AN ESSEX Police officer shot dead when he tackled a gunman in the street near his home has posthumously been given a national bravery award. PC Ian Dibell, 41, was… read more →
POLICE officers need “operational experience to make operational decisions”, the chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Neil Bowles (pictured) was reacting to the news that the Government plans… read more →
POLICE chiefs have defended a bonus system for officers performing “particularly unpleasant tasks” – including dealing with dead bodies and attending difficult fatal road accidents. ACPO said the payments recognise… read more →
POLICE reform will make the service “a more attractive profession” and “more representative of the people it serves” the police minister has said. In a speech around modernisation and the… read more →
THE newly introduced police officer annual fitness test is “wrong and irrelevant”, police officers heard at an open meeting. John Blanchard, chairman of Humberside Police Federation, (pictured) told the Fed’s… read more →
TRAINING has been given to all South Yorkshire Police front line officers on how to identify the warning signs of Child Sexual Exploitation – and what safeguarding action they can… read more →
HM CHIEF Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor risked the wrath of police officers by wearing a uniform at National Police Memorial Day. Mr Winsor wore an HMIC “ceremonial uniform” to… read more →
THE end of the UK wide Police Negotiating Board is “abhorrent” and its demise “does a fundamental disservice to the fine men and women of the police service in England… read more →
HUNDREDS of mourners – including Home Secretary Theresa May – attended the funeral service of a police officer who died after being run over on duty. PC Andrew Duncan, 47,… read more →
RESPONSE times to dangerous and serious emergencies in Sussex Police are falling as the number of officers drop, an Open Meeting has heard. Paul Sellings, chairman of Sussex Police Federation,… read more →