LOOKBACK
Government, key stakeholders, and members of the public an insight into the real pressures faced by officers. PFEW launched a targeted campaign, #SimplifyDG6, to appeal to the Government to make amendments to the data protection laws, aiming to simplify the redaction obligations placed on police officers under the new evidence disclosure guidance. The campaign was launched after a thorough study of the Attorney General’s Review of Disclosure published on 26 May. Liz Truss took the helm as Prime
Minister, with Suella Braverman becoming Home Secretary. She later stepped down from this post amid controversy over official documents. Many police officers across England worked tirelessly in the run-up to and on the day of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State funeral, delivering Op Bridges flawlessly as Crown Servants.
OCTOBER
Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister after Liz Truss resigned, and Suella Braverman was reappointed as the Home Secretary.
NOVEMBER National Chair Steve Hartshorn and National Secretary Calum Macleod
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of
Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services released a damning report on vetting, misconduct, and misogyny. The reported stated that too many implemented recommendations that were designed to tackle such behaviour had been ignored.
“Why are police officers one of the only groups of frontline public sector workers being penalised in their pockets?”
had a meeting with the new Home Secretary. She listened attentively as they spoke very frankly about the realities of policing on the frontline, with rock- bottom morale, welfare issues caused by overwhelming demand, and the financial pressures on officers and their families owing to the real terms pay cuts that have been incurred over the years, as well as changes to pensions.
The new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s revised Autumn Statement 2022 aimed to address the rising cost-of-living and spiralling inflation. The statement has again left policing without sufficient
investment, making it impossible to make necessary improvements or execute desired reforms, while other crucial public services have been promised a funding boost of £3.3 billion. There has been no consideration given to investment in infrastructure, technology, or services to enable forces to provide the quality of policing the public deserves.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2023
National Chair Steve Hartshorn talks about his expectations and what he would like to see happen in 2023: 2022 has been an interesting year for the organisation – we had numerous
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changes to not only the post holders at PFEW, but also to the National Board, National Council, and Federation reps. Such a change means we lose some experienced colleagues for a variety of reasons, but we gain new ones, which means we means we have the opportunity to start fresh as a new team. On reflection, it may have been less challenging to stagger the process with phased handovers for more continuity
– we are looking at how such a process might work. All our reps and members are working hard in difficult circumstances to protect the public and they deserve to have their voices heard by those who can make their lives better. The low points have been the many
reports and issues that have rocked confidence in policing and the hard work our members do every single hour of every single day. It’s simply not plausible
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