IT WAS described as a “sad day” for policing in England and Wales as the Police Negotiating Board registered a “failure to agree” over compulsory severance on 24 July. The… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has been named as one of five forces in England and Wales which will find it especially difficult to cope with further budget cuts after 2015. HM… read more →
POLICE officer numbers across England and Wales have dropped by 4,516 in the past six months. There were 129,584 police officers in the 43 police forces of England and Wales… read more →
POLICE officers have hit out at the news MP’s pay is to rise by more than 11 per cent to £74,000 by May 2015. Neil Bowles, chairman of South Yorkshire… read more →
TRAFFIC police officer numbers dropped by almost a third in four years in South Yorkshire Police. A Freedom of Information request made by the charity Brake found that the force… read more →
FRONTLINE police officers have raised fears compulsory severance could be used as a “threatening tool” by police managers and forces – jeopardising the independence of constables. The Staff and Official… read more →
MORE than 70 police officers have been injured in four days of public disorder across Belfast. Bombs, bottles, bricks and masonry were among the missiles thrown at officers as they… read more →
THE “quality and presentation” of police evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service “clearly needs significant improvement”, a joint inspection report has found. A review of 180 prosecution case files by… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has appointed its first ever female chief officer, Jo Byrne, a “highly experienced” assistant chief constable from West Midlands Police. South Yorkshire had been one of 17… read more →
THE FIRST group of officers in the country to have their applications for voluntary severance approved will leave the police service within the next three months. The 24 officers from… read more →