JOHN Apter has been elected as the new Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). The current Chairman of Hampshire Police Federation, and a police officer since… read more →
POLICE pay awards such as the one announced this year leave officers questioning how much they are valued, according to South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Zuleika Payne. The Government announced this… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has lost 494 officers since 2010 – equivalent to losing the entire policing force for the town of Doncaster. Across England and Wales cuts to the police… read more →
POLICING is in a ‘desperate’ state says South Yorkshire Police Federation as figures reveal 217 officers in the constabulary took time off with mental health illnesses last year. Nationally there’s… read more →
MEASURES aimed at improving police officer and staff health and wellbeing have been set out in a new document from the Home Office – but cops have questioned why they… read more →
THE way to help police officers with their mental ill health is to encourage them to talk about their feelings, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on wellbeing has said.… read more →
‘ABHORRENT’ attacks on police officers in South Yorkshire is a depressing sign of the times. Figures show that assaults on officers in the region have almost doubled in a year –… read more →