Branch Board planning for new term of office

14 May 2025

Plans are now being made for the future development of the West Midlands Police Federation branch so that it can effectively and efficiently meet the needs of members.

The new Branch Board, in effect the executive team, is in place following the completion of this stage of the Federation’s ongoing election process.

The officials who will serve for the next triennial are:

Tim Rogers – secretary

Jess Davies – chair

Chris James – deputy secretary (with the portfolio for operations)

Aaron Bell – deputy chair (with the portfolio for CID and intelligence)

Dave Hadley – conduct lead

Dawn Murkett – conduct lead

Jon Nott – equality lead (with the portfolio for student officers)

Julie Fleming – equality lead.

Other West Midlands Police Federation Branch Board members are:

Winston Christie – with the CJS and learning and development portfolio

Rich Cooke – with the contact portfolio 

Gemma Griffith – with the response portfolio

Matt Minton – with the ROCU and CTU portfolio

Darren Neville – with the neighbourhood portfolio

Ali Rowe – with the PPU portfolio.

Branch secretary Tim Rogers said: “With the new Branch Board now in place, we are in a position to plan how we develop the branch over the coming three years.

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“We have already taken great steps forward in terms of professionalising the way in which the branch works with more effective management of our workplace representatives so that everyone is serving the members to the best of their abilities, now we want to build on this.

“The Branch Board is responsible for the day to day running of the branch and for overseeing everything it does. Board members will now work closely with the Branch Council which is formed by all elected workplace representatives to ensure that we continue to provide the advice, support and representation our members need.

“We will give members a voice and ensure that voice is heard both within the Force and beyond.”

More details about the new Branch Board officials and members will be published in the June/July edition of the branch magazine, Federation.

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