P PRESIDENT Mark Carroll
Senior-sergeants’ issues on the table T
he Police Association has established a senior-sergeants’ working party which held its first meeting earlier this month. Several issues which affect senior sergeants came under discussion at that meeting. They included: • Disparity between senior sergeant wage and inspector wage. • Role of district duty inspectors/detective inspector and comparison to district senior sergeant responsibilities. • Status of senior sergeants in SAPOL. • Classification process to position of senior sergeant 1C. • Workload intensification and out-of-hours work. • Complexities of work. • Shift work. • Enterprise agreement outcomes. • Lack of access to professional development. • Ability to laterally transfer between senior sergeant roles. • Impact of flexible work options. One of the significant recommendations members made at the meeting was that the association conduct a survey of all senior sergeants to obtain data on: • Workloads. • Out-of-hours work. • Span of control. • Other issues including changes to roles, status, and professional development. The committee of management also discussed the survey recommendation when it met this month. A future working party meeting will be scheduled to discuss the survey methodology and I will keep members updated on all progress. 10
Police Journal
One of the significant recommendations members made at the meeting was that the association conduct a survey of all senior sergeants …
