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 →
A FORMER soldier and firefighter has been named as the new policing minister following the Cabinet reshuffle this week. Mike Penning, the MP for Hemel Hempstead, has served both in… read more →
THE 65th NATO Summit will be held in September in Newport, South Wales and there will be a mutual aid deployment of around 10,000 officers to the event. This will… read more →