DETECTIVES are stepping away from the role and are \u2018not regretting it\u2019, Essex Police Federation has warned.<\/p>\n
Workloads are rocketing as forces are not able to attract new recruits to the role, affecting morale and wellbeing in the policing area.<\/p>\n
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Nationally, there\u2019s a 5,000 shortfall of detectives and a new plan to help recruitment has been adopted by Surrey Chief Constable Nick Ephgrave.<\/p>\n
It rewards officers with a \u00a31,000 bonus for signing up as a Detective, \u00a31,000 more for passing exams and another \u00a3500 should they become a tutor to other detectives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Essex, we\u2019ve had colleagues step away from the Detective role and take up more traditional roles and not regret the decision,\u201d Steve said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are under increasingly heavy workloads \u2013 so, when you\u2019re failing to attract Detectives to those roles you\u2019re not able to share the work around, it\u2019s the volume of work that becomes the problem not the type of work.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe Detectives are leading the way in role related pay as they have this shortage, they have a demand.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Surrey force in particular has always been at the forefront of offering compensation and incentives, so I\u2019m not at all surprised to hear this come from that part of the wider organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve said there the Detectives in Essex were being hit with other issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we restructure what our Detective cohort looks like in Essex in the sweep of a pen I\u2019ve lost four detectives from my Police Federation board because their positions have been reclassified as now no longer requiring the Detective element, which is bitterly disappointing.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpponents to that view might think that by making the Detective cohort smaller you\u2019re making it more specialist and therefore more attractive to others to come along and join.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s just poppycock. I don\u2019t agree with that at all. If the role officers are working in is one to which the skills of a Detective are required then guess what, that\u2019s a Detective role.\u201d<\/p>\n
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