Representing police staff across Scotland. Campaigning for a modern, best value, balanced police workforce. #wearepolciestaff #joinUNISON
Joined April 2013
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As revealed by UNISON on 30 March police staff will not receive the bank holiday on 15 June.
The employer's stated reasons are cost, operational impact, and benchmarking showing that some other public bodies have also chosen not to grant it.
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Not every role in policing requires a warrant. UNISON welcomed Police Scotland's new Workforce Planning Forum at today's @SPA People Committee. The founding principle, "right people in right roles at the right time," is an argument our union has made for years. A positive step.
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UNISON at today's @SPA People Committee: officers get 15.8 training days a year, police staff just 3.4. Face-to-face anti-racism training completion stands at 13.3%, the lowest of any essential training. The rhetoric on equality and inclusion doesn't match the operational reality
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Police staff are the budget release valve. Involuntary turnover at a 2-year high, almost entirely from temporary contracts ended on financial grounds. UNISON to today's People Committee: these are our members. The @SPA needs to see who's carrying the cost.
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UNISON at today's People Committee: Police Scotland commits to being anti-racist with zero tolerance on bullying and harassment. But the delivery is framed as learning, not accountability and our anti-racism charter has sat on the JNCC action log for 15 months with no decision
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22% of Police Scotland colleagues agree the organisation listens to them. UNISON to @SPA People Committee today: police staff will judge Your Voice Matters by meaningful change, not communications activity. #PoliceStaff
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Hearing at todays @SPA People Commitee consultation on Vetting Supplier SOP is complete and yet UNISON had no response to our email of 18 Feb giving further policy feedback. It's not unusual behaviour... thanks for your input but no thanks
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A new HMICS review has raised a number of concerns about the current whistleblowing processes available to @PoliceScotland officers and staff.
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Line managers were told to dip sample i think 5 clips per month for each staff member, so aye
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Today's #SPA Board papers mark the completion of the 10,500 camera BWV rollout as a milestone. What's missing? Any acknowledgement that BWV is now also a workplace surveillance tool for police staff with no separate safeguards, no compliance data, no assurance report
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BWV captured for policing purposes can be reviewed for "performance, capability or misconduct proceedings." That's confirmed in writing by Police Scotland. It's can be used as a workplace surveillance regime, and it's not separately governed
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The Chief Constable's #SPABoard report talks of prioritising "the frontline." But the March budget released temporary civilian investigators, vetting staff and production workers to balance the books. Police staff ARE the frontline. Time the language matched the reality.
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Chief Constable's #SPABoard report: 11,000 officers trained in emergency response driving. Significant achievement. None of it possible without the police staff instructors, fleet workshop teams, and training administrators behind the scenes. The whole workforce delivers.
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The Chief Constable's #SPABoard report thanks frontline officers for Response Policing Week. Worth remembering: every 999 call is answered by a police staff member. Every control room dispatch. Every custody handover. The frontline isn't just officers it's staff too.
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Welcome to see Police Scotland's Chief Constable confirm in today's #SPABoard report that on 6 May the External Strategic Engagement Forum brought together SPF, ASPS, Unison and Unite. Police staff at the table on finance and HR matters as it should be.
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#SPABoard Complaints & Conduct Committee report: 10 investigator posts lost over 2 years, rising complaint closure timescales, talks with PIRC about easing the 56-day statutory deadline. Now add the HMICS report on top. The conduct & discipline system needs investment, not cuts.
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#SPABoard today: Police Scotland's annual internal audit verdict is "improvements required" with significant weaknesses across most areas examined. The ARAC Committee was "disappointed." Workforce cuts have consequences. Police staff need investment.
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Forensic Services 'underspend' on staffing won't be available next year because they're now at headcount. Translation: civilian roles have been quietly held vacant to balance the books. That's not a saving, that's hidden pressure on staff. #SPABoard
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Welcome that the SPA Chair confirmed he met UNISON this week. We'd like to see that engagement reflected in the formal Board papers alongside SPF and SCOPSA. Police staff are the largest part of the workforce and deserve equal billing in the written record. #SPABoard
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A new HMICS report has called for @PoliceScotland to review its approach to wellbeing support for any officers and staff involved in conduct and discipline processes.
Link to report below.
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