The stance of the Metropolitan Inspectors Branch Board (IBB) with regardWorking Time. The IBB is committed to ensuring that our members are not abused by having to work excessive hours and to this end we entered into negotiation with the MPS and reached agreement on a protocol that ALL managers and members should adhere to. This agreement is reproduced in full at the attached link

Guidance on Working Hours for Inspecting Ranks

However despite this agreement we are aware of continued systematic abuses by a number of Operational Command Unit (OCU) Commanders, many of these are breaking the Law and we have twice challenged the Commissioner to tackle these as a matter of priority, and will continue to do so at every opportunity.

We urge members to
  1. Properly record ALL their working hours
  2. Routinely check that these are being accurately entered on the MPS Duties systems
  3. Locally challenge any poor recording and/or monitoring procedures
  4. Bring any breaches these to our immediate attention via their local representative