POLICE officers and staff working Christmas and New Year will be looking out for members of the public who fall on hard times \u2013 but must also remember to look out for each other.<\/p>\n
In a festive message to members, Steve Taylor, Chairman of Essex Police Federation said he wished colleagues the very happiest Christmas and the very best New Year and that he looks forward to working for them in 2017.<\/p>\n
Steve said that Christmas is always a difficult period for many officers as they can be working when all their friends and family are at home celebrating the festive season.<\/p>\n
\u201cParticularly when they\u2019re having to do a difficult job with even fewer people because some colleagues have been lucky enough to get some time off,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut for those colleagues that haven\u2019t been lucky enough to get all that time off that you wanted, then at this time of year it\u2019s more important, perhaps, to pull together and remember that you are part of a team. Let\u2019s see the mince pies appearing at briefings. That\u2019s a message to the supervisors!<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, jokes aside, let\u2019s take the time to look out for each other and remember one another as we go about what can be really difficult work at Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s going to be members of our community that fall on the hardest of times at this time of year, so being as best equipped as we can to help them out starts with looking after one another.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve said that he is looking forward to working a Boxing Day shift with colleagues from a roads policing unit in Stanway.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s really important for me to maintain as much as possible my operational credibility so that I am best able to speak for operational colleagues in the matters that affect them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to see for myself what\u2019s going on and the problems which in this case might be the concerns of the roads policing unit, but which I\u2019m sure will be replicated in teams up and down the county.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho knows what we might face? Some days it was harrowing and upsetting and difficult, and other days it was humorous and funny and still other days it was heart-warming and it was food for the soul. That is one of the best things about the job we do. You just don\u2019t know what\u2019s round the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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