Within the report CPOSA were able to provide strong evidence relating to issues including:
- Continuing concern over experience and attrition rates.
- Continuing dissatisfaction with base pay and overall package.
- A plummeting satisfaction level regarding pension benefits.
- Evidence that an on-call allowance is right for those ACC's who perform operational on-call.
This has also enabled CPOSA to present evidence around our core recommendations which are as follows:
- Recommendation 1: This year’s submission seeks a funded, 4.8% pay award for those officers CPOSA represents. We also believe that any pay award should be equally applied across all ranks.
- Recommendation 2: CPOSA asks the SSRB to make recommendations to the Home Secretary to broaden the current scope and enable the payment of an on-call allowance to those assistant chief constables who perform operational on-call. This payment will be for an interim period until pay reform work is concluded and implemented for that rank.
- Observation 1: SSRB is invited to make observations on the proposal by CPOSA that a replacement for PCC discretionary pay should be explored with any proposals made submitted to SSRB for the next pay round.
- Observation 2: SSRB is invited to make observations on the proposal that CPOSA will suggest the work with PABEW is broadened to look at both a severance package where the officer has not achieved retirement age and also where the PCC has failed to comply with legislation when seeking the removal of a chief constable.
- Observation 3: We ask SSRB to make observations on the evidence presented to them on fixed term appointments for deputy chief constables to inform the debate within the PABEW.