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Well done to all of ouramazing BAWP awardwinners! The accounts of suchoutstanding contributions topolicing by some trulyinspirational women are themain focus of this edition.Also find out which of ouraward winners will also behonoured with IAWP awards. Congratulations toall of you. Full details and photographs of theawards evening are on pages 8-13.

We must also thank Tracey Moynihan for all of herefforts and commitment to the national co-ordinator role as she steps down and returns to theMet and welcome Parwinder Dale to the role fromAugust. See page 5 for full details. Liz Owsley,Tracey's predecessor has also been keeping busysince her retirement and has been helping childrenin Ecuador. Find out more and along with an updatefrom Julie Spence on page 15.

There are lots of interesting news articles over thenext few pages from officers up and down the UKand if you are about to retire see what Police intoPrivate Sector can do to help you on page 2.

Don't miss our president’s update, also on page 2,outlining how we intend to move BAWP forward inthe ever challenging working environment we are

facing. But rest assured yourcommittee are as committed asever to supporting the continuedprogression of women across thepolice service.

As always please let us haveyour news and story ideas. Nickyor I would be more than happyto receive them by email andyou may feature in the nextedition.

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FROM THE EDITOR

From the President’s Desk Cressida discusses the changes to BAWP 2

Officer gives her dad the ultimate gift 3

Café conservations are popular in Kent 4

New national co-ordinator for BAWP 5

Staffordshire Police develops staff and colleagues 6

Public sector cuts affecting more women 7

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BAWP Awards Ceremony 2011Grapevine looks at thewinners of this year’scoveted awards forbravery, excellence inperformance,leadership, police staffachievement,mentoring and community service. We find outwho was declared officer of year, who got specialrecognition from the judges and who was giventhe BAWP president’s award.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Director ofFinance Niki Howard shares her collaborationexperience.

Personal development Diane Lowe urgesreaders to work smarternot harder.

PeopleFind out what ex national co-ordinator LizOwsley and ex president Julie Spence have beenup to since they left the association.

Membership details 16

Assistant Editor:Nicky Phillipson

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Cover Story

Cover photograph and images on pages 8-13 courtesy of Lindsay Wilson

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Yet again a busy few months forBAWP members and I would liketo put on record my gratitude forall of the hard work associatedwith our awards dinner in June inLeicester. My congratulations goto all of the worthy winners.

Current times are proving testing forus all with reduced funding severelyrestricting the way in which BAWP willbe able to operate in the future. At theJune committee meeting we discussedthe way forward. All of us in policinghave had to learn over recent years how

to do more for less in challenging times.We have already taken the decision to

reduce the number of professionaldevelopment days due to difficulties insupport from forces regarding abstractionsand funding attendance. Some of the otherareas we intend to look at are improvingmembership in order to increase revenue

and condensing the number of issues ofGrapevine in the future, with the nextedition combining as an Autumn/Winterissue at the end of the year.

We will be looking at the current three-year plan as well as conducting athorough review of our spending in orderto improve efficiency. We cannot continueas we are and need therefore to think ofinnovative ways of working in the futureand generating income. We have talentedmembers who are committed toimproving the role of females in thepolice service. I would urge you all tosupport BAWP and would personallywelcome your views and ideas.

I would finally like to take thisopportunity to say thank you andgoodbye to two BAWP stalwarts: firstlyJackie Jones our communications lead andsecondly to Tracey Moynihan who stepsdown from her role as national co-ordinator. I wish her successor ParwinderDale well as she takes over the reins. 9


From the President’s Desk

A WEBSITE which offers supportand assistance to officers retiringfrom the police service has beenlaunched.

Police into Private Sector was set up by agroup of ex-officers, and soon to be ex-officers, in direct response to changes in thecurrent job market and feedback fromserving colleagues who still believe sendingtheir CV out indiscriminately will land thema job outside the service.

The site offers several levels ofmembership with a degree of supportaligned to it. Officers can sign up to thebasic, free ‘blue’ service, and still have accessto a monthly newsletter, hints and tips tohelp their job hunt and discounts onwebinars and learning DVDs.

The middle ground membership, whichincurs a cost, will give access to tools tocomplete a CV and a thirty-minute chatwith a member of the team. Or for thosesetting up a business there is a monthlysupport membership to guide you through.The top diamond service includes

everything at the other levels along withbespoke support from the whole teambehind the website. They will organisenetworking opportunities and really coachyou into a new role.

Communications Director, AngelaHackett, is one of the team behind the newsite and left the service herself more than adecade ago. “I felt I had walked the walk,made the mistakes and learnt from them.But I wished I had known a service thatcould have supported me when I made thetransition.”

Angela, fellow Director Larry Watson, PaulBrooker, who is currently in Afghanistan andAdrian Young, who will soon leave BritishTransport Police, have spent many monthsbuilding the portal. “We think it is a greatservice and we are getting good feedback inthese early days,” says Angela, “but we reallywant to get the word out there so that wesupport as many people as possible.” 9

Website to help those leaving policing

I felt I had walked thewalk, made the mistakesand learnt from them.But wished I had known aservice that could havesupported me when Imade the transition

For more information visitwww.PoliceintoPrivateSector.co.uk

I would urge you all to

support BAWP and would

personally welcome your

views and ideas


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INBRIEF

A BRITISH Transport Police officeris back on duty after havingdonated a kidney to her father.

Debbie McNicol (25) from Renfrew, nearGlasgow was given the news last year thatdad, Calum desperately needed the life-enhancing living transplant.

Five years ago Calum (54) became unwelland was diagnosed with kidney failure.Despite dialysis three times a week atInverclyde Royal Hospital, and a cocktail ofdrugs – his condition continued todeteriorate.

Debbie said: “To be perfectly honest Inagged my dad for years to allow me to gettested to see if we were a match. He refusedsaying that he didn’t want to risk my ownfuture health.”

Eventually, Calum realised that the onlyoption left was to give in and acceptDebbie’s offer, and father and daughterunderwent a lengthy series of tests to ensure

the transplant was a possibility.On September 29 last year the successful

operation took place at the WesternInfirmary. Debbie’s dad was quickly back atwork in the estates department atRavenscraig Hospital.

Debbie’s recovery was a bit slower as sheopted for an open, rather than keyholesurgery, but she says she is now lookingforward to getting back to a routine. “I was aresponse officer going to calls in theGlasgow area before my operation, andthere is nothing to stop me doing the samerole when I’m fully recovered, which shouldbe by the summer," she said.

“People have asked me how I could dothis. I never gave it a second thought and itjust felt like the right thing to do. Researchhas shown that you can carry on a full lifewith only one of your kidneys. So I wouldrather have my dad than two kidneys.” Sheadded. 9

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Officer donates kidney to dad Equal pay test claim wonA PART-time female inspector has won aclaim for equal pay against theMetropolitan Police Service because shewasn’t paid for the hours she worked inaddition to her contracted hours.

Full-time officers are paid for 40 hoursa week, but do not get overtime for anyextra hours they work.

Inspector Claire Clark’s case was takenon behalf of the part-time inspector bythe Police Federation.

The court heard that Inspector Clarkoften worked more than her 32 hours aweek; however if she and a full-timeinspector both worked the same numberof hours in excess of 32 hours the full-time officer would get a higher hourlyrate.

The court identified this was sexdiscrimination as the overwhelmingmajority (96 per cent) of part-timeinspectors were women, whilst theoverwhelming majority (86 per cent) offull-time inspectors were men. The courtalso said that it was contrary to PoliceRegulations which govern the paymentof full and part-time officers.

Slavery still a problem in BritainA MAJOR inquiry has been launched to establish the real scale of humantrafficking and slavery in Britain.

The Centre for Social Justice is carrying out a 15-month investigation into the issue. It isexpected to put forward a series of recommendations on how the UK could embrace amore effective strategy to tackle modern slavery.

Between April 2009 and March last year, 706 potential victims of slavery were formallyidentified in the UK. Up to 18,000 women and children are also believed to have beentrafficked into the UK and forced to work as prostitutes.

Gavin Poole, executive director of the CSJ, said: “Many people think slavery was abolishedon the high seas by the Royal Navy 200 years ago. It wasn’t. It is just as much of a problemtoday.” 9

Health still top ofagenda in the city WOMEN working for City of LondonPolice have been given the chance to bescreened for osteoporosis as part of adrive to improve staff health and fitness. The Women’s Network organised for acompany to run 40 screening sessionsover two days and even part-fundedeach screening leaving only a £10 chargeper person.

Network Chair Superintendent LorraineCussen said: “We ran out of spaceswithin a day of advertising, so it seemsquite popular.”

With health on the agenda the forcere-booked Professor Peter Simkins fromWellbeing for Women to speak aboutgynaecological issues.

Plans are also in train for next year’sInternational Women’s Day to raisemoney for Refuge and White Ribbon Dayon November 25.


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BEING able to adapt to an ever-changing policing landscape is vitalfor support networks to remaineffective. Change, which is comingthick and fast, affects people indifferent ways which is why theKent Network of Women chose torun ‘The Change Challenge’ as partof its professional developmentday in March.

How to cope, what to expect and how tosurvive were key themes at the event, whichthe network dub Café Conversationsbecause of the room’s layout and theinformal discussion style. Delegates weregiven ideas and tools to deal with change,offered alternative ways of thinking andexplored the importance of examining theirability to deal with the unexpected to gaincontrol and autonomy.

Part of the workshop involved aninteractive game where delegates changedan aspect of their physical appearance, suchas tying their hair up if it was usually down,or moving their watch to a different hand,to see the affect it had. Most people

changed things back within minutes,demonstrating how easy it is to slip backinto old ways without giving new ones achance.

Executive member, Maria Porter, said thelessons learnt in the session could easilyapply to any type of change, personal orprofessional not just the structural changes

facing the police service and the threat ofredundancy for police staff. “It’s not justwhat you do but the way that you do itthat can make all the difference longer-term,” added Maria, “the situation officersand staff are facing is not going to go away.It’s about how you deal with it thatmatters.”

The Kent Network of Women hasincreased its membership to 550 from 28, inthe past two years. People join for manydifferent reasons, from having a desire toextend their professional contacts tolooking for support in how to deal withchallenging workplace situations.

The Café Conversations and themed day-long events have been particularly popularwith members. The network also puts onsocial events, conferences and drop-insessions; and provides individual help andsupport.

“We need to get the right balance”, saysBev Ashton, deputy chair and programmemanager for corporate change. “There aredifficult times ahead and we need to makesure we provide a range of ways to supportas many women as we can.”

KNOW chair Superintendent AlisonRoden, said: “Personal resilience andfocusing on how individuals can learn fromothers is fundamental to all the sessions wehold. The feedback we get is fantastic, withevents oversubscribed, which shows there isa real need for this type of work within theservice.” 9

Changing times – rising to the challenge

About the Kent Network of Women:Aims:5 Equip women to maximise their personal development. 5 Enable women to excel in whatever they do. 5 Support women in developing their confidence. 5 Empower women to be the best they can. 5 Support women through times of change.

Superintendent Alison Roden

NEW research on the work andfamily lives of fathers has shownthat being able to work flexibly hasa positive affect on wellbeing.

The working for fathers research – fundedby The Big Lottery and undertaken byWorking Families and Lancaster UniversityManagement School – involved more thana thousand fathers in two largeorganisations in the private and publicsectors. The findings include:5 Fathers working flexibly in the private

sector have better physical andpsychological health, are less stressed andmore committed to their employer

5 Fathers working flexibly in the public

sector are less troubled by their work-lifebalance and sense of overload but –probably due to current stresses and jobinsecurity in the sector – are less likely toreport higher levels of wellbeing andcommitment

5 Fathers whose partners work full-timereport significantly higher levels ofwellbeing and sense of purpose

5 Fathers who claim to do most of the

housework are happier with their work-life balance

5 Fathers on a low income feel less stressedif they are able to work flexibly.

Lead researcher from Lancaster University,Dr Caroline Gatrell, said: “Our results showthat fathers who work flexibly have betterhealth, better relationships with colleaguesand feel more in control of their work-lifebalance, especially if they are on lowincomes.” 9

FLEXIBLE WORKING IS BETTER FOR FATHERS

Find out more by visitingwww.workingfamilies.org.uk


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HELLO TO PARWINDER –AU REVOIR TO TRACEY

Uniform still highon the agendaTHE issue of police trousers has beenfirmly on BAWP national co-ordinatorTracey Moynihan’s mind, especially asshe will soon be back in uniform.

Tracey has been helping theCollaborative Police ProcurementProgramme at the National PolicingImprovement Agency gather views onpolice trousers.

“The group are working towardshaving a bank of suppliers of policetrousers which are fit for purpose,”says Tracey, “we used the extensivecontacts we have through BAWP tohelp them find out what femalepolice officers and uniformed staffthink of the trousers they are issuedwith.”

Female chief forNorthumbria Police SUE Sim has become the first femalechief constable to lead NorthumbriaPolice.

Sue, who had been in the role on atemporary basis since Mike Craik’sretirement in 2010, was officiallyappointed in April.

Sue is the ACPO lead for PublicOrder and Public Safety. She wasawarded the Queen’s Police Medal inthe 2010 New Year Honours List.

INBRIEF

BAWP has appointed its first policestaff member to the full-time roleof national co-ordinator. ParwinderDale from the Metropolitan PoliceService will start her new job inAugust, replacing Inspector TraceyMoynihan who returns to the Metafter her two-year secondment.

But it is not a total farewell to Tracey – justau revoir – as she will pass on her vastexperience and knowledge with BAWP whenshe stays on as an active committee member.

Parwinder brings to BAWP a wealth ofexperience in people management anddiversity having spent the past six years in theMet’s human resources department.

After gaining a degree in politics and socialpolicy from Brunel University Parwinderworked for The Office of the Deputy PrimeMinister and then the UK Trade andInvestment organisation. Six years ago shedecided a change was on the cards and tooka temporary job in the Met in humanresources. After two years Parwinder waspromoted to a human resources officer whereshe managed a team of six staff handlingabsence and sickness leave for more than1,000 police officers and police staff.

“I applied for the BAWP role as I thoughtmy HR background was a good base for thisjob,” said Parwinder. “I want to work forBAWP because it is an organisation that isinclusive to all women and hasrepresentatives from many different forces, soby coming together collectively, they have a

stronger voice to raise awareness of the issuesthey face in the police service every day. I’mreally looking forward to the challenge.”

Outgoing national co-ordinator Tracey said:“I’ve learnt so many things in the past twoyears and been inspired by so manysuccessful women – including Julie Spence,Cressida Dick and Ellie Bird.

“I’ve had the privilege of attendinginfluential meetings to ensure women’s issuesare firmly on the agenda. I’ve been involved inso many things including assisting someforces to look at their policies and workingpractices around supporting older women inthe service who are going through themenopause. I was an active member of theWomen In Policing workshops run by theHome Office which led to the ‘Assessment of Women in the Police Service’ beingpublished.

“I’ve run several gender workshops for theNPIA for senior officers and police staff. Onesuch workshop resulted in my recent trip toGuernsey to work with their inspector, ToniRead. We held two workshops for womenofficers in Guernsey, as a result policies arebeing updated and a recommendation paperis being written to ensure women inGuernsey are valued and supported.

“I’d like to thank everyone for theirassistance and support over this time. The lastthing I’ll leave you with is – don’t ever underestimate the power of good networking. I’velearnt how valuable and useful this can be,professionally and personally,” added Tracey. 9

By Jackie Jones

Tracey (right) handsover to Parwinderin August

Sue is pictured with Councillor MickHenry, chair of Northumbria PoliceAuthority


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MORE than 170 people from Staffordshire Police, localpartnerships, businesses and other forces went along toStaffordshire’s Association for Women in Policing’sprofessional development day.

The day called ‘Meet the Challenge – the solution is you’ pushed themessage that mental attitude and inner gremlins are all that are stoppingpeople from achieving what they really want.

Speaker included: Nancie Shackleton, assistant director of LincolnshireCounty Council, Kelly Alleyne from the Child Exploitation and OnlineProtection Centre, Clare Barnett, Richard McCan, the ‘I can’ man, and TalanSkells-Piggins. Talan, who was left paralysed from the waist down after amotorcycle accident in 2003, talked about his fight to reach the 2010winter Paralympics to represent Great Britain. 9

Make time to banishyour inner gremlins

Fun to raise moneyfor worthy causeSOUTH Yorkshire Police’swomen’s network raised£1,600 at a charity dinner tocelebrate the 100thInternational Women’s Day.

Nearly one hundred female policeofficers and staff attended the dinnerwhich celebrated women’sachievements in the force.

The money, which was raised through a raffle, wasdonated to the Jane Tomlinson cancer charity ‘Jane’sAppeal’. Jane’s husband Mike accepted the money on the night.

Chair of the Women’s Network, Claire Sykes, said: “It wasa fantastic event with entertainment from Kate Rodgers, aleadership and life coach comedienne. We hope to repeat itnext year.” 9

Honour abuse roadshowgoes to Scotland A CHARITY which helps victims of ‘honour’ abusesuch as forced marriage is trying to raiseawareness of the issue in Scotland.

Karma Nirvana has taken a series of roadshows to thecountry for the first time after research revealed, out of5,000 helpline calls from victims, only 29 people called fromScotland.

The charity believes those making contact are a tinyproportion of the numbers of men and women in need ofassistance.

Karma Nirvana’s co-founder Jasvinder Sanghera said thereis a real need to raise awareness of the problems, not just inAsian and other minority communities but also among thegeneral Scottish population.

“It is not a cultural problem, it is abuse,” she says, “thesooner people start to regard forced marriage in the sameway they do domestic violence the better it will be for thoseaffected by it.”

The tour, which takes in 14 venues across the UK, is takingthree months – during which time it is estimated anotherthree victims will die. The first, which was hosted byGrampian Police, gave professionals from the police,domestic violence teams, child protection bodies, healthworkers, schools, social workers and charities a whistle-stoptour of the issues, the law, and what they can do to savelives. The tour also featured a testimony of a courageousgroup of survivors, volunteers who talk of their experiences. 9

SpeakerNancieShackleton

Delegatesat theevent

Karma Nirvana’s Honour Network Helpline can be contacted on 0800 5 999 247, or visit their website at www.karmanirvana.org.uk.



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HARD won gains for women’sequality are in danger of unravellingas a result of the combined impactof public spending cuts according toa new report.

Unravelling Equality: a human rights andequality impact assessment on the spendingcuts on women in Coventry, publishedjointly by the Centre for Human Rights inPractice at the University of Warwick andCoventry Women’s Voices, highlights theimpact of a range of public spending cuts onwomen.

The report uses Coventry as a case study,but has findings relevant to the wholecountry. It concluded that the spending cutswill increase inequality between women andmen and may seriously damage the humanrights of some women.

It claims job cuts and public sector payfreezes will disproportionately impact onwomen and risk widening the pay gap, whilechanges to benefits and tax credits will pushsome women out of the labour market andinto poverty. Cuts to adult social care willincrease the burden on unpaid carers(mainly women) and services for women

facing violence are under threat afterfunding is withdrawn.

Report co-author, Dr James Harrison ofthe University of Warwick’s Centre forHuman Rights in Practice, said: “Publicauthorities both nationally and locally havelegal obligations under the Equality Act andthe Human Rights Act to promote equalityand protect human rights. They need to take

these obligations very seriously whenmaking decisions about budget cuts.”

BAWP vice-president ChiefSuperintendent Ellie Bird says women mayalso be disproportionally affected by

changes in policing. “It is easy to assumecuts will have a similar impact on everyonewho occupies the same role or rank in thepolice service, which isn’t true. There canoften be a greater impact on female officersand staff because of their representationwithin the service. Pay enhancements forthose working particular hours may affectthose on flexible working or compressedhours with caring responsibilities. Themajority of roles within the lower grades ofthe organisation are occupied by womenand therefore potentially more vulnerable toredundancy,” said Ellie.

She added: “BAWP is already raising theseissues at a national level and will be ensuringthey remain on the agenda. I would urgeofficers and staff to get involved with theconsultation process for the second part ofWinsor Review – it’s a chance to getinvolved and get your views heard.”

She added: “For those facing the risk ofredundancy I would encourage them to taketime to prepare a comprehensive record oftheir skills, abilities and experience to ensurethat they are best placed to go through skillsmatching processes.” 9

SPENDING CUTS HIT WOMEN HARDER

The majority of roles

within the lower grades of

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redundancy

FEMALE police officers are pavingthe way at Merseyside PoliceAcademy taking on jobstraditionally held by men.

Andrea Sergison became the drivingschool’s first female sergeant when shejoined in March and nowmanages a team of twentymale driving instructors.

She says when she joinedthe force there were very fewwomen so being the onlyfemale is something she hasexperienced before. “Comingto the driving school was acomplete change of directionin my career, but it has givenme a new lease of life. Thelearning curve is extremelysteep and challenging, but theteam has been very supportive,”said Andrea, who is hoping her position asthe only woman in the team will soonchange. Anne-Marie Cengiz, who is a

member of support staff, has passed herinterview to become a driving instructorand is now in the middle of her training.Anne-Marie admits the course is the“toughest” but “most enjoyable” courseshe has been on and hopes to become the

first female support staff drivinginstructor in Merseyside Police.

In the force operations faculty PC

Beverley Hughes became the only womanout of 14 public order instructors when shejoined the team in December 2010. Shesaid: “It’s a very physical and challengingrole, but thoroughly enjoyable. I have alsobeen welcomed by the female students

who feel I can empathise withtheir individual needs andadapt techniques to suitthem.”

Each of these appointmentshas been made wholly onmerit says the Head ofMerseyside Police Academy,T/Superintendent Claire

Richards. She said: “Theseroles have traditionally

been undertaken bymen yet it is clear

from the women wehave recently

appointed that womenhave just as many skills and

abilities to offer police training.” 9

Merseyside women take on key training roles

From left to right: PC Beverley Hughes,T/Superintendent Claire Richards, Sgt AndreaSergison and Anne-Marie Cengiz


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AWARDS CEREMONYCELEBRATES ‘BEST OF BEST’

SERGEANT Khizra Bano Dhindsa isdescribed as a ‘multi-talented’officer whose work on theMatchbox Estate in Birminghamhas earned her national recognitionfrom the Home Office, and aninvitation to help themformulate their anti-socialbehaviour policies.

Khizra and her team’s workidentifying the problems andtacking them head on led to a 40 per cent reduction in crime on the estate, which wasrenowned for itslevels of crime anddisorder.

Khizra alsorecognisedyoungsters needed

a viable alternative to divert them awayfrom crime so created a Shard End‘Youth4Em’ which continues to go fromstrength to strength and gives teenagers aconstructive voice in their community.

Khizra is a role model for Muslimyoungsters and officers. She is a member ofthe Muslim Women’s UK Network andhelped set their 2011 objectives includingthe difficult area of honour-based violence.

TOP AWARD TO WEST MIDLANDS OFFICEROfficer of the Year sponsored by Police Mutual Assurance Society


Superintendent DebbieTedds from WarwickshirePolice and Constable Emma Mitchell from theMetropolitan Police Servicewere highly commended

FOURTEEN police officers and onePCSO from across 13 forces receivedcoveted trophies at BAWP’s fifthannual awards ceremony held in Juneat the Leicester Marriott hotel. Six officers and one staff memberreceived highly commendedcertificates and a special recognitionaward went to a university lecturerfor mentoring.

The awards were presented by BAWPpresident, Assistant Commissioner CressidaDick who described the ceremony “as a nightto celebrate the best of the best.” She said:“There are some fantastic people out there. Wemust stop and reflect on how wonderful Britishpolicing is and what wonderful women wehave in British policing.”

The evening, held in association with Jane’sPolice Review, was organised by BAWPsecretary Carolyn Williamson and committeemember Julia Jaeger.

By Jackie Jones

The award winners

Award sponsor GaryHowell of PMAS ispictured with KhizraBano Dhindsa andBAWP presidentCressida Dick


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Constables Catherine Morgan, Katie Peplowand Diana Shaw, West Midlands Police

On January 12, 2010 there was an armed robbery at theUAE Exchange in Handsworth, Birmingham. The five maleoffenders had tied up three grave diggers, stolen theirmechanical digger and driven it through the window ofthe building. The gang had then threatened staff andescaped with £21,000.

Catherine, Katie and Diana were together on routinepatrol in the area when they heard of a robbery inprogress over the radio. They soon spotted the five menand as Diana stopped the police vehicle one of the gangpointed his gun directly towards her. At the same time,Katie got out and approached the men. One of therobbers pointed a sawn-off shotgun to her head but Katiequickly used her arm to deflect it before the five offendersran off. The three officers, without hesitation, chased afterthem and gave directions to other officers via their radios.A large part of the stolen money and one of the firearmswere recovered immediately. All five offenders were laterarrested – two have already been jailed.

The trio are also set to be awarded the Medal of Valourby the International Association of Women Police for their bravery.

The West Midlands winners: from left, Diana Shaw, Catherine Morgan, Katie Peplow,West Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims, Khizra Bano Dhindsa and Cate Webb-Jones

Jenni Jones, University of Wolverhampton

Jenni was presented with the special recognition trophy for herwork with the West Midlands Association of Women in Policingin setting up a gender-based positive action mentoringscheme. Jenni was able to set up the scheme without any costimplications and used her own resources. She committedseveral days a week from her already busy schedule toensuring its success, even producing a mentor’s handbook andmore than 100 slides for presentations.

The first students she trained described Jenni as ‘pitching thecourse perfectly’, ‘very knowledgeable and approachable’ and a‘great trainer, a true inspiration’.

Jenni not only helped the mentors to develop their ownpersonal development plans, but also advised on how theyshould be matched to their mentees. Six months in the projectis already being seen as very successful. Jenni is always on handto give advice, encouragement and guidance.

Bravery sponsored by Mitre Blue Light

Pictured from left: Award sponsor Michael Cullen, Jenni Jones andBAWP president Cressida Dick

Detective Constable AngelaScott from Metropolitan PoliceService was highly commended

BAWP committee member and award winner Gill Donnell soldraffle tickets at the dinner which raised £450 for Stop TheTraffik – a growing, global movement of individuals,communities and organisations fighting to prevent the sale ofpeople, protect the trafficked and prosecute the traffickers.

LECTURER WINS SPECIAL PRIZE

Special Recognition sponsored by Cooneen Watts and Stone


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T/Detective ChiefInspector LynneVernon, GreaterManchester Police

Lynne is described as ‘aone in a million,exceptional and wellrespected across theforce’. She joined GMPin 1984 and was notedas a ‘good all-rounder’and ‘worth watching’by her then chiefconstable.

Lynne’s career has been one of consistentexceptional performance and she is anexcellent leader of people.

Lynne’s previous line manager said: “Thisis the first time I have ever rated anybodyso highly in every area. Her staff want towork for her, she is well respected across the

force and very muchsought after. I have beeninspired myself. Herdedication, experience,professionalism andpersonality make her a fineexample for people tofollow.”

During her career Lynnehas reorganised her CIDteam to make them moreeffective, developed andinspired staff by rotation,courses and tutoring,managed serious welfare

cases and dealt with major crimeinvestigations throughout.

Leadership sponsored by the Police Healthcare Scheme

PCSO Tracy Threadgold-O’Sullivan,Greater Manchester Police

Tracy is described by her chiefsuperintendent as ‘consistently exceptionalevery day’ and she shines in her unwaveringcommitment to the community she supports.

Tracy initiallyworked in the frauddepartment until

BAWP ANNUAL AWARDS

CommunityService sponsored by PoliceOracle

Sergeant Deb Leonard, South Yorkshire Police

Deb has 27 years’ service with SouthYorkshire Police. In the two years she hasbeen community engagement officershe has built respect and confidenceacross communities in Sheffield –particularly those that have historicallybeen ‘hard to reach’, for examplemembers of the Somali, Yemeni and Shiacommunities.

She has made a major contribution todriving forward ‘Prevent’ in Sheffield,which can often be a difficult andsensitive field of work.

Deb has the thematic lead on theteam for women’s groups and wasspecially chosen for this role becauseof her personal skills. She continuallyreaches women who previously didn’tengage with the police using innovativemethods and, through this, ensures theirvoices are heard.

the role of PCSO was introduced and sheopted for a career change. Her inspector wasimmediately impressed with her positiveapproach and her desire to always give hervery best. She is the longest serving PCSO atGorton and has been instrumental in theteam achieving Exemplar status – nationalrecognition for being one of the UK’s bestNeighbourhood Policing teams.

Tracy is fabulous with victims of crime andco-ordinates the burglary revisits where shegives a premium service of reassurance,advice and support.

Tracy has a prosthetic arm but hasremained undeterred in her desire to proveher ability to be an effective PCSO.Throughout all these difficulties Tracy isfaultless in her commitment to deliver aquality service to the residents and she is a‘true inspiration to her colleagues and amarvellous ambassador for the police servicegenerally’.

Police Staff Achievement

Viv Galloway fromLeicestershire Constabularywas highly commended

Lynne Vernon

Inspector Cate Webb-Jones,West Midlands Police, washighly commended

Tracy Threadgold-O’Sullivan

Deb Leonard

Inspector Andrea Bradbury,Lancashire Constabulary,was highly commended



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Inspector Nicky Flower, South Wales Police

Nicky has 22 years’ service with SouthWales Police and is currently a sectorinspector in Cardiff. She was described atthe awards ceremony as ‘inspirational’ formentoring and encouraging women toreach their full potential.

Nicky took over as chair of the SouthWales Police Female Police Association(FPA) at a time when the outgoingexecutive members were in the process ofwinding it up. She formed a working groupand re-energised and then re-launched theassociation with a new vision – ‘Be Inspired’.

In fulfilling this vision statement Nickyrealised there was a need for good mentorsand coaches for women within the force.Nicky and other FPA executive membersattended a coaching and mentoring courseso they could help others. Nicky alsoemployed a renowned Neuro LinguisticProgramme consultant to help women whowere struggling to pass their promotion

boards – the result was outstanding with allthe officers passing their boards.

The trained mentors then held one to onecoaching and counselling sessions forwomen on BCUs to help alleviate any fears

or concerns they had about maternity leaveand/or returning to work.

Nicky has also been recognised by theInternational Association of Women Policein the same category.

Mentoring sponsored by the Springboard Consultancy

Detective Chief SuperintendentSheila Thornes, West Mercia Police.

Sheila's investigative skills and experienceare recognised nationally and herprofessional credibility has meant she isseen as a role model for staff throughoutWest Mercia Police. She is force lead forDisaster Victim Identification and representsWest Mercia Police at a number ofassociated regional forums. In 2008 she wasa student on the InternationalCommanders’ Programme at Bramshill, andwas subsequently invited by the NPIA toreturn and deliver the major crime input on this course, which she has also now re-designed.

Last year Sheila was temporarilypromoted to detective chief superintendenthead of protective services leading on aproject reviewing opportunities forcollaboration with other forces in the region.As a result, Warwickshire and West Merciaare now actively exploring options for

collaborative working.Sheila supports and mentors both male

and female officers and is available foradvice and consultation. She encouragesnetworking and supports work in theadvancement of women within the policeservice.

Excellence in Performance sponsored by W.L. Gore & Associates

Pictured with Nicky are (left) award sponsor Liz Castle from Springboard Consultancy andBAWP president, Cressida Dick

Constable Claudia Kinrade,from South Wales Police washighly commended

Sheila ispictured at the awardsceremony withaward sponsorRobbie Dawsonand CressidaDick


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OFFICERS from The MetropolitanPolice Service took home three ofthe four lifetime achievementawards on the night. SergeantSarah Drury, Constable MaryHanshaw and Detective ChiefSuperintendent Sue Hill wererecognised along with recentlyretired Chief Superintendent LynnHart, MBE, from Dorset Police.

The first of four trophies to be presentedduring the evening went to recently retiredSarah Drury who joined the Met in 1980.During her 30 years’ service Sarah is said ‘tohave made an outstanding contributiontowards the advancement of womenofficers in policing, not only in the MPS butalso throughout England and Wales’.

Sarah had been a Police Federationrepresentative since 1990, eventuallybecoming full-time in 2006. She developedspecific knowledge of the legislation, policiesand procedures affecting women officers inthe service, at the same time as progressingher own operational career.

In 1994 Sarah joined the ‘traffic’department when it was predominantly a‘man’s domain’ and helped break down thebarriers that now make roads policing amore accessible career path for femaleofficers.

Sarah has played a pivotal role in theresolution of numerous grievances andsettlements for Employment Tribunals,some of them of national importance.

PC Mary Hanshaw was described as an‘amazing ambassador for the Met’ andsomeone who has a great impact on theguidance and future of the younger officersof today. She was a late joiner to theservice and is now exploring how she cancontinue to work past 60.

Mary initially served on SouthwarkBorough before transferring to Bromley in1997. She has worked on frontlineuniformed response teams and on theDapphire Unit as a Sexual OffencesInvestigative Techniques Officer (SOIT)dealing with the investigation of serioussexual assaults.

Mary was instrumental in setting up andrunning of the ‘Sexual Offences Team’ on

Bromley Borough and was proactivelyinvolved in forming the Haven victim suitesaround London.

Sue Hill, who recently retired, started as a police cadet in Wiltshire in 1976,transferring to the Met in 1981. She hasbeen a role model in detective and uniformdisciplines, an inspirational leader andcommunicator.

In her early years of service Sue receivedcommendations for bravery in dealing witharmed offenders.

She became a detective constable in1984, receiving a judge’s commendation forher investigation into a challenging sexualassault case with multiple victims. Oversuccessive years and promotions Sueundertook further murder investigations, leda newly formed child protection team anddrove organisational improvements.

A major part of Sue’s career has involvedher determination to support victims and toprevent women from becoming victims ofviolence.

Sue has acted as mentor and coach tomany colleagues and is described as aninspiring and professional police leader whohas also gone out of her way to help otherssucceed in their careers.

Lynn Hart started as a police cadet withDorset Police in 1975 and has been a role

model to many. She is known affectionatelyas ‘Ma Hart’ because she is an inspirationallegend for both men and women in theservice and will be remembered for her

active rolewithin it.

She neversettled for lessthan 100 percentcommitmentfrom herself.Lynn’sexcellence in themale dominatedworlds of publicorder andfirearmsestablished her

at a time when women were completelyabsent from this male preserveexemplifying her tenacity and courage. Sheremained operational in these disciplinesthroughout her whole service and regularlyperformed the role of Strategic Firearms andEnhanced Firearms Commander, responsiblefor managing the most complex and high-risk operations.

Lynn often offered her own personal timeand money to help sick colleagues,colleagues with childcare and family issuesor even just to buy cream cakes forcolleagues working round the clock.

Lifetime achievement awardssponsored by LadyCare

Pictured: The Met contingent, from left: Sue Hill, BAWP committee member Julia Jaeger, BAWPpresident Cressida Dick, Sarah Drury, Mary Hanshaw and Emma Mitchell

Lynn Hart


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Chief Superintendent Gill DonnellMBE, Dorset Police

Gill has been a member of the BAWPcommittee since 2001 and is continuing inher retirement.

Gill has stood in on several occasions tochair BAWP meetings and is currentlyleading on the BAWP working grouplooking at partnership and outreach work.She is also secretary of the local branch ofthe Superintendent’s Association – anotheruseful link for BAWP.

In 2001 Gill was one of three femalechief inspectors, with only three femaleinspectors in Dorset Police. Similarly therewas only a handful of female police staffof any significant management level. Herlegacy is that even after the retirement ofherself and Lynn Hart, women will still bereasonably well represented in the ranks,with two superintendents, four chiefinspectors, 14 inspectors and 42 sergeants.In addition there have been substantialincreases in the profile of female policestaff.

She was the driving force behind the

establishment of the Dorset Action forWomen Network which continues to runannual professional development days –recognised within force as key annualevents.

In 2004 Gill was able to secure fundingto introduce the Springboard and SpringForward development programmes to theforce, and has subsequently alsointroduced the Navigator programme for

men, recognising the importance of abalanced workforce.

Gill continues to be an active coach andmentor to men and women in theorganisation. Her long-standingcommitment to the progression of staff in the force, her professional and personalcredibility and particularly her support of women, will be missed at Dorset Police.

President’s Award

COMMUNICATION is the key to managing a successfulcollaborative team, that’s themessage from Niki Howard,Cambridgeshire Constabulary’sdirector of finance, who has stafffrom three forces in a jointprocurement function. Here sheshares her experience of managinga three-force team.

“More than two years ago the three chiefsand police authority chairs for Bedfordshire,Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire decidedto collaborate ‘where possible’. At that timeBedfordshire and Hertfordshire were already successfully working together andwere scoping how they could deliver theprocurement and stores functioncollaboratively. Cambridgeshire was invited to join the party for the first

three-force collaboration. While the story has a successful ending as

a joint procurement team was launchedApril 1 this year with a strategic head ofprocurement appointed by Cambridgeshire,but working for across all three forces, it wasa test for all of us.

As the chief officer in charge on behalf ofthe three forces I have staff employed by,and sitting in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire,as well as Cambridgeshire, so it is importantto make sure all the staff feel part of theteam. Along the way we have encounteredand dealt with numerous problems; fromsmall things such as who signs holidaysheets to needing an agreed uniform for theunit’s staff. Bedfordshire stores moved overto Cambridgeshire in June and Hertfordshirewill move over shortly. So the mainheadache we are grappling with as I write is

to ensure uniform is just as easy for officersto access from Cambridgeshire as it waswhen there was a county-located store.While our overarching remit is to savemoney, we must also create a joint functionthat delivers a good service. It is early daysso I am sure there will be further problemsto overcome, but it has shown collaborationon this scale is possible and that barriers canbe overcome.

We all spend a lot of time going toconferences and listening to how this willwork, but doing it for real I hope we havelearned lessons along the way that will standus in good stead when we put other backoffice services together. The main thing I will take away and try and apply to futureprojects is: however much you think you arecommunicating to staff and officers you willfind it is never enough.” 9

Managing a three-force team


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Diane Lowe is Managing Director ofMaxlowe Ltd. She is a former seniorpolice officer, now a trainer andcoach, who specialises in developingwomen, individually and in groups.

Work smarter, not harder Make time for breaks, it will make you more productive By Diane Lowe

A PERENNIAL question I am askedis: “How can I do all I need to dowhen there isn’t enough time?”This is often followed by: “I justwish I had time to focus onimproving my personalperformance.”

Unfortunately the police still equate yourphysical presence at work with how muchwork is being achieved. No matter how hardwe try to change the culture there is stillthis feeling that those who are in the officeby 7am and don’t leave until 7pm aresomehow better workers, leaders or evenjust better. This work culture, according to astudy published in the Psychological Reviewconducted by Dr. K. Anders Ericcson, iswrong. He says the key to great success isto work harder for shorter bursts of timeand then take a break. The trick is stayingfocused.

Dr Ericsson and his team evaluated agroup of musicians to find out what the‘excellent’ players were doing differently. They found that

violinists who practiced more deliberately,say for four hours, accomplished more thanothers who slaved away for seven hours. Thebest performers set goals for their practicesessions and required themselves to takebreaks.

Other studies have shown that duringany 24 hours, you need sleep (eight hours)and then you need three hours of ‘youtime’, time to re energise. This is differentfor different people. It may be a walk, aswim, reading a book, playing a sport or aninstrument. It does not have to be threehours all at the same time. How many ofyou eat your lunch whilst continuing tosend emails? Not good – have a break youwill perform so much better on your return.

That said, I appreciate as an ex-officer,that these ideal working scenarios don’talways transfer into an operational policingenvironment. However I do think it isimportant to think about when and howyou work best and try where possible tomould your day or night to fit it. Even if youjust take short breaks and work in burstsyou may find your productivity increasing.

It is also important to keep yourself‘match fit’ ready for promotion ordevelopment opportunities and thatincludes looking after your physical andmental health. A lot is written aboutphysical health, but what about the mind?

Make sure that you keep up to date withnew government papers or legislation. Keepyour skills up to date and take anyopportunities for courses that will developyou. Make sure that you take offers of anymentoring schemes that your force have.Having a sounding board is alwayscathartic.

You are not being lazy, flighty,uncommitted or disloyal by looking afteryourself. Lastly take a look at the benefits ofhaving a coach or speak to others who haveused life coaches. They are especially usefulif you are unsure of your future or trying todecide which direction you want to go in.Remember work smarter not harder. 9

How many of you

eat your lunch whilst

continuing to send

emails?



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NOT content with celebrating her50th birthday with an adventurousholiday in Ecuador, Liz Owsleydecided to tag on a week workingwith charity Bisee Books buildingbook corners in two schools inPuerto Lopez.

Liz, who says she wanted to “givesomething back” to celebrate her milestonebirthday, travelled to Ecuador with threefriends, Liz Madew andIzzy Harrison, who areboth sergeants in theMet Police Service, andCharlotte Kenyon.

The group quicklydiscovered their naturalroles; the two Lizs hadno talent for drawingso worked out a goodsystem for putting upthe bookcases. “Izzyand Charlotte went totown on the walls using the pictures in thecolouring books we had brought with us forthe children as ideas for the murals,” saidLiz. “Our helper Pedro was in charge of paintand colour mixing, and came up with theidea of attaching a roller to a two metrebranch to do the high walls. We all workedhard but enjoyed it at the same time;

havinga lunch break onthe beach surebeats anythingLondon couldoffer,” added Liz.

The second of the two schools Liz andfriends worked in was much poorer andthey even had to sand down the unfinishedwalls before they could begin to paint.“However the sense of satisfaction when wedrilled those final holes and completed aseascape picture was amazing,” said Liz. Thegroup also cleaned the classrooms before

the children came in and helped them puttheir books away on the new shelves. 9

PREVIOUS BAWP president JulieSpence has become the first femalechairman of Police Mutual (PMAS).

Julie, who is the ninth chairman in thesociety’s 90-year history, wasconfirmed in her new role atthe annual general meeting inMay.

The post follows four yearson the Police Mutualcommittee of managementas vice president and asuccessful 32-year-long policecareer, most latterly as chiefconstable of CambridgeshireConstabulary.

Julie said: “Becoming chairman of PMASand remaining linked to the police servicethrough the services we offer to officers,police staff and their families is both a

pleasure and a challenge. In the current erapersonal financial planning has never beenso important.”

Julie, who stood down as president ofBAWP in August 2010, hadto be approved by theFinancial Services Authoritybefore she could take upthe position.

While retirement hasfreed up more time for herhusband and travelling Juliesays she is still very busy. “Iam also doing PressComplaints and have just

come back from India where I was workingwith the Indian Police and CambridgeUniversity – so albeit we have had lots ofholidays there has been lots of work wedgedin,” she said. 9

Ex national co-ordinator Liz turns her hand to DIY

TWO UK officers spent threedays learning how to protectchildren from drug abuse at aconference in Turkey.

Anna Hopkins and Diane Watson, whoare members of the International PoliceAssociation (IPA) Section UK, attendedthe third international symposium on‘Children at Risk and in Need ofProtection’ in April.

The Turkish Police with assistance fromthe Presidency of the Grand NationalAssembly, Turkey’s County Office andUNICEF brought together academic andexpert practitioners from around theworld to take part in the event.

The officers were invited to share theirlearning and gave a joint presentation onAchieving Best Evidence, as Dianeexplains: “I must admit we were bothpretty nervous at speaking to such aneminent crowd but happily it was wellreceived, although I think the Turkishinterpreter struggled a little with ouraccents.”

She added: “A lot of the learning Annaand I took home from the symposiumwas to ensure we are ahead of the game.Criminals who play with chemicals tocreate new drugs to bypass legislationneed to see we have robust systems inplace to deal with any eventuality.” 9

Officers learninternationallythanks to IPA

Julie’s financial first


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