WEST MIDLANDS POLICE FEDERATION

Police Magazine

FEBRUARY 2010

This month's Police magazine features an interview with Hugh Orde, president of ACPO, on a whole host of issues, one of which is the importance of keeping up officer numbers during hard times. He also describes the Olympics as a big 'sports day' that shouldn't be a problem to manage. We also take a look at controversial plans in Surrey Police to cut senior officer roles and sell off police buildings while increasing the numbers of constables (News,p7 and Features, p22).
 
News also includes coverage of the Federation/ACPO Roads Policing Conference and some of the issues raised by speakers and delegates for roads policing officers. We also feature a Q&A on subscriptions issues from Martyn Mordecai, Federation Treasurer, and a look at whether the Taylor reforms have made a difference to officers in relation to conduct. Also featured are our regular columns covering equality issues, the increasing workload on officers and Clive's View from the Sidelines on Jack Straw's ill-informed comments about police officers hiding in cosy police stations! Dogberry is, of course, included in the mix.

EDITORIAL

NEWS: Older people lie about their health to keep driving

NEWS: Surrey Police plans to cut senior officer roles

NEWS: Overweight drivers at risk of accidents

Federation views: Mick Pearson, chairman of the Federation’s equality subcommittee

View from the vice-chair: With the general election just months away, Simon Reed, vice-chairman of the Police Federation, questions the political motives of those jockeying for power

Local focus: Dave Hughes, from Dorset Police Federation

Open book: Will Federation members need to pay increased subscriptions? Martyn Mordecai, treasurer of the Police Federation, answers questions on the subscriptions debate

No Orde-nary world: Sir Hugh Orde, president of ACPO, lays his views bare on the world of policing

Medal of honour: Lancashire Constabulary’s most senior female officer is awarded the Queen’s Police Medal. She speaks about her career, including her role in the investigation into the death of the Chinese cockle pickers in Morecambe

Policing by numbers: Surrey Police unveils radical plans to cut senior roles and recruit more constables. Is the project a taste of things to come for other forces in recession?

The good, the bad and the ugly: Have the Taylor reforms on police conduct made a difference to the fate of police officers? Steve Evans, secretary of the Federation’s professional standards subcommittee writes

View from the sidelines: Clive Chamberlain, chairman of Dorset Police Federation