CONFERENCE
ROADS POLICING T
PFEW’s first ever virtual Roads Policing Conference attracted more than 750 delegates from all over the world when the one-day event took place in September.
he event was an opportunity for those present online to meet other subject matter experts,
share experiences as roads policing officers and discuss best practice. It brought together politicians, policy decision-makers and key roads policing stakeholders for topical panel discussions and Q & A sessions on the latest challenges facing roads policing. With a theme of “Accelerating Change”, the conference was facilitated by broadcaster Ian Collins and helped steer the direction of roads policing for many years to come. During the virtual conference,
Minister for Crime and Policing Kit Malthouse and Shadow minister Sarah Jones paid tribute to the work of police drivers during their ministerial addresses to attendees. Mr Malthouse, the Conservative MP
for North West Hampshire, praised roads officers for their work during the pandemic. He said: “I’m very pleased to be here
to talk about this particularly important part of the policing mission. This for me is a critical part of the architecture on the mission I have been set by the Prime Minister of driving crime down. “Not least over the past 18 months or
so where during the pandemic the roads obviously became a particular port of importance and often, sadly, friction. Your skill and expertise were put to really good use and often to good test. You, alongside the rest of UK policing, came up smelling of roses.
“We ask you normally to stand
between us and criminals and standing between us and a disease was a new experience. “While it had its tensions and its
moments, British policing, and roads policing in particular, came out of it extremely well and in better shape than it went in, in terms of the affections of the public. It was a fantastic job and I thank you all.” Sarah Jones, Labour’s Shadow
Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, added: “It’s an incredibly important job and the cuts to your numbers has had a significant impact. We will be holding the Government’s feet to the fire over this. “I am ashamed you have been offered a pay freeze – you need a pay rise. I also
know the process of not getting vaccines was really painful. I am sorry that was not done for you. We need Government to listen to the concerns of the Federation. We need Government to listen to you.” PFEW’s Roads Policing Lead Gemma
Fox was delighted with the overall direction of the conference. She said: “I want to extend my
thanks to all our sponsors, speakers and attendees who helped make the day such a success and generated important conversations about accelerating change. “For the first time ever, we were
able to invite members to attend, learn through the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accredited sessions, and see what is being done on their behalf. The level of passion shown by
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Kit Malthouse
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