Adam Williams is the new Chair of Gloucestershire Police Federation

13 June 2025

Q: Tell us a bit about your policing career?

A: I joined Gloucestershire Police in March 2002, so I’ve been a police officer for 23 years, during which I’ve worked in every area within Gloucestershire in predominantly uniformed policing. For 21 of those years I’ve been on shift, mostly on response as a PC, then as a Sergeant and currently as an Acting Inspector. I’ve always been motivated by helping people, which also ties in with moving onto the Federation side.

Q: When did you become a Federation Rep?

A: I became a Rep six years ago. One of the members of staff I was supervising was going through a misconduct investigation and I didn’t really understand what welfare support was in place. I wanted to get a better understanding of what the Federation could offer people, and I was motivated enough to do this in a voluntary capacity. On becoming a Fed Rep my focus was on equality and misconduct and these were the first courses I undertook followed by the post-incident procedures course to allow me to have the skills to help as many officers as possible.

Q: Then you became Deputy Equality Lead; what was that like?

A: Equality is something that I’m passionate about and have been lucky enough to support many people over the years. Unfortunately, not all organisations look after people from all backgrounds in the correct way, so we need to give people all the help and support that they’re entitled to.

Q: How does it feel to be elected as Federation Chair?

A: It’s a massive honour. My motivation to become Chair is to improve our communication and visibility, and improve members’ access to the Federation. I want to have a positive impact and I’ll bring enthusiasm and drive to the role. From my point of view, it’s all about being proactive, meeting the members, giving them all the information they need for whatever they’re going through, whether it be an equality issue, or they’re frustrated with the way that the organisation’s being run.

Q: What goals do you have in the coming months?

A: I want the Federation to reach more people. Our welfare van is key, we’ve invested in it, so we need to use it on a regular basis and let people know we’re going to be at their police station.

I will do my best to always serve our members’ interests which includes when we are talking to senior officers and not being afraid to have difficult conversations. We’ve got a duty to give members the best that we can offer, and I will 100% give the Chair role my all. I want the Federation to be as proactive as possible, and get ahead of issues whenever we can see them coming up. The communications can be improved, and my initial aim is to improve ways for people to contact us and for us to relay information to casual reps and the members alike.

Q: What’s your message to Federation members?

A: Gloucestershire Police is a small force and a lot of people will already know me. But if they don’t know me and they’ve got any concerns, please get in touch and email me. I’m going to be an accessible Chair.  As an office we will bring the welfare van to different stations on a regular basis, so we maintain a visible presence within all areas of the Constabulary.  I’m always happy to field questions from anybody, and if you’ve got any burning ideas of how you think we can do a better job, I’m always willing to listen.