SOUTH Yorkshire Police Officers need to fill in the PFEW\u2019s Demand, Capacity and Welfare survey if they want to effect change, South Yorkshire Police Federation says.<\/p>\n
The annual survey should now be in the inboxes of more than 120,000 rank and file Federation members across England and Wales.<\/p>\n
It expires in mid-November.<\/p>\n
With a focus on asking officers how they have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic it must be high up on their to-do lists, Federation Chairman Steve Kent said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the tool we need and provides the data we need to take to senior managers and to Government to effect change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not criticising managers for this but when I go to them with a problem they always ask me for evidence. They\u2019ll say, \u2018can you show me what this looks like? Can you show me what you\u2019re talking about in terms of figures or accounts from people?\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I don\u2019t, and I\u2019m only getting that word of mouth feedback, it\u2019s tough to push change forward as a cognisant argument.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we\u2019ve got survey results, it\u2019s a really powerful tool to use, especially with some of the stark statistics that we\u2019ve seen from it in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n
To their credit, Steve said, the issues it raises are something South Yorkshire Police take very seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe force is doing its own survey at every rank; our senior command team gets the importance of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be filling in the PFEW survey, and I would urge officers to take the time and do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
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