Report Summary
This report provides members of the Policing Performance Committee with an overview of the Resource Deployment Unit Update.
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Meeting
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Policing Performance Committee - 12 September 2023
Date : 12 September 2023
Location : online
Implications
Financial Implications
There are no specific financial implications for the RDU. However, as the organisation manages new budgetary constraints, reduced capacity and changing deployment models, there will be a requirement to manage future deployments and increasing abstraction demands as well as retaining all business-as-usual functions. This has the potential to cause further strains on overtime and allowances for officers. For example, the cancellation of rest days can have a direct impact through payment of overtime but also if 4 rest days are cancelled within a 42 day period.
Personnel Implications
If there is no change in the RDU structure the following are risks to the staff in the organisation:
- Potential for Breaches in Police Regulations.
- Potential for Breaches in Working Time Regulations.
- Increased utilisation of officers working on rest days.
- Lack of consistency when making resourcing decisions leading to inequalities.
- Health and Wellbeing affected due to lack of consistency when applying policies.
