THE NEW NATIONAL BOARD
representing members, health and safety, equality and conduct and performance matters. I also hold the recognised, SFJ, Level 6 Awards in serious and complex cases of conduct, performance and
JOHN PARTINGTON
I joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1996 and worked my way up to the rank of inspector. I have held a variety of policing roles, including response and safer neighbourhood teams, staff officer, firearms commander and public order commander. Passionate about equality, becoming a
Federation representative in 2007 felt like a natural step for me so I could push for fairness and a good working environment for all my colleagues. During my time with
attendance, equality issues and post incident procedures (PIP). On becoming a National Board member on behalf of region two, I have been elected as deputy health and safety
the Metropolitan Police Federation, I held a variety of posts including being the acting general secretary of the Inspectors’ Branch Board, a member of the Joint Branch Board and I was also the equality and promotions lead. In 2017 I become part of the National
Board and was elected as deputy national secretary in 2018. My role involved dealing with the Home Office, Police Advisory Board, Police Pensions Scheme Advisory Board, Police Consultative Forum, College of Policing, National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners around pay, pensions,
NICKY RYAN
After 25 years serving Gwent Police, I became the Police Federation’s Welsh lead in April 2021 and represent all of Wales’s four forces. I was the first female to become Welsh lead in a unique role that was developed following the Normington Review and created by the Home Secretary. Prior to this, I spent seven years as a
Police Federation representative, first in the workplace and then for the last two years as secretary of the Gwent Police Federation branch. As Welsh lead, I chair regular Welsh
Affairs Sub-Committee (WASC) meetings, which are also attended by representatives from the four Welsh Federations, as well as the Police Federation of England and Wales National Board members and invited senior officers and stakeholders. The WASC was established five years ago by PFEW to ensure its members were given a strong and consistent voice in Wales, to Represent, Negotiate and Influence. The committee provides an effective link between PFEW, the Welsh Government, members of the Senedd, chief officers, and police and crime commissioners in the four Welsh forces. It also liaises with a range of devolved and non-devolved
lead for PFEW as well as taking on the welfare van working group. I am really looking forward to assisting PFEW and supporting all of our members at a national level.
conditions of service and discipline and conduct matters. I was also involved in the day-to-day management of the Police Federation. This year I was delighted to be re-elected to the National Board and I’m currently the lead for learning and development and cover other portfolios including charities, honours and awards, roads policing and pensions.
public bodies and the media.
Conscious that
Welsh officers can be administered by the decisions of Westminster, despite Wales having its own Parliament, I am driven by my belief that officers feel they are pulled in two directions – a unique position within policing which requires recognition and understanding. On a personal note, I live in South Wales with my husband Phil, two elderly dogs and equally elderly horses.
IAN SAUNDERS
I am a Greater Manchester Police officer and represent colleagues from the Northwest of England on the National Board. I also became the National Equality Lead for the Federation in January 2022. I have been a representative since 2011, initially as a member of my Constables’ Branch Board, before spending four years as the equality lead for the GMP Federation. Throughout my career I have worked
in a variety of related roles, including a secondment to ACPO (now NPCC) following the “secret policeman”
documentary and the Commission for Racial Equality’s formal investigation of the police service, and three years with the national diversity team at the National Policing Improvement Agency (now the College of Policing). I am pleased that I can now use the experience I gained in both operational and strategic equality related roles for the benefit of our members as the national equality lead. Much of the external commentary about equality in the police service fails to reflect how diverse we are already. The Police Federation has been at the forefront of pushing for better working environments for our members which are free from harassment and unlawful
discrimination, where flexible working is understood to be a right for certain officers, and where disabled police officers are supported to enable them to continue contributing to their teams. My role is to support our local Equality Leads in all 43 forces to ensure every Federation member works in an environment free from discrimination, and with terms and conditions that respond to their diverse and individual needs.
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