A FORMER Head of Employee Relations and Human Resources at British Airways is to be chairman of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) – expected to replace the Police Negotiating… read more →
POLICE officers achieving “chartered” status – like accountants or lawyers – would “professionalise” the job, according to policing heavyweight Lord Stevens. The former Met commissioner (pictured) told MPs that in… read more →
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has congratulated South Yorkshire Police after the force made notable reductions in crime. HMIC wrote to South Yorkshire Police to congratulate the “considerable progress” it has… read more →
DRUNKEN requests for bus times and lifts homes were among the nuisance 999 calls received by South Yorkshire Police on New Year’s Eve. On 31 December, the busiest night of… read more →
TOP Premier League referee Howard Webb has returned to South Yorkshire Police to continue his work as a part-time police sergeant, leading a football initiative for young people. Sgt Webb… read more →
A £1,000 “bobby tax” for prospective police officers risks stopping the service looking like the public it serves, an MP has warned. Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden… read more →
POOR supervision and leadership rather than institutional corruption have been blamed by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary for manipulated police crime figures. Tom Winsor (pictured) predicted that the current… read more →
THE federated ranks of the UK police service have been well-recognised in the New Year’s Honours, with five officers being awarded the Queen’s Policing Medal for distinguished service. PC John… read more →
THE Police Arbitration Tribunal has ruled that compulsory severance will not be introduced for police officers. Arbiters decided that introducing officer redundancy to the service would be a “momentous change”… read more →
TOM Winsor remains “startled” at how police officers reacted to his pay and conditions reports – and believes much of their anger was based on “misapprehension”. Appearing before the Home… read more →