THE Home Secretary has been confronted over the use of stop and search – and quizzed on whether there is a link between fewer police officers using the power and a… read more →
THE amount of money spent by South Yorkshire Police on uniform, vehicles and equipment can now be easily compared with other forces across the country. The Home Office has published spending… read more →
THE College of Policing says it will be focusing on training and equipment to keep officers and staff safe. In South Yorkshire, there were 49 assaults on police officers and 155 assault without injury on a constable last… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police is among seven forces to give emergency police cars to civilian staff. Across the UK, nine senior staff, including finance, human resources and IT directors, were given vehicles fitted with emergency… read more →
MORE than 1,500 South Yorkshire Police roles could be cut over the next five years, it has been warned. As many as 500 policing officers, 1,000 members of police staff and 150 Police Community… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police – and its officers – are going to face some tough decisions about what they stop doing in the face of more drastic budget cuts. That’s the… read more →
POLICE staff union UNISON has warned that further massive government cuts to South Yorkshire’s police service will put lives at risk. Reports have stated that 1,500 police officer and staff roles… read more →
POLICE officers acting as a ‘taxi service’ to bring home youngsters who are regularly reported missing from children’s homes cannot be sustained, the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police has… read more →
TWO South Yorkshire police officers have been commended for saving the life of a man who was repeatedly stabbed in a brutal knife attack. PC Tracey Bullas said she was only “doing… read more →
THE Independent Police Complaints Commission is proposing “fundamental organisational change” – including the introduction of a Police Ombudsman for England and Wales. The IPCC has proposed changes to its structure “that… read more →