No Easy Thing to Address the Burden of the Past
Mark Lindsay, Chair, Police Federation for Northern IrelandThere’s an entire generation in Northern Ireland for whom the ‘Troubles’ were something that happened before they were born. They never woke up to the latest news of appalling terrorist actions or the misery they left in their wake.
It’s …
Australian Police Week 2018
Fiona Wade, Senior Adviser, PFAThe upcoming ICPRA conference will be part of the PFA’s inaugural Police Week in September 2018.
Bookended by the Wall to Wall: Ride for Remembrance and National Police Remembrance Day; the event aims to draw the policing community together to …
Flexible Working Arrangements for Police Officers in Australia and New Zealand
Mark Burgess, CEO, Police Federation of AustraliaIn October 2016, the PFA commissioned a comprehensive survey investigating Flexible Working Arrangements for Police Officers in Australia and New Zealand. The survey was completed by over 11,400 officers 16.5% of all Australian and New Zealand sworn officers. This is …
Garda Representative Association Wellbeing Survey 2018
Garda Representative AssociationThis Report makes for startling reading. Dr Fallon concludes that over a quarter of our membership may be suffering from either Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a variant of this condition and that organisational, structural and working deficiencies may be …
Police Tackle Firearms Data Gap
Chris Cahill, President, New Zealand Police Association
The Police Association and Police National Headquarters (PNHQ) both want to improve the official recording of firearms incidents in New Zealand.
Both the Association and the PNHQ know there are almost daily reports of criminal incidents involving firearms in New …
Dealing With The Past Is Next Big Challenge
Mark Lindsay, Chair, Police Federation for Northern Ireland
Dealing with the past can often impact badly on the here and now, and nowhere else is that more the case than Northern Ireland.
Legacy is a potentially toxic issue. Since the 1998 Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, which was …
Dangerous Spate of Ramming Assaults on Police Cars in New Zealand
Chris Cahill, President, New Zealand Police Association
The Police Association is disturbed at what appears to be a growing trend of offenders deliberately ramming police officers and their cars, after five ramming incidents occurred in the space of a few weeks in early May.
“These incidents seriously …
