Feb 2008

25 articles from this issue, separated by section for easier browsing.

Features

Leave Entitlements Police Association assistant secretary Mark Carroll details not only paid leave but also special leave without pay.
High participation rate helps deliver essentials Assistant Secretary Tom Schefï¬‚er explains how the Police Association, with its 99 per cent membership, secures -appropriate remuneration and improved working conditions-.
Life Member 39 Deputy President Trevor Haskell, who recently became the latest recipient of association life membership, reï¬‚ects on his years of service.
The Rudd promises on national policing priorities A look at some of the commitments the Rudd-led Labor Party gave the Police Federation of Australia in the lead-up to last year-s federal election.
New president for PFA Northern Territory Police Association president Vince Kelly has taken over from Peter Alexander, whose departure, he says, represents -ongoing generational change within the police industrial movement-.
Hearing-loss claims Lawyer Morry Bailes explains that -many police ofï¬cers have an entitlement to be compensated- for noise-induced hearing loss caused by employment-.
Professional registration for Australian police Police Federation of Australia CEO Mark Burgess outlines the union support for this scheme, which he says will help enable inter-jurisdictional mobility.
Outwitting the self-assured villain Three offenders would fail to prove a match for either the smart-thinking Robert Pyne or the police who would capture them after their escape.