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and are not employees. Each officer is an independent legal official and not an "agent of the police force, police authority or government". This allows the police their unique status and notionally provides the citizens of the UK a protection from any government that might wish unlawfully to use the
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As such, an Interim National Board (INB) was set up (formerly the Joint Central Committee) which had responsibility for national pay negotiations on behalf of its members. This has now been superseded by the National Board. It also performs many other functions, such as training, administering legal
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on all matters concerning its membership's pay, allowances, hour of duty, annual leave, pensions and other conditions of service. However, unlike a union, the Federation is controlled entirely by serving police officers, has no political affiliations, and has no powers to call a strike. That is not
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The chair and general secretary of PFEW both retired after a "turbulent period" on 7 April 2014. Steve Williams and Ian Rennie announced their plans to retire from the police service at the end of May. Steve White was elected as Chair and Andy Fittes elected as General Secretary at the Police
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At the end of December 2012, the PFEW announced it would be independently reviewed. The review was conducted by Sir David Normington and the Police Federation accepted all 36 recommendations of the review in May 2014 and started working through making these organisational changes.
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PFEW represents more than 130,000 members. Members can elect not to pay subscriptions and thereby not receive the legal representation and other benefits that paying members receive, but they still continue officially to be members of the Federation.
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Each of the 43 police forces in England and Wales has its own Federation branch board and council. The 43 forces are grouped into eight regions. Due to its size, the Metropolitan Police Federation branch board is structured differently.
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as an alternative system, which would serve to represent staff, and where disputes could be resolved through arbitration so long as the government (as employer) continued to bargain in
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representation and liaising with government and other national bodies on policy and legislative matters. The present national board chair is Steve Hartshorn.
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to say the Federation remains aloof from applying political pressure, as shown by the successful 1976 ballot regarding the right to strike and the 2012/13 "
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police as an instrument against them. Many observers mistakenly equate the Police Federation with a
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that states a Knowledge editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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Leadership and standards in the police: follow-up tenth report of session 2013-14: Vol. 1
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Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (3 November 2013).
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bbc.co.uk: "Police Federation chairman Paul McKeever dies in hospital" 18 Jan 2013
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announced that public funding of the Police Federation would end in August 2014.
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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The Office of Constable: The bedrock of modern day British policing
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Federation House, Highbury Drive, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7UY, UK
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The Police Federation of England and Wales was set up by the
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At the same conference (on 21 May 2014), the Home Secretary
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personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay
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Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
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Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales
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are represented by a separate staff association, the
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England
Wales
Chairperson
National Secretary
National Treasurer
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inspectors
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special constables
43 territorial police forces
England and Wales
UK labour law
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Police Act 1996
Police Act 1919
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Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales
Law enforcement
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