Paul Yearwood

Paul joined Surrey Police in June 1980 and spent six years at Guildford on uniform duties and then successfully completed a CID Learner. He was a PSU officer from 1983 to 2002 and has been involved in numerous public order events including more than 50 weeks policing the miners strike, Greenham Common nuclear protest,  Stonehenge summer solstice disputes and Shoreham animal rights protests, among others. In 1987 he was promoted to sergeant at Camberley. He returned to Guildford in 1990 and performed various operational sergeant roles mainly in Guildford town centre. He was a founder member of the Conflict Support Team which later became the Tactical Support Team. He was promoted to Inspector in 1999 and worked on response and then Guildford and Elmbridge Boroughs before being elected as Chair of Surrey Police Federation in September 2008. Paul has been a Federation Representative since 1991. He was deputy chair of the Sergeants Branch Board in 1997 and has been Chair of the Inspectors Branch Board since 2006. Paul is looking forward to the role as Chair of the Joint Branch Board and is committed to negotiate with and influence the Force to make the job of the front line officer less bureaucratic and improve the culture of the organisation to engender a more positive working environment.

 

Jim Bennett has been involved with the Police Federation in various capacities since 1997 when he first became the Uniformed Constable’s Representative at Guildford. He has previously been Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Constable’s Branch Board and has been Deputy Secretary and Deputy Treasurer of the Joint Branch Board. He has been the Treasurer of the JBB since 2005. Jim started his Police service with Surrey Constabulary on the rural section at Shere on Guildford Division. He subsequently moved to Guildford (Eastern) and was the Stoke beat officer. In 1994 Jim joined the Community Safety Department at Guildford as the Community Liaison Officer. He has since worked within the Domestic Violence and Child Protection teams and as a Divisional Detective at Guildford. In 2003 he joined the Fraud Squad at Leatherhead where he remained until his election in January this year as Secretary of the Surrey Police Federation. Jim is committed to developing the Federation’s important role in the policing of Surrey and to ensuring that our members are properly represented at all levels.

Ali Dunlop

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Ali took over as Principal Officer from 'Spike' Milligan in December 2008. She leads in the areas of Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities, and was previously the Sergeants Rep for Northern Division, based on 'TPT' at Esher.