Surrey Police Federation is a branch of the Police Federation of
England and Wales, who are the representative body to which
every police officer below the rank of Superintendent belongs.
It was established by the Police Act 1919 to provide the Police
with a means of bringing their views on welfare and efficiency
to the notice of the government and the Police Authorities. All
the elected officials of the Police Federation must be serving
Police officers. Police officers are not permitted to belong to
trades unions and must not take part in politics. Under the
provisions of the Police Act, the police are forbidden to take
industrial action and to incite anyone to do so is a criminal
offence. Police pay, allowances, pensions and conditions of
service are negotiated nationally in the Police Negotiating
Board, which covers the United Kingdom Police service. Following
a police strike in London in 1918, and subsequent trouble
between an unofficial body called the National Union of Police
and Prison Officers and the