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The December 2018/January 2019 edition of Federation is now available.
Our phone number has changed to 0121 752 4900.
The Federation diaries for 2019 will be arriving at Guardians House shortly.
Expecting police to be mental health experts or social workers is unfair for officers and the public, according to WMPF chair Rich Cooke.
The Federation office will be closed Wednesday 28 November: from 09:30am - 11:30am for staff training.
Why this message - every year we get asked why do we circulate something like this, and every year one or more officers get arrested over the Xmas/New Year period.
The next West Midlands Police Federation Roadshow is aimed at officers based in the Bloxwich area.
A national campaign to highlight information officers need to know as they undertake their roles has been launched today.
Disappointment at Theresa May not remembering her infamous analogy at our 2015 Conference.
Maximum sentence doubles from 6 to 12 months for those who attack police and law now includes other services.
Last year WMP lost almost 10,500 working days over the winter seasonal illness period, with illnesses including flu, chest infections and colds. This year, NICE is recommending the quadrivalent flu jab, effective against four strains of seasonal influenza.
WMP Sports & Wellbeing Association Lottery is just £1 per week and will give you the chance to win up to £5000 every month!
A new Parliamentary report highlighting how public confidence in the police service has been ‘severely dented’ after cuts to force budgets should be another sign to the Government that it has got it wrong on policing, according to West Midlands Police Federation chair Rich Cooke.
Members are invited to take part in workshops to help inform policy around support welfare and development.
Our Federation office will be closed on Thursday 1 November from 9.30-12.30 for a staff meeting.
The Government must act on warnings of dire consequences for public safety and criminal justice if it does not invest more money in policing, says the secretary of West Midlands Police Federation, Steve Grange.
The Federation had now lodged an application to Judicial Review proceedings into the lawfulness of the Government’s decision.
WMP Sports & Wellbeing Association Lottery is just £1 per week and will give you the chance to win up to £5,000 every month!
The October/November 2018 edition of Federation is now available.
Proceedings have started with the Home Office.
Fallen officers and WW1 heroes to be honoured at National Police Memorial Day on Sunday.
The next West Midlands Police Federation Roadshow is aimed at officers based in the Stechford area.
Read the latest news in our bi-monthly newsletter.
The Police Federation of England and Wales welcomes the news Protect the Protectors Bill has been granted Royal Assent.
Our Federation office will be closed on Tuesday 18 September: from 9.30am - 4pm for staff training.
Home Office lacks a clear understanding of basic levels of funding needed to maintain our police service.
West Midlands Police Federation’s deputy secretary Tim Rogers has welcomed a statement from the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) in support of better legal protection for police response drivers.
Officers' views are essential to make a change for the better.
New Police Federation Leave's survey pinpoints exit triggers.
PFEW Chair John Apter responds to the suspected terrorist attack outside The House of Parliament in Westminster.
The August/September 2018 edition of Federation is now available.
WMP Sports and Wellbeing Association Lottery is just £1 per week and will give you the chance to win up to £5000 every month!
Results of our 2018 pay and morale survey.
Tim Rogers - deputy secretary, national representative and pursuits lead - gives an update on the campaign to get legal protection for police drivers.
The new National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales has been announced.
West Midlands Police Federation chair Rich Cooke is going to great heights.
West Midlands Police officer and avid road cyclist Stu Collins is taking part in this weekend’s Police Unity Tour (PUT), the annual 180-mile cycle ride completed by policing teams around the country to raise funds for Care of Police Survivors (COPS).
Sajid Javid accused of hollow words of support for officers.
The Federation had expressed its disgust that officers stationed in Essex overnight on Wednesday were on camp beds, tightly packed into sports halls with limited access to hot showers and hot food.
Rank and file police officers from across England and Wales are being invited to vote for their National Federation Chair between 12-30 July.
The next West Midlands Police Federation Roadshow is aimed at officers based in Wolverhampton.
WMP Sports and Wellbeing Association Lottery is just £1 per week and will give you the chance to win up to £5,000 every month!
National lead Simon Kempton worked hard with local Federations including West Mids to get all chiefs to agree to pay the overnight allowance to those officers providing mutual aid for the Trump visit next week.
Our Federation office will be closed on Friday 29 June: from 11.30am - 1pm for a staff meeting.
PC Lee Jones and PC Richard Meede have been nominated to win an award at the 23rd Police Bravery Awards in London on 12 July.
The June-July issue of Federation magazine is OUT NOW.
Confirmation today from WMP Sgt. Will Salt, regarding the plan for all frontline uniformed officers in @WMPolice to have access to Body Worn Video (BVC) by end of Summer 2018 is well on course.
New Chair for West Midlands Police Federation.
The next West Midlands Police Federation Roadshow is aimed at officers based at in the Coventry LPU.
West Midlands Police Federation acting chair John Williams said he was pleased Mr Javid wanted a strong working relationship.
The Federation office will be closed today (Wednesday 23 May): from 11am - 3pm due to attendance at the National Police Federation Conference.
The stark realities of trying to maintain an effective policing service and protect the public were highlighted during a number of sessions on the opening day of a conference packed with topical debates.
The Police Federation’s annual national conference opens at Birmingham’s ICC today.
Read our latest eZine articles.
Following the recent force wide email concerning tax codes and due to the overwhelming receipt of several hundred emails and phone calls we would like to draw your attention to our website.
Today voting opens for the @westmidspolfed Chair.
The Police Federation’s national pay and morale survey closes on Tuesday (15 May).
Statistics for the number of West Midlands Police officers who were spat at during 2016 were quoted in Parliament during the latest reading of the new assaults bill.
Plans are now underway for this year’s National Police Memorial Day (NPMD).
West Midlands Police Federation acting chair John Williams is hoping the debates at this year’s annual national Police Federation conference later this month will put further pressure on MPs.
“I am pleased that Mr Javid intends to act quickly to right the wrongs for the Windrush generation”says John Williams, Acting Chair for West Midlands Police Federation.
This annual report outlines West Midlands Police Federation’s work on members’ behalf during 2017.
Our Federation office will be closed on Tuesday 1 May: from 9am - 3pm for a staff meeting.
Police and other emergency service workers share their harrowing experiences of being assaulted on duty in a harrowing new video from the Police Federation of England and Wales.
The April/May 2018 edition of Federation is now available.
The results are in – you have elected the Fed reps you want for WMP Federation Branch Council.
Our Federation office will be closed Friday 30 March - Monday 2 April for the Easter Bank Holiday.
An HMICFRS inspection which said the Force was ‘inadequate’ at protecting vulnerable people shows the cuts to policing budgets are putting people at risk according to the acting chair of WMP Federation.
Andy Fittes said: "We have been lobbying the Home Office to provide a calculator for some time now and we are pleased that it has now been issued"
West Midlands Police Officers are being urged to contact their MPs ahead of Friday’s scheduled second reading of a bill aiming to give police response drivers better protection in law.
The Emergency Services Show is the UK’s leading annual showcase of the blue light sector.
Spring break offer for first time bookers who are members of the Benevolent Fund.
Further to a review of the group insurance scheme with our insurance partners George Burrows, here are some important changes that will take effect from 1 April 2018.
All Federation members can now vote to choose who they want to be their workplace representatives.
Following our office relocation yesterday, we are now situated on the top floor of Guardians House.
Police Mutual have launched their 2018 Force For Good initiative where officers, staff and their families can nominate a good cause in their community for some funding from the Police Mutual Foundation.
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) rulings re: the judges’ pensions appeal and the firefighters’ pensions appeal.
We will be attending various West Midlands Police events over the next few months!
Find out about what the role of a Federation representative entails.
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