Showing posts with label UK police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK police. Show all posts

Thursday, July 22, 2021

We Have No Confidence in Priti Patel, Says Police Federation

THE GUARDIAN: Police officers in England and Wales furious at pay freeze after months on frontline of Covid crisis

Rank-and-file police officers have overwhelmingly supported a vote of no confidence in the home secretary, Priti Patel, the first such move in more than a decade.

In a scathing announcement, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), which represents 130,000 officers, said Patel and the government “could not be trusted” and warned “warm words were not enough”.

The move comes after Wednesday’s confirmation that officers earning £24,000 or more would be hit by a pay freeze in 2021-22. » | Jamie Grierson, Home affairs correspondent | Thursday, July 22, 2021

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Rukshana Begum, One of the First Behijabbed Police Officers: Met in the Process of Introducing the Hijab as a Standard Uniform Option!

With thanks to Robert Spencer. I saw this story first on his website.
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Photo of a behijabbed Met Police officer courtesy of Google Images (UK)

CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS: RUKSHANA Begum is, without question, one of a kind. This week, the 23-year-old will become the first police officer ever to wear the Muslim hijab, or headscarf, on duty in Cambridgeshire. And she can't wait. Muslim officer is first on the beat donning hijab (more)

Mark Alexander