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The Police Superintendents’ Association and the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) have asked for a pay rise of 5% in each of the next three years in their joint submission to the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB). The submission puts forward a body of evidence for the uplift, citing the economic impact of lengthy pay stagnation, affordability, and benchmarking comparisons.  Should a three-year settlement not be considered possible, the submission recommends a single uplift of 6.2% for 2019. The submission also criticises the lack of consultation over pay, and calls for greater scrutiny of the costs of pay reform.  As well as the joint report, the Association has also provided a joint submission with the Superintendents’ Association of Northern Ireland to the PRRB evidencing...

Association seeks media and communication support  The Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) is the staff association that represents Superintendents and Chief Superintendents in England and Wales. There are currently 47 branches – the 43 Home Office forces, British Transport Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Bermuda Police Service and Isle of Man Constabulary. The Association has a clear vision to provide the superintending ranks in England and Wales with a national voice, and to provide leadership, support in adversity and advice regarding conditions of service. It is committed to harnessing and developing the skills, talents and opportunities of its membership, helping them maximise their full potential as leaders of the police service and will strive to enable its members to contribute their knowledge...

(L: Ch Supt Paul Griffiths – R: Ch Supt Ian Wylie)   Chief Superintendent Paul Griffiths has been elected as the new President of the Police Superintendents’ Association. Chief Superintendent Ian Wylie has been elected as the Association’s new Vice President. Both appointments will begin on March 25th when the PSA Annual General Meeting takes place.  Paul, who is currently Vice President of the Association, said: “It has been my privilege to have served as Vice President for three years and I will take enormous pride in now leading the Association.    “This is an extremely challenging time for policing as a service and for our members, which makes the role and purpose of the Association more important than ever.     “I want...

As I write this I reflect on the past year, which is my last as President of our Association.  It has been challenging, eventful, and above all demanding for policing as a whole – a situation that shows no sign of changing soon.  I am conscious that it has also been demanding for you both professionally and personally.  When I have met many of you around the country I am always been struck by your passion for policing and your commitment to serving the public. That is unswerving, despite the continued pressures on you and your colleagues. It is why we are police officers, and why I am so proud to lead this Association.  At this time of year I am also...

Responding to the Home Office’s announcement of the police funding settlement for 2019-20, Association President Gavin Thomas said:  “Whilst I welcome this injection of funding, it is still far short of what the service requires in order to effectively meet the challenges of 21st century policing.   “Much greater levels of investment will be needed in the future to ensure policing can continue to meet all that is currently asked of it, as well as develop its people, continue to attract high quality officers and staff, and get ahead of crime and threats to public safety.    “A significant proportion of the extra funding announced today will also need to come from Police and Crime Commissioners increasing the council tax...

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into the financial sustainability of police forces. The report makes five recommendations for the Home Office: develop better measurements of both crime and non-crime demand for police services and use these to inform their bid for funding in the next Spending Review; immediately establish a regular review process for assessing forces’ financial sustainability, setting out how it will use information and data collected by HMICFRS to inform its assessment; urgently commit to reviewing the funding formula, and after consultation, deploy a new funding formula as soon as practicable; set out how it plans to improve the delivery of national projects, in particular by streamlining its processes and fully engaging with forces and others...

The Home Affairs Committee has urged the Government to prioritise policing in the Autumn Budget and the next Comprehensive Spending Review, warning that without additional funding for policing, there will be dire consequences for public safety and criminal justice. The wide-ranging “Policing for the Future” report looks at the changing demands on policing, and the Committee found that forces are struggling to cope in the face of changing and rising crimes, as a result of falling staff numbers, outdated technology, capabilities, structures, fragmentation and a failure of Home Office leadership. It recommends major changes to the police response to new and growing crimes and warns that the Home Office cannot continue to stand back while police forces struggle. Responding to...

Association President Gavin Thomas is leading a group of senior police officers and educators to visit the site of Srebrenica genocide. The visit is part of a four-day delegation organised by the UK Charity Remembering Srebrenica. Delegates will meet survivors of ethnic cleansing and genocide to hear first-hand how extremists deliberately stoked up ethnic and religious tensions to turn neighbours against neighbours and gain power after the fall of Yugoslavia. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, fear, mistrust and hatred were allowed to fester until an integrated society tore itself apart. The visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina comes shortly after the latest crime figures showed that the number of recorded hate crimes directed at people because of their religious beliefs had increased...