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23/05/2014
Police Federation Elects New Chairman
Current vice-chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales Steve White has been elected to the post of chairman of the Police Federation, which represents 126,000 rank and file officers.
The 45-year-old's appointment follows an announcement by Home Secretary Theresa May that the federation needed to be changed "from top to bottom" and that she was removing the group's state funding in August. She also said new officers would no longer automatically become members.
This week during the Federation's annual conference in Bournemouth, officers passed a motion calling for reform. It follows the release of an independent review into the 'plebgate' affair that led to the resignation of former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell.
The federation has also been subject to allegations of bullying and intimidation among its leadership.
(CVS/IT)
The 45-year-old's appointment follows an announcement by Home Secretary Theresa May that the federation needed to be changed "from top to bottom" and that she was removing the group's state funding in August. She also said new officers would no longer automatically become members.
This week during the Federation's annual conference in Bournemouth, officers passed a motion calling for reform. It follows the release of an independent review into the 'plebgate' affair that led to the resignation of former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell.
The federation has also been subject to allegations of bullying and intimidation among its leadership.
(CVS/IT)
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