ESSEX Police officers are \u2018making it work\u2019 and are \u2018pulling together\u2019 to deal with the pressures of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n
Essex Police Federation says trying to deliver business as usual policing in these anything but usual times has been a real challenge and has stretched already thin resources.<\/p>\n
Chairman Steve Taylor knows officers are worried about the impact the crisis is having but says their desire to do the best they very can is pulling them through.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIn my experience on the team level, on the local level, you\u2019re working for your mates around you, you\u2019re making it work, you\u2019re pulling it together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s when you start going a bit wider out, and you start asking people\u2019s views what the force-wide morale is, I think people then tend to suggest it\u2019s a bit grimmer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult one. There\u2019s a lot of worried Bobbies up and down Essex. They\u2019re worried about the future. They\u2019re worried about the uncertainty, and they\u2019re just trying to do the best they can in those circumstances. It\u2019s that trying to do the best they can that\u2019s getting us through, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trying to deliver normal everyday policing set against the unprecedented times of the coronavirus is \u2018wearing thin\u2019, Steve admitted. However, Federation members\u2019 fortitude is enabling the force to put officers out on the frontline.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cBeing brutally honest, business as usual is starting to wear thin on the frontline.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to support as many people as possible being able to work remotely, but of course there are elements of our service that can\u2019t do that and so those people have got to come in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to juggle those that have got to come in with dependents who need to be isolated or need shielding or childcare issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a whole host of very, very good reasons for pulling people away from the workplace and it\u2019s only our members up and down the force and their fortitude that allows a lot of them to carry on coming to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe easier thing to do would be to stay at home and look after your nearest and dearest. But thankfully we\u2019re getting the frontline staff; we\u2019re able to deliver the office that we\u2019re all sworn to uphold and do the best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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