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Dyfed Powys Police Federation is a branch of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), the

30/10/2026

🤩 £100 GIFT CARDS TO BE WON

Federation members can put themselves in the running to win a £100 Amazon gift card by completing an important survey for Police Friendly.

The Police Family Finance Index (PFFI) survey gives you the opportunity to have your say about the financial pressures currently on you as someone who earns a living from the profession.

It involves questions asking how you are managing your money and whether you feel you receive enough support around your financial wellbeing.

The aim is to build an ongoing comparison base which can be measured over time, with last year’s survey revealing 68 per cent of officers reported having financial concerns and 56 per cent of officers said their financial circumstances had worsened over the previous 12 months.

By taking part, you will enter yourself into a draw to win one of 10 Amazon gift cards, each worth £100.

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29/10/2026

🕯 IN MEMORY

Dyfed Powys Police Federation today marks the 36th anniversary of the death of DC Paul Hetherington.

Paul, who was 35, was injured when the vehicle in which he was travelling was in collision with a service lorry while he was on surveillance training on 18 October 1990. He died in hospital on 29 October 1990.

His Dyfed Powys Police colleagues – DC Leonid Evans, aged 41, DC Roger Meyrick, 37, and DC Nicholas Tabraham, 29 – also died as a result of the collision on 18 October.

Branch chair Delme Rees said: “This was a terrible incident that led to the loss of four Dyfed Powys Police officers and had a huge impact on the Force and the community.

“Today we remember DC Paul Hetherington and the service he gave to Dyfed Powys Police.

“Our thoughts are with Paul’s family, friends and former colleagues and also with those of Leonid, Roger and Nicholas.

“Their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.”

23/10/2026

🗣️ FATIGUE AND HEAVY WORKLOADS PUSHING OFFICERS TO BREAKING POINT, PFEW WARNS

Officers are being pushed to breaking point by unsustainable workloads, chronic fatigue and mounting pressure, the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has warned.

Now the Federation has declared a public health emergency in British policing.

Addressing PFEW’s Annual Conference on Day Two of the event, acting deputy national chair Paul Williams said the service was ‘taking too much’ from its officers.

He said workloads, exhaustion, exposure to trauma and the loss of experienced officers were damaging the health of the officers expected to protect the public.

“Policing is a broken service that is breaking its people,” he said. “More than 15 years of cuts have hollowed out the service, while falling morale, concerns about pay and mounting pressures have become entrenched.

“This is no longer simply a morale problem. It is a public health emergency.”

The Federation’s 2026 Pay and Morale Survey, which received 18,537 responses from officers across the federated ranks, found that 78 per cent had experienced stress, low mood or anxiety in the past year. Of those, 94 per cent said their work had caused or worsened their condition.

Two-thirds of respondents said fatigue had made it difficult to carry out their duties, while 76 per cent reported that exhaustion had affected their family or social life.

The survey highlighted the impact of excessive workloads, including detectives investigating child abuse carrying caseloads of 40, 50 or more, and officers losing rest days, having annual leave refused and working overtime to cover gaps in staffing, Paul said.

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22/10/2026

👮 BADENOCH VOWS TO HELP OFFICERS 'LOVE THEIR JOBS AGAIN'

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to tackle low morale, cut police bureaucracy and recruit 10,000 additional officers.

Badenoch told delegates at the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) Annual Conference that she wanted to see officers ‘love their jobs again’.

Speaking on day two of the conference, Badenoch outlined her party’s plans to support policing, acknowledging that an already challenging profession had become ‘even harder in recent years’.

She opened her speech by acknowledging the increasing risks to officer safety, evidenced by the tragic on-duty deaths of PC Matthew Blades, PC Tom Clough and PC Andrew Harper.

“I know that some of you have to make difficult decisions every single day, where sometimes, you only have seconds to decide what to do in dangerous situations most of us will never have to experience,” she said.

“There are incidents which may not have happened altogether if there had been more officers in the area. If we want a police force which keeps the public safe, and maintains law and order in our country, we must fix these injustices for you.”

Badenoch underlined her commitment to making these fixes happen, saying ‘I am not scared to wade in, and I am not scared to back the police’, and that ‘too often these days, we fail to recognise sacrifice and service’.

She shared how the Conservatives intended to do this, outlining an aim to minimise bureaucracy and paperwork for officers, allowing them to spend more time on frontline duties and provide crucial resilience to colleagues.

She said a similar outcome would be achieved through technology, where best-in-class AI and live facial recognition could be used to automate more admin tasks.

Badenoch set out an ambition to introduce 10,000 new officers to the profession, with 2,000 being dedicated to notorious crime hotspots.

Despite expressing confidence around ‘recruiting the right people and preparing them for the realities of our goals’, she said that new personnel was ‘only part of the answer’.

“We also need to make sure that once we have good officers, we keep them, instead of simply bringing in new ones to replace the good ones who have left,” she said.

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21/10/2026

🗣 Vice-chair Leyton Phillips and secretary Ceris Davies discuss the importance of issues covered on Day 1 of the National Police Federation's Annual Conference in London.

21/10/2026

🗣️ FEDERATION LEADERS PLEDGE TO REBUILD TRUST AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Police Federation leaders acknowledged the need to rebuild trust, improve accountability, and drive meaningful cultural change during a frank discussion at this year's Annual Conference.

During a frank panel discussion about the future of the Federation, acting deputy national chair Paul Williams, acting National Secretary Mel Warnes and interim Chief Executive Officer Gabriel Milland faced questions about the future of the organisation, its credibility and plans to create a stronger, more united Federation.

The discussion, chaired by host Ian Collins, addressed the challenges facing the Federation following recent events involving its senior leadership, with delegates questioning how meaningful cultural change could be achieved and whether the organisation could restore its credibility with members and the Government.

Opening the discussion, Mel acknowledged that members had every right to feel disappointed and angry about what had happened.

“Members are absolutely right to be shocked and angry, feel let down, I'm sure,” she said, adding: “We've not got things right, and we need to do better. And we're honest about that.”

However, she stressed that the Federation remained an organisation worth fighting for.

“This is a Federation that's worth fighting for, and that's what this transformation programme is about, because we need to build that trust.”

Gabriel outlined the proposed structural changes, explaining that independent reviews informed the transformation programme and produced 49 recommendations.

He said the changes were designed to create a more transparent and accountable organisation, with clearer leadership responsibilities and stronger oversight.

The proposals included replacing the separate national chair and secretary roles with a single general secretary position, reducing the size of the National Board and strengthening the responsibilities of the National Council.

Independent non-executive directors are also being introduced to provide additional scrutiny and challenge.

Gabriel said the changes were essential to ensuring the Federation could properly represent its members.

“We need to get ourselves into a situation where we can be the organisation that our members need us to be,” he said.

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< 📸 PIC - A panel of PFEW leaders speak at the organisation's 2026 Annual Conference. Image credit: Anderson Photography >

21/10/2026

🎤 ABERFAN VICTIMS REMEMBERED AS FEDERATION CONFERENCE OPENS ON 60TH ANNIVERSARY

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) opened its Annual Conference today on the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, pausing to honour the officers who answered the call in Merthyr Tydfil in 1966.

Acting deputy national chair Paul Williams reminded delegates that it was exactly 60 years since police were sent to Aberfan, where 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives.

He said the officers who attended were marked by the tragedy, and the Federation held both the victims and those colleagues in its thoughts.

Paul also paid tribute to officers who have died in the past year, whether in service, through illness or by su***de. Policing, he said, has lost too many of its own.

“Behind every one of those deaths is a family grieving,” he said, before asking everyone in the room to stand to remember this year’s Roll of Honour, which records officers who died on duty.

He reflected on the theme of this year’s Conference - ‘The Real State of Policing’.

Many officers, he said, begin a shift already exhausted from the last, while a stretched workforce covers gaps left by others, all while trying to be a mum, a dad, a husband, a wife and a friend at the end of it.

“That’s the real state of policing,” he told delegates.

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< 📸 PIC - Acting deputy national chair Paul Williams addresses Conference.
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18/10/2026

🕯 IN MEMORY

Dyfed Powys Police Federation will pause to remember three officers who died in a road accident 36 years ago today.

Detective Constables Leonid Evans, 41, Roger Meyrick, 37, and Nicholas Tabraham, 29, died on 18 October 1990 after their vehicle was in a collision with a lorry while on surveillance training.

A fourth officer, DC Paul Hetherington, who was 35, died 11 days later as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash.

Federation branch chair Delme Rees said: “This was an incredibly tragic incident and one of the darkest moments in the Force’s history.

“The loss of one officer is profoundly felt within a Force so many officers in one incident would have been devastating for everyone.

“Today we remember those officers, their service and their sacrifice. And we keep their loved ones and those who worked with them in our thoughts as well.”

12/10/2026

👍 POSITIVE INSPECTION FINDINGS REFLECT COLLECTIVE EFFORT

Dyfed Powys Police Federation has welcomed the recognition of members’ efforts following the latest inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

The Force was assessed across nine areas of policing with it being found as Good in four areas, Adequate in four areas and Requires Improvement in one area.

Branch chair Delme Rees said he was pleased to see the report highlight improvements in five key areas that had been assessed as requiring improvement or adequate during the last inspection.

Delme said: “It’s good to see the collective efforts of everyone involved being recognised by the positive findings in this report.

“Over recent months, some of our members have had to adapt to new working patterns, take on additional responsibilities or move into entirely different roles as the Force balances competing demands and works to improve its service to the public.

“It’s important that these changes were managed in a way that supports our members and minimises any adverse impact on them.

“The Branch has been involved throughout, helping to maintain communication between members and the Force and ensuring feedback is heard.

“We will continue to work constructively with the Force as it moves forward.”

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11/10/2026

🕯 IN MEMORY

Dyfed Powys Police Federation will today remembers DC Barrie Davies on the 21st anniversary of his death.

Barrie was 38 when he was killed as his unmarked police car crashed on the A40 Haverfordwest to Fishguard road on 11 October 2005 driving home after going off duty.

Branch chair Delme Rees said: “We will remember Barrie and his service on this anniversary of his tragic death.

“We will also keep in our thoughts his family and friends and colleagues.

“We will not forget those officers who gave their lives in the line of duty.”

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