ROADS POLICING
STANDING UP FOR DRIVERS
A new law paves the way to better protect trained police drivers under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act
New regulations, effective from 30 November 2022, set out the prescribed training that will in effect give trained police drivers the better protection in law afforded under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act. More than half of forces still need to make changes within their driver training units to comply with new legislation. Roads Policing Lead and
only 19 units are working to the new legal framework, 19 need further changes, and five will not be granted a licence for training to be delivered until improvements are made: “We are working closely with these
“For the new legislation to be effective, all
driver training units must work under the legal provisions of the prescribed training licence”
National Board Member Brian Booth was in conversation with Tim Rogers, Secretary of West Midlands Police Federation, and Police Pursuits and Driver Training Lead for the Federation nationally: Tim Rogers, who led an eight-year
campaign for the legislative change, says 14 | POLICE | FEBRUARY 2023
units to ensure they are compliant. “For the new legislation to be effective, all driver training units must work under the legal provisions of the prescribed training licence. We are working hard to ensure that happens.”
Tim has worked closely with Federation
branches across England and Wales to ensure officers are aware of their own obligations under the new legislation. He has given presentations at branch meetings explaining the impact of the legal changes and is asking Fed reps to encourage members to only drive if they are “in ticket” and to read a frequently-asked- questions document
giving guidance on the new regulations. Statutory instrument 1112 sets out the prescribed training that gives trained police drivers the protections afforded to them under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. “These regs affect all officers trained
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