LARGER workloads, longer hours and an increase in travel times are contributing to an increase in stress among police officers, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Carolyn… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police officers are being encouraged to donate £1.30 a week to the Police Treatment Centres charity so they can receive treatment for free if they are injured or… read more →
HOME Secretary Theresa May “is not for budging on compulsory severance”, Police Federation chairman across England and Wales have warned. The ability for chief constables to forcibly make police officers… read more →
UNIONS representing police staff in England and Wales have put forward a claim for a three per cent pay rise for their members. The Trade Union Side of the Police… read more →
OFFICERS and their families have been invited to commemorate their fallen colleagues at the COPS Annual Service of Remembrance in July. COPS (Care of Police Survivors) is marking its tenth… read more →
THREE in five custody sergeants are exhibiting signs of high emotional exhaustion, according to a recent study. The pressures on sergeants at peak times in custody suites, the inability to… read more →
BLANKET bans on flexible working could leave police forces vulnerable to legal action, an employment lawyer has warned. Emma Hawksworth, a partner at Slater & Gordon Lawyers, said that any… read more →
POLICE constables are being asked to give their views on the level of English, maths and computer skills required to join the police service. The College of Policing is carrying… read more →
THE Home Secretary wants mental health nurses to accompany police officers to incidents that look likely to result in a detention under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Theresa… read more →
POLICE officers will be waiting to see whether the Home Secretary’s actions are as good as her words after she made promises on sentencing of cop killers and mental health.… read more →