THE Government has announced £1 million in support to help build a new memorial to honour the United Kingdom’s fallen police officers. The new memorial will cost somewhere in the… read more →
CHIEF constables are reviewing how to strengthen the protection of police officers against the threat of terrorism. In response to recent attacks in Paris and Belgium, national counter-terrorism lead Assistant… read more →
THE staff associations representing police officers up to and including the rank of chief superintendent have asked for the country’s cops to receive a one per cent pay rise in… read more →
THE General Secretary of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said he “appreciates” why some officers might feel the organisation should have asked the Government for more than… read more →
THE majority of police officers will be paying slightly less pension contributions than expected under the career average new scheme – set to come in on 1 April. Most officers (Tier… read more →
THE Government has left police officers in “limbo” about the upcoming new pension scheme – beginning on 1 April. South Yorkshire Police Federation has hit out at the Home Office over its… read more →
ASSAULTS on police officers must be recorded properly to demonstrate the danger they face day to day, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. The force recorded just two assaults against police… read more →
“DISGUSTINGLY offensive, ignorant and deluded.” That’s the response from frontline police officers to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s comments that “the demands made on the police” have fallen along with recorded crime.… read more →
DEMAND on the police has grown so much so that the service needs to start saying “no”, the chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Neil Bowles was responding to comments… read more →
MORE than 97% of 1,000 Essex Police officers surveyed say they are concerned for public safety because of the £72.5 million Government funding cuts in the county. The results have been… read more →