POLICE officers are to benefit from a new £7.5m welfare fund, the Government has announced. The National Police Welfare Service will initially be tested as a pilot and, subject to… read more →
THE only way the Government can properly address stress in the police service is to properly fund it, South Yorkshire Police Federation has warned. Chair Zulieka Payne was talking after… read more →
MPs from across the House of Commons came together to offer cross party support for a bill that seeks to deter assaults on emergency service workers. The continuation of the… read more →
RAISING public awareness could help to prevent police officers from assaults, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. A total of 250 police officers were assaulted on duty in South Yorkshire… read more →
CHIEF Constables are to consider “whether some currently unarmed police officers in key locations should be armed” as part of a “review of the national armed police response in light… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police could be “robbing Peter to pay Paul” due to a lack of authorised firearms officers, the force’s Federation has said. Budget cuts, along with the reputation of… read more →
SPIT guards should be rolled out to every police officer on the front line to protect them from infectious diseases, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. The force has announced… read more →
TWO South Yorkshire Police officers who were seriously injured by an axeman have been nominated for this year’s National Police Bravery Awards. Sheffield officers PC Lisa Bates and PC Mark… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police officers who were seriously injured by an axeman were nominated for this year’s National Police Bravery Awards. Sheffield officers PC Lisa Bates and PC Mark Garrett – who did… read more →
IT IS time for a reality check on police funding, the Chair of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. The service cannot sustain any more cuts and must stop having… read more →