TASER was used 73 times by South Yorkshire Police officers in 2013 – which is a Taser use per 100 officers of three, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said.… read more →
THOUSANDS of people have signed a petition calling on Home Secretary Theresa May to allow widows of police officers who die in service to keep their spouse’s pension if they… read more →
POLICE officer numbers across England and Wales have dropped by 1,674 in the past year. There were 127,909 police officers in the 43 police forces of England and Wales as… read more →
OFFICER assaults at South Yorkshire Police have fallen – and the number of officers attacked at the force is one of the lowest in the country, a survey has shown.… read more →
FALLING officer numbers and an increase in single-crewing cannot be blamed for the nationwide rise in officer assaults, ACPO’s lead on workforce development has said. There were 20,249 assaults on… read more →
THE sacrifices made by police officers up and down the country must not be forgotten, the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police has said following this year’s Care of Police… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police is “on track to make all of the savings it needs over the period of the spending review”, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has said. The force has… read more →
FOUR lane running is to be given the go-ahead on the M1 in South Yorkshire – despite fears that the plan could endanger officers’ and public safety. Plans to turn… read more →
THE work of police officers in ensuring the safe passage of the Tour de France has been praised by South Yorkshire Police Federation. Neil Bowles, Federation Chairman, said: “The whole… read more →
POLICE officers around the country are at “breaking point” with increasing numbers of them suffering from stress-related illness, according the Police Federation of England and Wales. Steve White, chairman of… read more →