EVERY every frontline officer should have a Taser, according to South Yorkshire Police Federation. The Home Office has announced that the force is to receive funding for 156 more Tasers.… read more →
IT IS “not good enough” that offenders jailed for assaulting emergency service workers receive on average less than 12 weeks in prison, according to South Yorkshire Police Federation. Data from… read more →
HOLLY Lynch, the MP for Halifax who spearheaded the Protect The Protectors campaign, has spoken out against suspended sentences for those who assault police officers, and said her message to… read more →
A 5% PAY rise for all police officers will go some way to repairing the damage done to the police service over the past decade. South Yorkshire Police Federation is… read more →
MENTAL health in policing must be treated as seriously as physical safety. South Yorkshire Police Federation is supporting a campaign by the PFEW that asks officers to be on the… read more →
MENTAL health in policing must be treated as seriously as physical safety, the Police Federation has said. A new campaign, launched to coincide with ‘Time to Talk Day’, asks officers… read more →
POLICE officers want to do the best job they can, but cuts to resources mean they’re often only able to “fight fires”. A report by HMICFRS said victims had given… read more →
THE Government’s proposed Police Covenant is “a good start”, but more needs to be done to protect police officers, according to South Yorkshire Police Federation. Home Secretary Priti Patel launched… read more →
THE Government has unrealistic expectations of the police service’s recruitment drive, and it might take five years to see results. That is the view of South Yorkshire Police Federation, as… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police force is running a ‘police return scheme’, asking retired officers to re-join the force to help boost numbers. The force wants to recruit 700 officers, as well… read more →