“YOU are continuously stepping on the morale of police officers by failing to pay them and reward them appropriately”.
This is Thames Valley Police Federation Chair Craig O’Leary’s message to the Government ahead of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s likely speech at The Superintendents’ Association Conference in September, and the Conservative Party Conference in October, when politicians will lay out their plans for policing.
In July the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) passed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the Home Secretary following the announcement of a pay freeze for the majority of officers.
Craig said the Government had ‘a track record for not listening’ to police officers, but that ‘enough was enough’ and it was time for a sustained commitment to police funding and pay.
He said: “What we would like to see is a commitment to police officers, not just warm words. Pay and remuneration is so important for our officers. You are continuously stepping on the morale of police officers by failing to pay them and reward them appropriately”.
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