Officers should be given training that is “engaging and quality” to ensure forces are benefitting from the highest quality policing, South Yorkshire Police Federation says. Federation Chair Steve Kent said… read more →
Every police officer in the UK should be offered an annual well-being check-up if the service is to protect officers from the disturbing increase in suicide. Three colleagues have died… read more →
Policing is on the cusp of a mental health crisis, the Chair of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Steve Kent was speaking after 67% of officers reported physical exhaustion… read more →
The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has stepped up its engagement with Parliament by taking its ‘Copped Enough’ campaign to party conferences and pressing for urgent reforms. PFEW… read more →
Police forces are facing a “massive vacuum of skills” due to experienced officers leaving the job, South Yorkshire Police Federation has warned. Federation Chair Steve Kent said forces were “haemorrhaging… read more →
Police officers taking on second jobs in record numbers has laid bare the crisis in pay and wellbeing, South Yorkshire Police Federation has warned. In some forces the number working… read more →
South Yorkshire Police still doesn’t have enough officers to cope with demand, the Police Federation has said. New Government data shows that South Yorkshire Police has 215 officers per 100,000… read more →
South Yorkshire Police Federation has welcomed changes to compensation guidance that aims to secure fairer treatment for injured officers. Police officers and other emergency workers will now be treated more… read more →
Government investment in neighbourhood policing is a sticking plaster solution to a larger problem, South Yorkshire Police Federation says. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to recruit 3,000 more neighbourhood… read more →
A public sector worker is assaulted every two minutes in the UK, according to an investigation from LBC. Drawing on NHS data, Home Office statistics and freedom of information requests,… read more →