THERE is an important difference between choosing to do extra work to help your promotion prospects and that extra responsibility being mandatory.<\/p>\n
That is the view of Essex Police Federation Chairman Steve Taylor, who says the service should not \u201csneak in\u201d extra responsibilities for officers wanting to progress without giving them a pay rise to do so.<\/p>\n
He was responding to the introduction of \u201cAdvanced Practitioner Police Constables\u201d. A pilot is running for 18 months and has begun in eight police forces across England and Wales \u2013 although Essex is not one of those taking part.<\/p>\n
Advanced practitioner constables will take on more complex work, which would be similar to the lowest levels of the sergeant rank, according to the College of Policing.<\/p>\n
Officers involved will be expected to lead complex casework, assess how procedures can be developed and improved, and think and plan ahead for weeks and months.<\/p>\n
Mr Taylor said: \u201cGenerally speaking, taking on extra responsibility has always been in the officer\u2019s best interest when it comes to a promotion, and as a Sergeant myself I went out of my way to be proactive in what I could do to improve my own chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that\u2019s something that I did willingly and accepted. It wasn\u2019t something that was forced upon me or that was mandated or written up in policy, or something that was expected as part of the procedure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between what an officer is prepared to do off their own back, and what it\u2019s mandated that they must do. The danger in setting up advanced practitioner schemes where the expectation is if you\u2019re going for a promotion you must have completed this, then it mandates that extra work.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me it breaches that covenant between what I\u2019m prepared to do and what I\u2019m expected to do. Because the brutal truth is, if you\u2019re expecting people to do more and take on extra responsibility, and that without that they can\u2019t advance, there\u2019s a name for that and it should be rewarded, there should be compensation for it, and it shouldn\u2019t be snuck in under the guise of, \u2018Well if you want to develop this is what you\u2019ve got to do\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between self-generated, progression orientated extra work, and essentially mandated, \u2018You must do x, y and z otherwise you\u2019re not even going to be considered\u2019, particularly when x, y and z save the force x amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Advanced Practitioner Police Constables role is being introduced at Avon and Somerset, Cheshire, Lancashire, the Met, North Wales, South Yorkshire, Thames Valley and Humberside Police to provide \u201clateral career opportunities\u201d for constables.<\/p>\n
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