IF budgets are protected why are we being asked to save £1.3 million? That was the message from Zuleika Payne, Chair of South Yorkshire Police Federation, after hearing speeches from… read more →
THE Home Secretary has promised to visit police forces to get a true picture of the unacceptable level of demand facing the service. Amber Rudd, appearing at the Police Federation… read more →
POLICE officers are becoming society’s punchbags, the Chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation has told the Police Federation Annual Conference. Leading a session on the ongoing #ProtectTheProtectors campaign, Nick Smart… read more →
POLICE apprenticeships are to be introduced enabling two different routes into the service, the Police Federation of England and Wales has heard. Apprenticeships, which will enable non-graduates to do extra… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation’s team travelled to the Police Federation of England and Wales’ Annual Conference. The new-look two-day conference had the theme of ‘Protect the Protectors’. It took place… read more →
THE Home Secretary should award police officers the 2.8% pay uplift requested by the Police Federation of England and Wales this year, Amber Rudd has been told. Steve White addressed the… read more →
A PC has told how he barely slept when he found out he was being investigated for dangerous driving – facing court proceedings and a gross misconduct charge. PC James… read more →
POLITICIANS must step up and show police firearms officers who protect them that “they have got their backs”, a chief officer has said. Simon Chesterman (pictured), the National Police Chiefs… read more →
THE need for police officers to protect themselves from being spat at was hotly debated at the Police Federation Annual Conference this week. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott told delegates… read more →
A POLICE officer who has left the job because of PTSD and depression has questioned why policing spends money on keeping officers safe from physical harm but doesn’t provide the… read more →