POLICE HISTORY
Luckily he wasn’t injured and was still passionate about patrolling the neighbourhood afterwards and helping the community. In 1993, he told the Bristol Evening Post: “Hartcliffe has a bad
reputation, but I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else. “I am quite proud that I can walk down the street and people will chat to me where they wouldn’t speak to another policeman. It takes quite a while to build up that kind of trust.” Alex had his fair share of hairy moments during his time at
Avon and Somerset, including apprehending a man wielding a machete, and finding himself looking down the barrel of a sawn- off shotgun during a drugs raid. At the time, he knew very little about the Police Federation, but that all changed when his path crossed with a particularly officious chief superintendent whose interpretation of the rules and regulations was questionable. Alex took issue with his view that officers should be working their rest days for no compensation and with little-to-no notice. The outcome of his challenge was one rather sulky chief superintendent, but a group of happy colleagues who decided he was the right person to fill the vacant Federation rep position in 2001.
He became the branch’s conduct and performance lead before becoming branch secretary in 2007. In 2014, he was selected as a National Board member, assuming
the position of acting general secretary of the Constables Central Committee between 2016 and 2017 and was head of civil claims before becoming the national secretary.
Since Alex has been in the position, he has continued work around pay negotiations and discussions with the Home Office on policies that affect terms and conditions of service for police officers, such as changes to pensions. He is hopeful his achievements will resonate on a larger scale, long after his retirement.
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