Page 9 - Here For You 2013

Health & Safety Discipline The Health and Safety Committee is made The Discipline Committee is made up of 16 up of more than 20 Federation reps from Federation reps from across the Force. The across the Force, each belonging to a Committee discuss and progress issues regarding particular LPU or department. Their role the resolution process, vulnerability issues, is to highlight any areas of concern, that business interests, legal cover, and are there fall into health and safety, which members to represent officers during disciplinary and inform them about. These concerns are then misconduct interviews and hearings. brought to the attention of the Force. The Committee also investigates any breaches During 2013, your Federation’s of health and safety legislation and makes recommendations accordingly. Discipline leads have: During 2013, your Federation’s Represented members at 13 Health and Safety Committee has: misconduct meetings • Advised, assisted and made recommendations during the new stab vests trials • Made recommendations to the Force Represented members at 3 regarding the implementation of Spit Hoods, this conversation is still ongoing misconduct hearings • Made recommendations to the Force on cold weather uniform, conversations still ongoing • Directed members to the Police Federation Claimline where breaches Represented members at 1 of health and safety legislation have special case hearing occurred • Conducted walkthroughs at most police stations and buildings and made recommendations to improve health and safety. Currently 96 live cases are ongoing Over the next 12 months, the Committee plans to: • Improve our working relationship with 1,499 complaints from the the Force public were recorded in 2013 • Stringently and ethically report any by PSD - 340 are still live breaches of health and safety • Train our health and safety federation reps to a higher standard in health and safety legislation, to the benefit of our members We represented members in 269 • Work tirelessly to ensure that the health, conduct investigations recorded safety and welfare of our members in 2013 by PSD - 85 are still live is one of the most important things considered.