OFFICER numbers at South Yorkshire Police continue to fall as a further 19 fully sworn posts were lost last year. The force was home to 2,775 officers in September 2012,… read more →
POLICING parents who take children out of school during term time to go on holiday could be risking their professional standards departments pulling them up for misconduct. Members of the… read more →
HOLIDAY for South Yorkshire Police officers is being “controlled” by the force during this summer’s Tour de France in England – while all rest day leave has been cancelled. Neil… read more →
THE Police Federation has agreed to be “open, transparent and accountable” in the wake of the independent review into the organisation. The Police Federation Joint Branch Boards (JBB) Chairs and… read more →
CHIEF constables and the police minister have refused to put together an action plan to improve “plummeting” police officer morale – despite being told to do so by a group… read more →
ONLY just over one per cent of police officers believe the Government supports the service with four out of five cops thinking current reforms “will give criminality the upper hand.”… read more →
POLICE officers are being asked about their morale and if they are happy with their pay, pensions, training, working hours and the way they are treated by managers in a… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation members will continue to be kept bang up to date with all policing news and views with www.sypfcopperconnection.co.uk and hard copy magazines when required. Following a… read more →
MANAGERS in South Yorkshire Police need to make a “significant effort” to monitor officer workloads to help reduce rising stress levels, the federation has said. Neil Bowles, Federation chairman, said… read more →
FIFTY new police officers will be recruited at South Yorkshire Police over the next year after the Police and Crime Commissioner increased the policing precept. The two per cent rise… read more →