Federation survey: have your say

5 October 2020

Branch chair Pete Musgrave is urging members to help Humberside Police Federation build a clear picture of policing during the pandemic.

The national Federation has today launched this year’s Demand, Capacity and Welfare Survey which gives members across the country an opportunity to help shape Federation policy, and includes a focus on how policing has been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Pete said: “We’d encourage as many of our members as possible to have their say in this important survey. It will help us build a clearer picture of how our members are affected by a whole range of issues, not least the Covid-19 pandemic which has had such an impact on policing and society in general.

“I appreciate you’re extremely busy but please take a moment to have your say. The more members who are able to complete it, the stronger our message will be when representing you to our policing and political leaders here in Humberside and in Westminster.”

This is the Federation’s third Demand, Capacity and Welfare Survey and, as well as questions around the pandemic, it also examines the plan to recruit an extra 20,000 officers by 2023.

The results will allow the Federation to make meaningful comparisons with the data gathered in the 2018 and 2016 surveys.

The last Demand, Capacity and Welfare Survey found that in Humberside the average job satisfaction rating was 5/10, 82 per cent of respondents reported frequent single crewing and 54 per cent reported never or rarely taking their full rest break entitlement.

Of the respondents, 73 per cent said their workload was too high, 91 per cent there weren’t enough officers to do the job and 85 per cent indicated they had experienced difficulties with their health and wellbeing over the previous 12 months.

National Federation chair John Apter, in a message to members, said: “I can’t tell you how important it is we get as many responses to this survey as possible. It’s important for people like me and your local Fed reps to have that information on how you felt you’ve been treated during this pandemic, not only by policing but by Government and others, so that we can take that to the leaders within policing and also to Government.”

Contact the Federation office if you have not received a link to the survey.