Guide available for inspecting ranks

15 February 2023

West Mercia Police Federation is offering advice for the Force’s inspecting ranks on their conditions of work.

The branch is highlighting online guidance which talks inspectors and chief inspectors through their working conditions.

The Federation, which has produced the guide to the working conditions of inspecting ranks, says the guidance will provide accurate information and clear up any myths.

It covers the conditions of working for inspectors and chief inspectors that were agreed by the then Police Negotiating Board and introduced on1 September 1994, and the impact they’ve had.

The guidance covers areas including rest days, flexibility, part-time working, working time and on-call

West Mercia Police Federation conduct and PIP lead Lesley Williams said: “Ever since the conditions were introduced in 1994 there’s been a lot of misunderstanding about what it actually means for inspecting ranks.

“This guidance from the Federation aims to arm our colleagues in the inspecting ranks with reliable information, to clear up those misunderstandings, and to bust a lot of myths that have grown up around them.”

Download the guide to the working conditions of inspecting ranks.