POLICE officers took sick and injured people to hospital at least 2,012 times last year because ambulances were unavailable, new figures have shown. Nine forces revealed that police cars had… read more →
EIGHTEEN per cent of people think the levels of service provided by local police have got worse over the past year, newly published research states. A survey of 26,000 people,… read more →
POLICE officers are being put under “appalling pressure” and being driven to quit the job over lengthy investigations by the IPCC, a national meeting has heard. A top lawyer confronted… read more →
THE Chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has called on the government to help cover the cost of National Police Memorial Day. Mark Lindsay said a contribution… read more →
THE number of police firearms officers in England and Wales has fallen for the fourth year in a row, new figures have revealed. There were 5,639 authorised firearms officers in… read more →
AS the number of authorised firearms officers continues to fall, the Service will have to take people from other policing roles if it is to fulfil the Government’s pledge to… read more →
THE lack of neighbourhood officers has meant that armed police are being called out to deal with pub fights and domestic assaults, the Police Federation has revealed. Officers carrying a… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation Chairman Neil Bowles on cuts to the police service. “I have read a couple of letters recently in The Star, complaining about the lack of response… read more →
PRIME Minister Theresa May’s vow that life should mean life for the murder of police officers is little more than a soundbite, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Chairman Neil… read more →
MORE MPs should spent time on the beat with police so they really know what goes on in the job rather than criticising officers, according to Neil Bowles. The South… read more →