THE amount of refresher safety training officers receive every year depends entirely on where officers are based. In South Yorkshire, officers get eight hours’ training every year, a Freedom of Information… read more →
MORE officers are being assaulted on duty at South Yorkshire Police due to a lack of training and growing pressure on numbers, the force’s Federation has said. With fewer officers… read more →
ALMOST £6 million has been spent policing far-right demonstrations and counter rallies outside London in the past two years. South Yorkshire Police spent £2.5m on policing such events. The force is… read more →
OFFICERS involved in vital child protection work are among the most overworked in South Yorkshire, a report from the Police and Crime Commissioner has warned. Specialists in child sexual exploitation… read more →
MEMBERS of the police family have been invited to attend the annual Care of Police Survivors Service of Remembrance on Sunday 31 July. More than 500 relatives of police officers… read more →
OFFICERS from the Ministry of Defence Police are working at “full capacity” to protect MoD assets and further cuts will affect national security, the head of the force’s federation has… read more →
POLICE officers have been asked to share their views on issues such as pay, pensions, shift patterns and career prospects by The Police Federation of England and Wales. The organisation has… read more →
NEIL Bowles, chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation, has said he was “very underwhelmed” with the Home Secretary’s speech at this year’s Police Federation conference. Theresa May said she had… read more →
THE Government must do more to ensure that officers receive the full support of the law when they are assaulted on duty, the Police Federation conference has heard. Steve White,… read more →
IT is a disgrace that there are no current plans for a wider roll-out of Taser, the Police Federation conference has heard. John Apter, chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, described… read more →