THE police service can \u201cgrow its own talent\u201d and there is no need for direct entry into management roles, the Police Federation conference heard this week.<\/p>\n
John Giblin, chairman of the Federation’s Sergeants\u2019 Central Committee, said the service was under \u201ccontinued attack from the Government.\u201d\u00a0He was responding to Police Minister Damian Green, who had earlier stated that every \u201csensible officer\u201d would support direct entry.<\/p>\n
<\/em><\/p>\n Home Office police service strength figures show there were 21,371 Sergeants last year. Down from 22,265 in 2011.<\/p>\n Numbers are likely to have fallen further in 2013 when the figures are released this summer.<\/p>\n Mr Giblin said: \u201cOur numbers are decreasing significantly and those that are left are being overstretched to breaking point.<\/p>\n \u201cOur numbers are falling but the job is still there to be done and we are expected to provide the same level of service. Something has to give and there will be consequences to this.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cSome senior officers of the future will never have served their apprenticeship and mastered the craft of policing on the beat.\u00a0We have lots of talent within the service and can grow our own. We don\u2019t need to look outside the service.\u201d<\/p>\n Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston – former president of the Police Superintendents\u2019 Association of England and Wales \u2013 stated at the Inspectors\u2019 Central Committee conference, that direct entry into the police service would be \u201ccomplete bonkers\u201d.<\/p>\n Mr Green stated: \u201cWe are reforming the police because reform is needed. This is as much about public perceptions as it is about the public purse.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, the state of the country\u2019s finances demands that all public services play their part in saving money. But these reforms are about something much deeper and more long-lasting than just cutting costs.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are about creating a more modern police service, more in touch with the people it serves, more transparent in its work, more flexible in its approach, and more suited to the demands of the 21st Century.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI know also that change can be tough. But police officers across the country are rising to the challenge. Crime has fallen by more than 10 per cent since this government came to power and that is a tremendous testament to the skill and dedication of our police officers.<\/p>\n \u201cIntroducing direct entry to policing will bring in new blood and new expertise and help to deliver a police force more representative of the communities it serves. That aim will be supported by every sensible police officer.\u201d<\/p>\n Addressing the conference, which took time to remember former Police Federation \u2013 and sergeants\u2019 committee – chairman Paul McKeever, Mr Giblin concluded that it was \u201cimperative\u201d that anger in the police service was not turned inward.<\/p>\n \u201cOur motto should be united we stand and divided we fall.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE police service can \u201cgrow its own talent\u201d and there is no need for direct entry into management roles, the Police Federation conference heard this week. John Giblin, chairman of\u2026 read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancsfedfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}