NEWS JULY
A historic month for the Federation, with the passing of a vote of no confidence in the Home Secretary and the withdrawal of support for the Police Remuneration Review Body after firefighters and local government workers in England were given a pay rise while police received nothing amid a pay freeze. A letter was also delivered to Downing Street to demand a U-turn on the zero per cent pay rise decision and calling on the Government to stop taking police officers for granted and treat them with respect.
The new UK Police Memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum. The service was attended by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and National Federation Chair John Apter.
AUGUST
National Federation Vice-Chair Ché Donald backed officers after new figures revealed a large annual hike in UK average pay of 7.4 per cent, he said it provided more evidence to justify increases for police officers.
The IOPC also published a recommendation report on 101 Taser use investigations in a five-year timescale. However, there were almost 100,000 recorded Taser usages in this period, so Ché told the media it was “statistically insignificant”.
SEPTEMBER
The National Chair defended police officers for their handling of climate change protesters who blocked parts of the M25 after they came under fire for taking a “soft approach”.
Fallen officers were honoured in a poignant service at Lincoln Cathedral on National Police Memorial Day and we celebrated the work of our dedicated roads policing officers at the Roads Policing Conference while continuing to push for improvements.
John Apter congratulates 2020 Police Bravery Award winner PC Stuart Outten. OCTOBER
The Government decided to lift the public sector pay freeze which was cautiously welcomed by the Federation as it waits to see the important detail of whether this will be above inflation.
Met PC Stuart Outten was named winner of the 2020 Police Bravery Awards, at a ceremony delayed by the pandemic. He suffered multiple stab wounds and skull fractures but managed to use his Taser to disable an attacker who was armed with a machete.
NOVEMBER
A busy month for policing which saw the biggest mutual aid operation our country has ever seen as 13,000 officers attended the COP26 climate change conference with around 140 world leaders in attendance. The Federation ensured the welfare of 8,500 members deployed to
Glasgow was looked after, with the basics such as comfortable accommodation, transport and food and started pressing the Government and chiefs to overhaul the unfair mutual aid payment system.
Mandatory life sentences will be handed down to anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker as the Government announced it will introduce Harper’s Law following a 15-month campaign by Lissie Harper backed by the Federation.
DECEMBER
Federation National Secretary Alex Duncan warned the Government that the unexpected publication of new guidance regarding unfair discrimination caused by the 2015 pensions reforms must not further delay the settlement of pension claims by serving and retired officers.
The Police Bravery Awards 2021 are held in London.
Facilitator Ian Collins (left) questions John Apter and Priti Patel during the Police Federation conference.
Ken Marsh, chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, and John Apter (right) with a letter delivered to Downing Street in the pay row.
23 I POLICE I DECEMBER 2021
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