Annual Conference Motions 2008
Members will already be aware of the outcome of the Northern Motions presented to Annual Conference 2008. Please find below the result of the rest.
Right to Strike
…to pursue a change in regulations and the law so that all federated ranks of police officers have the right to take 'industrial action' including the 'right to strike'. (Strathclyde JBB)
This motion was defeated.
Right to Industrial Action
…to pursue a change in legislation to allow Police Officers the right to take industrial action which is currently unlawful (Central JBB)
This motion was carried.
Death Benefit
…to increase the death grant from £2500 to £3000. (Grampian JBB)
This motion was carried
Missing Persons
…to write to HMCIC requesting a thematic inspection of police procedures applied during missing person enquiries. (Tayside JBB)
This motion was carried.
Sick Pay
…to seek amendment to annex K (of the Police Scotland Regulations 2004) to ensure that officers injured on duty and thereafter on sick leave are never placed onto half pay and then no pay. (Grampian JBB)
This motion was carried.
Expenses
…to seek amendment to annex V (of the Police Scotland Regulations 2004) to ensure that parity is provided in terms of expenses for all forms of travel and that there is an equality in provision for all ranks in the police service not just those of superintendent ranks and above. (Grampian JBB)
This motion was carried.
Conduct Chair
…to seek the appropriate legislative/regulatory change to ensure that in Misconduct Hearings that the Chair of the Hearing cannot be a serving Police Officer from the subject Officers home force. (Grampian JBB)
This motion was carried.
Young Offenders
...to seek a review of the Children and Young Person legislation, so that young people over the age of sixteen years but under the age of eighteen years, who are subject to a Supervision Order, are treated no differently to young people of that age in terms of arrest and detention. (Central JBB)
This motion was carried.
Alcohol & Drug Misuse
...discusses the impact on operational policing of alcohol and drug misuse within society and give direction to the Joint Central Committee to progress their views. (Strathclyde JBB)
This motion was discussed.
Police Community Support Officers
…to resist the introduction of Police Community Support Officers in an operational role. (Strathclyde JBB)
This motion was carried.
Scottish Police Services Authority
…to discuss the merits of the Scottish Police Services Authority and their apparent lack of accountability. Thereafter that we convey a strong message to the Scottish Government that we are opposed to a single Scottish force. (Strathclyde JBB)
This motion was carried.
Location of Annual Conference
An additional motion on the location of annual conference was presented by Grampian JBB and was supported by Annual Conference.
