SERVING PCs will have a chance to jump to the inspector rank in just two years under a new fast track to inspector programme launching next month. On October 20… read more →
THE reality of cuts to police budgets means forces must ensure officers’ time is put to best use – and this means prioritising calls they attend, the president of ACPO… read more →
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has been told it must do more to allow officers to report concerns about crime-recording. The force has a confidential reporting line by which officers can raise… read more →
COMMUNITY support officers are being used “inappropriately” in forces across England and Wales and are being “drawn into a response style of policing”, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has warned. The watchdog’s… read more →
THE last few officers remaining at Hammerton Road police station are to be moved out this autumn after the building was deemed to be “unfit for purpose”. The current station… read more →
ALL South Yorkshire Police officers have been offered a free fatigue assessment in a bid to help them deal with the effects of tiredness. South Yorkshire Police Federation has offered… read more →
THE under fire Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire has resigned from the post. Shaun Wright has stepped down today (16 September) “for the sake of victims” and “for… read more →
A JAIL sentence of less than three years for a plasterer who deliberately drove a van at a police officer has been described as “very lenient” by South Yorkshire Police Federation.… read more →
THE new South Yorkshire Police Federation offices will provide more room for representatives and members – and greater privacy for all. The new building at Meadowhall officially opened for business… read more →
POLICE officers will be able to have their say on police pay and conditions when members of the new Police Remuneration Review Body come and visit their forces. From September,… read more →