Police officers recruited from UK forces

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WQ.317/2019

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY M.R. LE HEGARAT OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 16th JULY 2019

Question

Will the Minister advise –

1. how many States of Jersey Police officers have been recruited from U.K. forces in the last 2 years;
2. how many of any such recruits transferred due to links to the Island of either themselves or their partner;
3. what the cost to the Government was for them to move to the Island, if any;
4. what training they were provided, if any, and the cost of any such training; and
5. how many of any such recruits are still in the Island and, provided that specific individuals cannot be identified, what roles these people fill?

Answer

a) and b)

Within the last 2 years the States of Jersey Police (SOJP) have employed five Police Officers from the UK on Licence. The SOJP have also employed one Police Officer from the UK who had local residential qualifications through his married partner. This Officer has been with the SOJP for eighteen months.

c)

Each recruit can claim up to £8,000 to help them and their family with the cost of relocating to the Island. Payment is subject to the production of receipts. In exceptional circumstances, £8,000 can be exceeded but this is considered on a case-by-case basis.

d)

Training for transferees is in the form of a one week Induction Course which is run in-house by the SOJP Learning & Development Team. Transferees receive training on Jersey law as well as on the SOJP. Transferees are also subject to a tutorship and mentoring period in Community Policing.

e)

Five out of the six recruits who transferred within the last two years are still employed by the SOJP. Four of these officers work within Community Policing and one works as a detective constable within Crime Services.