Police Magazine - December 2008

Editorial

News: Training should not include ‘bowling’/Budget shortfall of £4 million prompts cutbacks

News: Concerns Airwave could fail during Olympics/Police targets branded 'absurd'

News: Call for working time to be honoured/League table of overtime

Federation focus: A column which looks at the Police Federation’s sub-committees and the work they carry out behind the scenes

View from the Chair: As Police magazine celebrates 40 years, Paul McKeever, chairman of the Federation, looks at the changes in the service over four decades

Local focus: A look at the local federations and the issues facing officers in their area

Blue blood?: Police minister Vernon Coaker speaks on pay, on-call allowance and why he wants a holiday for Christmas. Syreeta Lund reports

Life begins at 40: From an unlikely birth into a room full of stoned hippies, Police magazine celebrates its 40th year documenting issues impacting on officers from strikes and pay to sexism in the service. Founding editor Tony Judge looks back

Radio ga ga: A new police radio slot in Ipswich is giving listeners something slightly different - horns, toy  monkeys and the ‘human’ side of police officers. Syreeta Lund reports

Technical revolution: The days of CID offices being piled high with audio and video tapes of witness and suspect interviews could be a thing of the past. A project by the National Interview Group could revolutionise the way the service conducts major crime investigation. Carol Jenkins reports

Judgement: Opinion: Tony Judge, former editor of Police magazine gives his personal views on policing issues