John Coppen was full of praise for the ‘huge amount of positivity’ coming from officers across England and Wales who policed the Olympics.
Officers from across the country ha...
ve been widely praised for their part in keeping the Games safe and secure.
‘There is a feel good fact out there and that is reflected across the police service as well,’ said Mr Coppen.
‘The fact that everything has gone so well in the Games has given everything that little edge. Touch wood there have been very little in the way of conduct issues… it couldn’t have gone any better.
‘From our generation of cop…that is how we used to police anyway. If it means having your photos taken with tourists, that is what we used to do anyway.
‘It’s just that modern cops…there are so few of them out there chasing jobs all the time, they don’t have the time to be people people.’
Tracey Hammond, part of the federation’s Olympic support team in London and vice chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, added: ‘Normally the only time officers get to meet nice members of the public is when they become victims of crime.
‘All of a sudden they have got people coming up to them who want to engage with them. It is a luxury for them. They are really enjoying it, instead of getting shunted from pillar to post in a panda. From the moment they get to work until the moment they get home.’
Some 9,000 officers a day from across the UK joined colleagues in the Met and Dorset Police providing mutual aid on a daily basis to the Games.
Mr Coppen said that post-Olympic debriefs would be occurring on the policing operation.
He said ‘as a rule’ officers on mutual aid were content with the food they were given.
Mr Coppen added: ‘That doesn’t mean to say we did not get the odd complaint and we try and feed that back and hopefully as a result of that, things change.’
As for accommodation he said: ‘One of the colleges where [officers] are sleeping on days having worked nights is close to a railway line. Well, we can’t move the railway line, but perhaps next time we can put night crews in a different college not so close. There are all sorts of things we can feed back.
‘So with a bit more planning in the future to say these units will be the night crews and we will put them over here in the quieter areas.’
Mr Coppen also said that in future dog handlers accommodation should be closer to the kennels where their animals are staying for walking, exercising and feeding.
He added: ‘You have got to put the handlers and the dogs closer together however which way you do it.'
‘There is a feel good fact out there and that is reflected across the police service as well,’ said Mr Coppen.
‘The fact that everything has gone so well in the Games has given everything that little edge. Touch wood there have been very little in the way of conduct issues… it couldn’t have gone any better.
‘From our generation of cop…that is how we used to police anyway. If it means having your photos taken with tourists, that is what we used to do anyway.
‘It’s just that modern cops…there are so few of them out there chasing jobs all the time, they don’t have the time to be people people.’
Tracey Hammond, part of the federation’s Olympic support team in London and vice chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, added: ‘Normally the only time officers get to meet nice members of the public is when they become victims of crime.
‘All of a sudden they have got people coming up to them who want to engage with them. It is a luxury for them. They are really enjoying it, instead of getting shunted from pillar to post in a panda. From the moment they get to work until the moment they get home.’
Some 9,000 officers a day from across the UK joined colleagues in the Met and Dorset Police providing mutual aid on a daily basis to the Games.
Mr Coppen said that post-Olympic debriefs would be occurring on the policing operation.
He said ‘as a rule’ officers on mutual aid were content with the food they were given.
Mr Coppen added: ‘That doesn’t mean to say we did not get the odd complaint and we try and feed that back and hopefully as a result of that, things change.’
As for accommodation he said: ‘One of the colleges where [officers] are sleeping on days having worked nights is close to a railway line. Well, we can’t move the railway line, but perhaps next time we can put night crews in a different college not so close. There are all sorts of things we can feed back.
‘So with a bit more planning in the future to say these units will be the night crews and we will put them over here in the quieter areas.’
Mr Coppen also said that in future dog handlers accommodation should be closer to the kennels where their animals are staying for walking, exercising and feeding.
He added: ‘You have got to put the handlers and the dogs closer together however which way you do it.'
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