EVENTS
John Apter, National Chair
Gemma Fox, National Board Member and National Roads Policing Lead (inset)
PC Geoff Marshall (pictured)
his Labour opposite number Sarah Jones MP. Sussex Chief Constable Jo Shiner, who is the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for roads policing, and Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, who holds the PCC road safety portfolio, will also speak.
Gemma said: “We’ve had the roads
policing reviews and the implementation, and the question now is how we can keep up the momentum for change. We’ve lined up some great speakers, and we’ll also be checking in with a live roads policing operation in Jo Shiner’s Sussex force.” She added: “Our first CPD session will
be around the new driving standards in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. We want to make sure that everyone is on the same page, from roads policing officers to professional standards, the Independent Office for Police Conduct and the Crown Prosecution Service. We’ll
also have break-out sessions.” On 12 October, the 2020 Police
Bravery Awards will take place at a London venue, having been postponed from last year due to Covid. TV’s Mark Durden-Smith will host the
event which is sponsored by Police Mutual. He said: “Sadly, because of this miserable pandemic, the 2020 awards didn’t happen, but in October we’ll celebrate those courageous officers in the style they deserve with a proper ceremony.” During the Police Federation
Conference in June, Mark spoke to three of our 2020 nominees, PC Geoff Marshall of Derbyshire Constabulary and North Wales Police PCs Richard Shea and Matt Reynolds, about their brave actions. PC Marshall had helped deploy 300 sandbags to prevent a dam at Toddbrook Reservoir from collapsing and overwhelming the town of Whaley Bridge.
Officers were evacuating 1,500 people from their homes during the rescue mission, and the dam could have burst at any moment.
PCs Shea and Reynolds used Taser to subdue a man who was holding a woman and her children at ‘gunpoint’ – the weapon was later found to be fake – and he was also armed with a large kitchen knife. The 2020 Bravery Awards will see a
winner crowned from each of the eight regions of England and Wales and one will be named the overall winner. The 2021 Police Bravery Awards will be held on 9 December. For more information on our
events, including attendance, go to:
www.polfed.org/events
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