THE Strategic Review of Policing will assist the service after a difficult decade, South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Steve Kent said – but he is “sceptical” about how much change… read more →
A £420,000 cash boost for South Yorkshire Police’s dog units is “brilliant news” which will be a great boost to frontline policing, the force’s Federation has said. Steve Kent, Federation… read more →
CUSTODY officers and staff have been praised for their professionalism and the level of care provided to detainees as latest figures revealed nobody died in a custody suite last year.… read more →
A ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ lack of respect for authority is behind the spiralling rise in violent assaults on police officers, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Across the country, officers have recently… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation is backing calls for mandatory prison sentences to be handed down to anyone who assaults a police officer. New Police Crime and Commissioner Chief Katy Bourne… read more →
A SPIKE in the number of violent attacks on police officers has prompted an emergency summit of Chief Constables. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) is set to gather in… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation wants all officers to have access to Taser – and says the cost of this should be met by the Government. Ensuring Taser is on the… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Officers will be getting a 2.5% rise in their September pay packets – but will be worse off than other emergency service workers. The public sector pay… read more →
THE sheer weight of demand on South Yorkshire’s Police Officers is hampering their ability to engage stop and search to keep the public safe. South Yorkshire Police Federation says officers… read more →
FRONTLINE officers should be part of the new National Policing Board, so they can apply their first-hand experience of policing at the cutting edge, South Yorkshire Police Federation has urged.… read more →