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23/06/2026

23/06/2026

OFFICERS CONCEALING FLEXIBLE WORKING DURING PROMOTION PROCESSES, REPORT REVEALS

Female officers with flexible working arrangements are actively concealing them during Force promotion processes because they fear it could go against them, a new study has found.

Sergeant Deborah (Deb) Walker conducted research on the barriers to women gaining promotion as part of a post-graduate master’s degree in management and leadership at Coventry University.

She has now published her findings and put forward nine recommendations to the Force in response to the results of the study, some of which involve immediate procedural reform while others relate to longer-term cultural change.

READ MORE HERE:
https://polfed.org/westmids/news-and-events/news/2026/officers-concealing-flexible-working-during-promotion-processes-report-reveals/

23/06/2026

Interesting research here on barriers to progression of female leaders in policing. I published a series of blogs previously on women in police leadership including barriers. Here’s link to 1st blog which aspiring leaders may find insightful & supportive.

https://policepromotion.blog/2021/11/28/women-in-police-leadership-part-1-challenges-and-barriers/?amp=1

OFFICERS CONCEALING FLEXIBLE WORKING DURING PROMOTION PROCESSES, REPORT REVEALS

Female officers with flexible working arrangements are actively concealing them during Force promotion processes because they fear it could go against them, a new study has found.

Sergeant Deborah (Deb) Walker conducted research on the barriers to women gaining promotion as part of a post-graduate master’s degree in management and leadership at Coventry University.

She has now published her findings and put forward nine recommendations to the Force in response to the results of the study, some of which involve immediate procedural reform while others relate to longer-term cultural change.

READ MORE HERE:
https://polfed.org/westmids/news-and-events/news/2026/officers-concealing-flexible-working-during-promotion-processes-report-reveals/

22/06/2026

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21/06/2026

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 🗣️ | Have We Lost The Plot On Frontline Policing?

Every single day, we send our police officers to deal with people who have absolutely no rules.

Violent criminals don't care about policies. They don't care about procedures. They don't care whether an officer goes home with a broken jaw, a stab wound, or worse.

Yet increasingly, it feels like the people we're asking to deal with that violence are being tied up in more rules, more scrutiny, and more uncertainty than ever before.

Officers are taught that if a violent confrontation becomes unavoidable, they must act decisively and use whatever force is reasonable, necessary and proportionate to protect themselves or others.

The problem is that many now feel they're only one nasty fight away from an investigation, a misconduct hearing, or the end of their career.

When an officer is wrestling with a violent suspect in the street, there isn't time to consult a policy document. There isn't time to consider how a thirty-second clip might look on social media. There isn't time to think about what a panel might conclude two years later.

There is only one question that matters:

"Am I going home tonight?"

The reality is that society needs people willing to do this job. We need people willing to run towards danger when everyone else is running away from it.

But if we expect officers to put themselves in harm's way, we also need absolute clarity about what they're allowed to do, when they're allowed to do it, and the confidence that if they act lawfully and in good faith, they will be backed accordingly.

Because if every officer starts wondering whether surviving a violent encounter could cost them their livelihood, eventually people will stop volunteering to have those encounters in the first place.

• Have we become too risk-averse when it comes to frontline policing?
• Is fear of misconduct making officers hesitate when they need to act?
• Are we asking officers to face violent criminals with one hand tied behind their back?
• Have Police Chiefs and policymakers lost touch with frontline reality?
• How do we balance accountability with giving officers the confidence to do the job?

Let us know what you think in the comments below 👇

14/06/2026

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14/06/2026

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Jamie

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12/06/2026

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