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May June

Birmingham’s ICC hosts the two-day Police Richard Cooke is elected
Federation annual national conference which WMPF chair. He takes
has the theme of Protecting the Protectors. up the post from Force
Home Secretary Sajid Javid tells delegates he response where he had
wants to ‘re-set the relationship between the seen daily the demand
Government and the police’.
placed upon already
over-stretched resources
as officers struggle to
July cope with everything from
vulnerability to terrorism.

August

The new national chair
West Midlands PCs Lee Jones and PC Richard Meede of PFEW, John Apter,
are among those honoured at a Downing Street who was formerly chair
reception hosted by the police minister after being of Hampshire Police
nominated for the 23rd Police Bravery Awards. Federation, takes up his
post. West Midlands
The Home Secretary’s claims to value police officers Police Federation
when awarding them a pay rise that amounts to only representative Peggy
one per cent are just hollow words, says West Midlands Lamont becomes
Police Federation secretary Steve Grange. national equality lead.

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