SEVENTEEN-year-olds are too young to join the force says South Yorkshire Police Federation. An amendment to the Police Regulations 2020 has lowered the recruitment age from 18 to 17 years… read more →
THE Chair of the National Police Chief’s Council has described the public recording officers at work and posting out of context clips on Social Media as a “hideous phenomenon”. In… read more →
THE Police Family refused to let COVID-19 stop them from paying tribute to their fallen colleagues as this year’s National Police Memorial Day went online. Hundreds of thousands of viewers… read more →
TWO South Yorkshire Police officers who superbly tackled a violent gun-toting man and got him off the streets of Sheffield have been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards. PC… read more →
A SOUTH Yorkshire Police officer revered by colleagues as being a ‘top bloke’ has sadly died. PC Stephen Jackson passed away this week from cancer. Tributes have since poured in… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation has joined the rest of the police family in offering its condolences to the loved ones of Metropolitan Police officer Sgt Matiu Ratana, who was killed… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police is to release body-worn camera footage to help balance out the portrayal of police actions in the media The force will look at incidents on a case-by-case… read more →
THE Home Secretary has backed calls for officers’ body-worn footage to be released to the public, it has been reported. Priti Patel has written to Martin Hewitt, Chair of the… read more →
A NEW Police Covenant should always be ‘front and centre’ of policing, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Home Secretary Priti Patel told the Police Superintendents’ Association conference that the… read more →