POLICE officers should not have to interpret the new “ambiguous and hazy” lockdown rules after the Government relaxed guidelines for people in England, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. In… read more →
PEOPLE who assault police officers, especially during the coronavirus crisis, should automatically go to prison. That is the view of South Yorkshire Police Federation, after national figures showed a 14%… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire residents have the highest increase in confidence in their police force in the country, according to a new survey. In the neighbourhoodalert.co.uk survey, 67.5% of respondents said they… read more →
IT would be “absolutely intolerable” for police officers not to get a pay rise this year, the Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Some newspapers have reported that… read more →
TASER is an “absolutely vital tool” which officers are reluctant to use unless they have no other option, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Chairman Steve Kent made the comments… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation has called for a review into the IOPC to change it into a supervisory body. Chairman Steve Kent said it was wrong that officers are investigated… read more →
ANY pause in police officer recruitment could send the service “back to the Dark Ages”. Police Minister Kit Malthouse has admitted that the recruitment of 20,000 additional police officers over… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has a backlog of 370 unchecked devices that are awaiting examination by investigators, according to a Press Association study. The investigation found that 12,122 devices were waiting… read more →
KIND-HEARTED South Yorkshire Police officers have helped a family struggling through the coronavirus crisis to put food on the table. Barnsley officers PC Mitchell and PC Massey were alerted to… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation’s new website is now live, with a simpler, more user-friendly design. Federation Chairman Steve Kent said: “The feedback from our members on our old website was… read more →