POLICE officers will be able to test motorists for illegal drugs from this spring, ministers have announced Mike Penning, police minister, (pictured) and Robert Goodwill, roads minister told the national… read more →
DEDICATED police officers, staff, investigative teams and partnership projects have been recognised and acknowledged at South Yorkshire Police’s Doncaster district awards. Pictured are the investigation of the year award winners… read more →
DEPARTMENTAL mergers at South Yorkshire Police will put stretched officers under even more pressure, the local Police Federation has warned. Chief Constable David Crompton has to find savings of £49… read more →
POLICE officers will no longer be able to resign or retire if they are subject to a misconduct allegation that might lead to dismissal. The new Home Office regulations mean… read more →
POLICE whistleblowers could be offered anonymity and immunity from prosecution if they uncover serious criminality, under new proposals from the Home Secretary. Theresa May (pictured) has launched a consultation on… read more →
AN ALREADY stretched police service is seeing an increasing number of calls to crimes committed online – and more responsibility needs to be taken by social media giants, police officers have said.… read more →
THE service must brace itself for further cuts after it was announced that the central government policing budget would shrink by five per cent. There will be £299m less available… read more →
POLICE officers “simply cannot do any more and they, along with the public, will suffer as a result” of five per cent cuts to the policing budget, the Police Federation… read more →
A NEW round of public spending cuts will mean a loss of at least 34,000 police jobs within three years, chief officers have predicted. Sir Hugh Orde, president of ACPO,… read more →
POLICE officers are being invited to submit their views on plans to hold disciplinary and appeal hearings in public. Officers have until Friday 2 January to submit views on proposals… read more →