The Case Against ACPO - A Critical Look At The Association Of Chief Police Officers
effectively ACPO can effect required cuts. However, this is at the expense of the federated ranks and the non federated ACPO ranks remain unaffected and ring fenced. Rushing through a replacement review body suggests the PNB doesn't permit the flexibility that ACPO would want with engineering cuts to federated pay, and by replacing it with a pay review body where they would wish to exercise tighter controls.
One industrious and keen officer over on the Oracle forum has dug his heels in and contacted the PNB for clarification of some of these issues. Here is an extract:
THE POLICE NEGOTIATING BOARD (PNB)
From: XXXX Sent: 26 August 2010 12:19 To: Blase Bill (OME)
Subject: Enquiry re constitution of PNB Dear Sir,
I am interested in the history and constitution of the Police Negotiating Board and have downloaded your first Annual Report 2001 which includes Appendix E Short History of the Police Negotiating Board and also PNB Circular 01/19 which provides the revised Constitution published in August 2001. I was hoping you could clarify a couple of points:
I have noted that in the revised Constitution, the list of members of the Official Side (Full PNB) includes the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) (incl the Met Pol Com) and Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS).
I have also noted that the list of members of the Staff Side (full PNB) includes the Chief Police Officers Staff Association and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland. According to the The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) own website,
"ACPO is not a staff association (the separately constituted Chief Police Officers' Association fulfils that function). ACPO's work is on behalf of the Service, rather than its own members. The Association has the status of a private company limited by guarantee. As such, it conforms to the requirements of company law and its affairs are governed by a Board of Directors."
The 'separately constituted Chief Police Officers' Association', however does not appear to have its own website and I can find very little information about them.
ACPOS similarly state on their website "We are an independent organisation registered in Scotland with Companies House (company number SC310956) as a company limited by guarantee. We are also a charity registered in Scotland (no. SC039323)." There does not appear to be a separate 'Chief Police Officers' Association in Scotland'.
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