Family Worldwide Annual Travel Insurance is included in the Scottish Police Federation’s Group Insurance Scheme. Our brokers are currently negotiating with suppliers to select the provider for the next insurance period. Once appointed, details will be posted on this website. To ensure you are kept up to date with new information, please sign up to the mailing list at the bottom of the page. Please be assured, Travel Insurance cover will run continuously.

The current policy will cover all trips commencing no later than 31st March 2019. The new policy will cover all trips commencing 1st April 2019 onwards. Should you require details (eg for booking purposes), of the travel insurance, please use the existing details until the new policy starts.

The SPF has been engaging extensively with the force on the issue of body armour including replacement of the current sets.
The standard armour currently supplied to officers should have a date of manufacture and a date of expiry on the plates. The plates themselves have a 10 year warranty but data received from the manufacturers and from our colleagues elsewhere in the UK shows that this armour can provide the required levels of protection for far longer than was originally envisaged. Examples have been cited of armour which is over 20 years’ old passing safety tests.
Police Scotland has indicated that it wishes to replace the current standard armour and the procurement process for this is ongoing. In the meantime Police Scotland has engaged with their suppliers and is testing samples of current armour to provide reassurance that it meets the required standards of protection.
Officers should continue to check their armour regularly and it should always be examined at annual OST requalification. If any of those checks reveal damage to any of the panels the armour should be returned to stores and the officer should be removed from frontline duties until a replacement set of armour can be issued.
Where body armour is more than 10 years old but the panels have not been damaged or compromised it can still be used safely. The officer should however contact stores and give them the batch number and date of manufacture. This will assist stores to identify examples of older armour which can be sent for testing.

Following the recent quadrennial elections to the Scottish Police Federation, the following officers have been elected as area representatives. They will formally take office with effect 1st February 2019.

The latest update  from the ICC

ICC UPDATE 30th Nov 2018

Our elections are currently ongoing and all those eligible to vote in areas/ranks where elections are taking place (detailed below) should have received an e mail with a link to the relevant election. Anyone who is stationed in one of the electoral areas and in whose rank there is an election and who has not received an e mail should contact david.ross@spf.org.uk

The “Allard” case refers to a case of 3 former CHIS handlers in Devon and Cornwall who challenged the Force on the Overtime payments they were receiving for ‘handling’ sources outwith normal working hours.

After successfully winning their case Police Scotland is settling a claim by Scottish Police Federation on behalf of Scottish CHIS handlers and others.

The latest update is attached here

Are you an experienced cyclist up for an extreme challenge in 2019?

On 22nd June 2019, 23 riders from 23 forces will take on 230 miles in 24 hours all in support of the PTC’s Psychological Wellbeing Programme.

The Cycleogical Bike Ride will start at our Centres in Auchterarder and take in the scenery all the way to our Centres in Harrogate.

We hope to have the best rider from each of our constituent forces to make up the elite PTC Peloton. Each rider will buddy up with a ‘fundraiser’ within their force and will be set the target to raise at least £1.00 for each officer in their force, eligible for treatment at the Centres.

In return for their commitment to the Centres, each rider would receive;

• accommodation in Auchterarder on Friday 21st June
• accommodation in Harrogate on Saturday 22nd June
• meals
• entry into our Back on the Beat Sportive as a chance to meet your peloton team mates

The money raised from this amazing challenge will be used to support the expansion of our Psychological Wellbeing Programme. The PTC is seeing an increasing need for Wellbeing Support and we feel it is our responsibility to meet this need. We will achieve this through the expansion of facilities and real estate for the programme, utilising money received in the recent LIBOR fine process.

We hope to have received details of all of our riders by 1st December 2018.

If you are a seasoned rider, up for a challenge, or know someone who is please get in touch with the Police Treatment Centres.