October’s edition of the POLICE magazine is out today, a special issue remembering our heroes as we gathered in solidarity for this year’s National Police Memorial Day in Glasgow. We also pay tribute to Sergeant Matiu Ratana who had a stone dedicated to his memory unveiled the same week.

Many successful events have been hosted by PFEW this year and are growing in popularity. Read highlights from each of the insightful sessions, on Post Incident Procedures, mental health – marking World Suicide Prevention Day, professional development on converting skills and training into formal qualifications and detectives in the New York Police Department.

Marking World Menopause Awareness Month, we share heading findings from this year’s Menopause Survey, highlighting the challenges faced by women in the service and the need for greater support in forces, especially with training for line managers and education around utilising flexible working. Exploring equality issues further, Tariq Ahmed, a long-serving Met detective, tells us how he faced a landmark employment tribunal ruling, backed by PFEW, spotlighting the importance of forces adhering to the Equality Act by supporting working from home as a reasonable adjustment.

Learn more about PFEW’s latest parliamentary engagement event at the Labour Party Conference, where PFEW National Board members and other representatives from across the country met in person more than 20 Labour MPs and MPs new in post to impress upon them the biggest issues facing members currently, including on the administration of police pensions. Senior Pension Advisor at PFEW, Paul Turpin, also addresses the ongoing issues with police pensions and offers insights into the work being done to address them over on page 8.

More on how the Federation is working on behalf of members, PFEW CEO Mukund Krishna outlines his focus on changing the organisation for the better and provides updates on the Independent Review, our new ‘FedConnect’ event in November and on the upcoming election cycle.

Looking back, John Clark, a former detective from Lancashire, recently experienced a hit of nostalgia, taking the wheel of a rare police sports car that he had driven more than 60 years ago, plus we reflect on policing during the second World War, accompanied by some extraordinary images, courtesy of Gloucestershire Police Archives, to mark Remembrance Sunday.

We hope you enjoy this edition.

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