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š Lauren Smith, Vetting Coāordinator at @Glos_Police, shares what itās really like to work in one of policingās most vital but least visible teams in the latest #GoingEquipped.
š Read more:
college.police.uk/article/woā¦
ALT Spotlight on a role - vetting. Read the article by Lauren Smith, Vetting Co-ordinator. Going equipped
š®āāļø Detective Chief Inspector Ben Lavender speaks with Detective Sergeant Sharon Gillespie, Lead Family Liaison Coordinator (FLO) for @PoliceScotland, about how FLOs are structured, trained and deployed in the latest #GoingEquipped.
š Read the Q&A: college.police.uk/article/brā¦
ALT Q&A: Bridging borders in family liaison Read the interview of DS Sharon Gillespie by DCI Ben Lavender Going equipped
Childātoāparent abuse (CPA) is one of the least understood forms of domestic abuse.
Hannah Ouston, Research Officer at @Glos_OPCC, asks how policing can better recognise, record and respond in #GoingEquipped.
š Full article:
college.police.uk/article/suā¦
ALT Emerging theme... child-to-parent abuse. Read the article by Hannah Ouston, Violence Against Women and Girls Research Officer. Going equipped.
ā Interested in how you become a firearms officer? Learn more about what life is like in this role ā the unique opportunities it offers, the training required and how to deal with the weight of the kit! Read the #GoingEquipped article: college.police.uk/article/diā¦
ALT Life as a... Firearms officer. Read the article by Anonymous. Going equipped.
Great to be with the @WeCops team for our 2nd annual conference. We are delighted to be hosted by @VMO2business Virgin Media O2 Business & looking forward to a brilliant afternoon with lots of lightening talks on all sorts of topics.... just like our chats!
āPeople deliver performanceā
Sounds so basic and simple but you cannot achieve it by rinsing your teams.
Basics of well-being wlbeing discussed at #WeCops conference 2025.
Moving into our plenary panel discussion on well-being in policing, with guests
Sarah-Jayne Bray
Dave Brewster
and our own WeCops team member - Kerri Monaghan
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Question posed āIf we could do one thing to improve Trust and Confidence what would it be?ā
Answer posed āListen better. We are good at listening to respond. We need to listen better to understand.ā
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Trust and confidence.
āSometimes our communities donāt trust us, and likewise sometimes our own employees donāt always trust us - <as an employer>ā
We need to recognise this. Accept it⦠and work to change it.
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