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The independent review panel which has been looking at the
Police Federation has now completed its work and we're publishing our report
we're proposing a very significant program
of reform but we have a simple
aim which is to ensure that the Federation
is a trusted Voice for frontline police officers
That's out core proposition. Over the last nine months
we've listened to a lot of people's views about the Federation
we've been to every part of the country we've talked to representatives and
officers at branch and national level we've talk to external stakeholder
and above all we've listened to the views of members
we carried out one of the biggest surveys ever done
of the views of Federation members and a striking
outcome of that was that ninety-one percent
of Federation members think there needs to be
change so our report
is derived from a lot of evidence.
We're proposing that the Federation
needs to rebuild trust, trust from the public
and trust from its members we want it to be more professional
in the way it operates in its standards of behaviour
and conduct and we want it to speak with a single voice which it often
doesn't do now and we're proposing a structure a representation and government
which will encourage that
and underlying that we think the Federation needs to show
that it's offering value for money, value for money
for its members subscriptions and for the
investment from the public which the public makes in the Federation
change is always
difficult there will be lots of people with different views about how quickly it
should go on what should be done but we really think there's an opportunity here
and most of all it's an opportunity
for the members to have an effective Staff Association
representing it and being a
trusted and significant and influential voice in policymaking
at local and national level. We would like everybody to get behind this report
to discuss it to debate it and then
to build up the momentum to get the change going
as I say there's a great prize here a great opportunity
to make this federation once again a trusted
Voice for frontline police officers