Hands Off Our Rest Days Campaign

19 May 2026

Some smaller forces face staggering ratios:

- Lincolnshire Police owes an average of 42 rest days per officer
- Bedfordshire Police owes 17 rest days per officer
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary owes 14 rest days per officer

These numbers show a service held together by sacrifice, with officers routinely having their legally protected rest days cancelled for operational demand - public order deployments, court attendance and essential training, often with little notice.

Read the full article HERE

Hands Off Our Rests Days forms part of the wider Copped Enough movement for fair pay and humane working conditions.

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