HOME SECRETARY Sajid Javid is backing proposals to reward officers filling hard to fill roles with a \u00a34,000 bonus payment.<\/p>\n
The National Police Chiefs Council has submitted the proposals to try and redress officer recruitment and retention issues.<\/p>\n
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The Minister used his address at this year\u2019s Superintendents Association Conference in Leicestershire to lend his support to the plans.<\/p>\n
He told delegates: \u201cThe National Police Chiefs Council has submitted proposals which would allow chief constables to give a discretionary bonus payment of up to \u00a34,000 a year for officers who take on those hard to fill roles and superintendents with especially challenging roles.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd today I can announce that I offer my full support to these proposals and that I intend to legislate so these bonuses can be given out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can also confirm that chief constables will be able to authorise these payments to be backdated to 1 September 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n
Superintendents, he said, have been telling him that they and their forces are stretched set against a rise in violent and cybercrime.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of that is about resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re now investing over \u00a31 billion more in policing than we did three years ago, including more money raised through council tax and \u00a321 million extra to help law enforcement agencies to help fight online child sexual exploitation.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u00a350 million is being invested over the next year to boost cyber capabilities within law enforcement at a national, regional and local level.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re also making \u00a340 million available over the next two years to help support the new Serious Violence Strategy,\u201d he told Conference.<\/p>\n
He recognises, he said, that it\u2019s not just funding the service needs to tackle crime<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s vital that you get the training you\u2019ve asked for and I know those of you who work in Public Protection Units sometimes feel like you\u2019re thrown in at the deep end without having that necessary training and support.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe shocking stat is that 87% of those leading units to protect children receive no training or development for the role.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis needs to change, so I fully support the work the College of Policing is doing to develop a public protection learning programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd my department continues to assist the College to develop the Licence to Practise Scheme for people who are working in these high-risk areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis should mean that no one is put in a position where they\u2019re being asked to take on vital public protection roles without adequate preparation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Among other promises, the Minister said he was consulting on extending stop and search powers and that he wanted Superintendents to feel properly \u2018rewarded\u2019 for the work they do.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou also need to feel your welfare is being taken seriously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was disgusted by the recent McDonald’s attack (where Met Officers were kicked and attacked from behind while trying to make an arrest) and that\u2019s why I supported the Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve also written to police chiefs across the country to stress the importance of Tasers and Spit and Bite Guards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already pledged \u00a37.5 million for a new national police welfare service and I\u2019m pleased to announce that \u00a3400,000 of this money will be used to support the proposal by Chief Constable Andy Rhodes and the College of Policing, to get a new wellbeing outreach prevention service on the road next month (October).<\/p>\n
\u201cI want you to know I am listening to you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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