The Commissioner of Police Eddie Yome and the Chairman of the Gibraltar Police (Staff) Association, Henry J Bautista, have today signed a collective agreement that ratifies the change from the current “Four-Shift” operating system to a new “Five-Shift” operating system.

An accompanying restructure will see front-line operational officers now distributed into five (previously four) teams operating 24/7, with overlaps of resources during previously identified key periods of demand.

The RGP’s current shift pattern has been in place for over 30 years, and both parties had agreed that the current shift pattern arrangements were negatively impacting on both officer working conditions and RGP’s uniformed operations service delivery.

A spokesman for the Royal Gibraltar Police said: "After jointly exploring and researching various options during a process lasting almost two years, including extensive research and analysis of existing operational demands, the new arrangements implemented today were assessed to provide the appropriate balance between meeting RGP operational demands and an improved work-life balance for front line operational officers."

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