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Police Covenant 'not worth the paper it is written on' says Met Federation - Met Federation tells Homes Secretary to throw it in the bin after vaccine snub. • The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have shown unforgivable contempt for police officers by snubbing them for any level of priority for the Covid-19 vaccine, the Met Federation representing 30,000 London officers- NPCC backs Naloxone as West Midlands expands trial - The National Police Chiefs' Council drugs lead has thrown support behind officers carrying naloxone as the force leading the way on the drug expands its training. • Naloxone is as a nasal spray that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. This week the Natio
- Action needed to end 104% rise in resignations, experts warn - Better leadership and support is needed to stem the tide of officers quitting, chiefs have been told. • The Police Foundation’s annual conference was told there has been a 104% increase in officers quitting the service since 2015. Leavers told a study by the University of Portsmouth
- 'Reset' Airwave replacement project 'will be signed off next month' - Home Secretary says Home Office is dominated by neglected legacy ICT projects. • A revised business case for the replacement to the Airwave system is due to be signed off next month Home Secretary Priti Patel has told the Home Affairs Select committee. She admitted that the Emergency Servic
- West Midlands OPCC employee convicted of child sex offences - A man who used to work with the Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has been convicted of a number of child sex offences. • 30 year old Darryl Moffatt of Short Heath Road in Erdington was previously employed as a school partnership engagement officer for the OPCC.
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We can not get basic training platforms paid for. Who is going to pay for this. Training has become a tick box exercise so senior leaders can say 'well they had training'. It has now become a money making machine for academia. Whilst all other private organisations are moving toward apprenticeships to employ people who can actually learn to DO the job properly instead of just getting a certificate to say they can do it because they have researched and written about it. Just another way to distance learn!!!!
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Teach
We can not get basic training platforms paid for. Who is going to pay for this. Training has become a tick box exercise so senior leaders can say 'well they had training'. It has now become a money making machine for academia. Whilst all other private organisations are moving toward apprenticeships to employ people who can actually learn to DO the job properly instead of just getting a certificate to say they can do it because they have researched and written about it. Just another way to distance learn!!!!
