future Police Workforce. He says he can see in new recruits that they’re far more self-aware, more reflective and have less stigma about mental health simply because of the… Days of taking new recruits to a post-mortem are thankfully over says wellbeing lead who suggests greater use of virtual reality to train new officers in coping with trauma ...
Meeting the Uplift target of 20,000 new officers is no guarantee that forces will have the best people to tackle new types of crime, the Police Foundation’s Director has warned. Ahead of the foundation’s annual conference which starts tomorrow (23 February) Rick Muir also told Police Oracle that forces need… Improving the quality of professional development and training is critical, the Police Foundation has warned....
The Met’s group of 196 new officer recruits have begun work on the Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) programmes. Studies are being led by Babcock Training and the Met in partnership with a consortium of four London-based universities: Anglia Ruskin University, Brunel University London, University of East London and University… The first group of Metropolitan Police recruits working towards the new degrees have started their studies....
DCC Paul Netherton who has been seconded to the Home Office during the pandemic to help co-ordinate the national policing response to COVID-19, will retire in May. He was also heavily involved with the policing preparations for Brexit having built up an expertise is civil contingencies, DCC Netherton has spent… DCC Paul Netherton spent the last six months seconded to Home Office to help with the national response to COVID-19 ...
West Midlands recently awarded the contract to convert the old Lock-Up on Steelhouse into a museum to tell the force's story. Heritage Manager Corinne Brazier says there’s not much information from former and current LGBT+ colleagues about how perceptions within the force have changed over time. Her appeal for information… West Midlands Police are appealing for members of our LGBT policing family - past and present - to share their experiences to help fill gaps in their new museum’s history....
Officers impacted by the pensions discrimination that are set to retire need urgent answers, the Police Federation has said. In its reaction to the offer by the Treasury to resolve the cases hit by its 2015 reforms, the Fed welcomed the choices offered to officers but warned people approaching retirement… Officers retiring soon need clarity on pension options, the Federation has warned....
Last week in the House of Commons Shadow Home Office Minister Conor McGinn asked what had happened to former Met Deputy Commissioner Sir Craig Mackey’s review into the policing response to serious and organised crime. The Government received Sir Craig’s report in February last year and the House were told… Regional Organised Crime Units and the NCA both have high staff attrition rates and issues with sustainable funding. Gary Mason explores why...
Warwickshire is beginning its search for a new Chief Constable earlier than expected. Martin Jelley has announced his retirement in June from the force after six years at the top and 33 years in policing. CC Jelley said: “It has been my absolute privilege and pleasure to serve as Chief… Warwickshire is joining the hunt for a new Chief Constable making it the fifth force to lose its leader. Martin Jelly is standing down early....
The force is going from having 50 to 100 neighbourhood officers over the next 18 months, with further increases expected in the future. They are being paid for through a combination of a rise in the police precept and money from the government’s uplift funding. The force now has 1,367… Northamptonshire Police is set to double its number of neighbourhood officers in a “major investment of resources in visible, effective local crime fighting”....