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Workforce Modernisation - How It Measures Up

What can we expect from the national evaluation of the Workforce Modernisation
Programme?

The Workforce Modernisation Programme (WFMP) launched by the Home Office in July 2007 includes Demonstration sites in 9 police forces, each of which is introducing changes to workforce mix. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has taken on the role of lead organisation, overseeing the Programme and offering guidance to forces on the design and implementation of their proposals. The Home Office commissioned the consultant Deloitte to undertake an independent evaluation of the Programme.

Their Final Report is due to be published in January 2010. Members of the Joint Central Committee (JCC) of the Police Federation of England and Wales welcomed the WFMP as an opportunity to obtain data needed to inform an
evidence - based debate on workforce modernisation (WFM). For this reason they were keen to ensure that the independent evaluation was of the highest quality. We were appointed to monitor the evaluation and feed back our findings to the NPIA, Deloitte and local Federation representatives from the Demonstration site forces. This has occurred via regular meetings over the last 16 months. This report reflects those discussions and incorporates findings from visits paid to a number of the Demonstration sites where we
had the opportunity to meet with members of the project teams, police officers and staff working in the new workforce models. It highlights where we fear the independent evaluation will fail to stand up to scrutiny. It also aims to assist forces intending to design and implement workforce modernisation projects in the future.

Unfortunately an opportunity to evaluate a balanced range of policing areas has been missed because the Demonstration sites are heavily skewed towards the modernisation of Investigation, with some coverage of Response. All other policing functions are poorly represented.

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Workforce Modernisation - How It Measures Up