Busy autumn could be turning point for officer welfare, says Apter

Changes to legislation on emergency driving, the Police Covenant and Specials being able to join the Federation will be contained in a Policing Bill that looks set to begin progress through Parliament after the summer recess. The Police Covenant, which will enshrine welfare rights for officers and their families for… A raft of new policing related legislation on emergency driving, the Police Covenant and Specials being able to join the Federation will be contained in a new Policing Bill shaping up for the autumn says the Federation ...

Home Office claims officer numbers have exceeded 130,000 due to uplift

Forces recruited 3,005 extra officers in the first six months of the recruitment drive – taking the “overall provisional headcount” of officers in England and Wales to 131,596 according to Home Office figures. This is a 5% rise on March last year, of which the recruitment drive accounts for approximately… Figures not based on Full Time Equivalents but uplift shows that 78,000 applicants received in first six months ...

All change as BTP deputy joins Chief in retirement announcement

DCC Hanstock has announced he is retiring after 37 years’ service. He is finishing at BTP after six years overseeing the operational and governance functions of Britain’s only national public police force. During that time the force has had to tackle the rise of County Lines drug gangs using the… The British Transport Police is set to change its two most senior leaders. The search is on for a new Deputy Chief Constable as well as a new Chief after DCC Adrian Hanstock revealed he is standing down. ...

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. ...