Back-office Policing

Today's quote is again from the House of commons Select Committee Report on Police Reform:

"The Government's definition of 'front-line policing' as including work on case files and report preparation skews the statistics and gives an exaggerated impression of success in returning police officers to street duties. We recommend that the definition of 'front-line policing' should be changed to exclude time spent dealing with paperwork indoors." (2005)

If the definition were not changed to "exclude time spent dealing with paperwork indoors", we could happily say that all police work is front-line policing, satisfy all targets, and all get Special Priority Payments.

'Rise' up the ranks

Today's quote is from the House of Commons Select Committee Fourth report on Police Reform (2005)

"We support the Government's intention to merge the pay and conditions
of police officers and staff. There should be a single police service
pay spine up which individuals will progress according to their skills
and expertise. The office of constable should be retained." ... and pay everyone peanuts.

I agree in principle with paying staff according to skills and ability, but I think that would involve a slight management reshuffle!

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Building Communities, Beating Crime

From the 2004 white paper:

"By 2008 – by cutting bureaucracy, improving science and technological support, and other reforms – we will have freed up the equivalent of 12,000 officers for front-line
duties"

"We are removing unnecessary burdens, scrapping unnecessary forms"

(p. 7)