INCLUSIVE POLICING
Adjusted duties exist to protect and empower officers, not punish them. PFEW calls for compassion and consistency as some forces risk sidelining those who need support most
CAPABILITY OVER COST
The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting officers who require reasonable adjustments, warning that some forces risk slipping back into outdated and discriminatory practices as financial pressures intensify. Adjusted duties legislation, introduced more than a decade ago, was originally designed to bring a cultural shift in policing: moving away from focusing on an officer’s disability and instead
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recognising their skills, capability and continued value. It was meant to end
“Some forces are assessing
adjusted-duty officers as a group they can potentially make savings from. That has got to stop. That should never be the ethos.”
the unacceptable practice of sidelining officers into isolated “restricted” units simply because they needed support.
PFEW Equality Lead Hayley Aley said
the intention behind the legislation was sound - but its implementation is now under strain. “Adjusted duties was about
reframing the conversation to focus on officers’ capabilities, not their disabilities. It was designed to stop the abhorrent practice of parking people in a corner of the force simply because they dared to say they
needed support,” she explained. “The challenge now is that as soon as forces face budget cuts or pressure to
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