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The Police Staff Week of Celebration and Recognition marks the vital contribution of UNISON members in keeping communities safe

Across UNISON, every branch is working towards an ambitious target: increase membership by 1% over 2023. Having more members isn’t about prestige, it’s about having more strength to fight for better pay, better workplaces and better public services. As a region, we’re making great progress to finish 2023 above 1%, but no-one’s getting complacent in […]

Date

21 November 2023 9:30am–4:00pm

Location

Hybrid: online and at UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

Activists from Eastern region Police and Justice are invited to this training day. It promises to be a fantastic chance to meet other activists and exchange ideas, while covering a variety of important topics. It will take place in London with full hybrid facilities to encourage maximum participation. Agenda 9.30am: Arrival, coffee, registration 10am: Start, […]

Date

13 September 2023 11:00am–1:00pm

Location

Online meeting

The Regional Police & Justice Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Police & Justice workers.

An analysis of police financial forecasts has revealed that police forces in the East of England could face a budget shortfall of over £110 million by 2026, potentially putting public safety at risk, says UNISON today. The data, based on medium-term financial plans submitted by individual police forces to their local police and crime panels, reveals […]

Without more funding to plug these huge budget shortfalls, public confidence in the police will continue to fall. 

Cuts will be a disaster for local communities, says UNISON

Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation

Date

21 March 2023 11:00am–3:00pm

Location

Ranger House, Guildford

The Regional Police & Justice Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Police & Justice workers.

Date

31 May 2023 11:00am–3:00pm

Location

Ranger House, Guildford

The Regional Police & Justice Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Police & Justice workers.

Date

30 November 2023 10:30am–4:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre

The Regional Police & Justice Committee represents members across the regional service group and helps to develop campaigns and inform UNISON policy on behalf of Police & Justice workers.

On 24 July 2002, the Police Reform Act introduced the role of the police community support officer (PCSO). PCSOs work in all forces in England and Wales, but unlike police officers, PCSOs can join a trade union, and nearly 70% of them are UNISON members! Rooted in local areas, PCSOs provide a vital police presence. […]

This year, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) celebrate 20 years of delivering neighbourhood policing. The PCSO role was created by the 2002 Police Reform Act and since that time PCSOs have more than proved their worth. SPECIAL EVENT IN PARLIAMENT UNISON members and PCSOs Nad Ikram from Leicestershire and Tracey Burnett from Lincolnshire were honoured […]

Everyone agrees that the police community support officer is an ‘integral’ and much-loved part of the policing team – and we need more

To mark the 20th anniversary of the police community support officer, three PCSOs describe the pleasures and challenges of being the force’s ‘eyes and ears on the street’