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  • A fair way to promotion?

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    I was overjoyed when I was informed that I had been successful at the paper sift stage of the promotion process. I spent hours and hours on my application and so was glad that my investment had paid off. I attended my interview and gave it my best. The result wasn’t what I had hoped…

  • Personal resilience: A key strength offered by disabled people in policing

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    What will the police work force have to worry about in the future? Has Boris Johnson become the Home Secretary? Has Tom Winsor been commissioned to give his insights into policing again? Will our pay ever rise by more than 1%? One question that is almost certain for many: “How will I manage to hold…

  • What CAN you do? Changing police culture

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    By Jamie Mills DPA General Secretary For the past three years the DPA have been working hard to change hearts and minds to change the culture in policing for disabled officers and staff to a culture that first considers what disabled officers and staff can do rather than what they can’t do. This ethos must also…