REPEATED exposure to trauma can have a serious detrimental effect on a police officer’s mental health – with roads policing officers at high risk, along with those who investigate child… read more →
TRAINING is being rolled out across South Yorkshire Police to ensure police officers are better supported after dealing with traumatic incidents. Trauma Risk Management – or “TRiM” – sees trained… read more →
EVERY officer in South Yorkshire Police should be able to have a Taser on their hip in order to keep themselves and the public safe, the force’s Federation has said. Steve… read more →
POLICE drivers need better protection in law “quickly and urgently”, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said, after the Government “neglected” changes to legislation that would enable them to better do… read more →
POLICE chiefs have asked the Police Remuneration Review Body to consider a three rather than one year pay deal for the first time, to give officers a bigger upfront pay… read more →
A PROPOSED pay rise suggested by chiefs for rank and file officers fails to address the frontline’s “crisis in morale and wellbeing”, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Chairman Steve… read more →
OFFICERS have been urged not to make any rash decisions about their pensions by the Police Federation of England and Wales as the future remains unclear.
A NEW police performance system looks set to reduce the number of police officers going through misconduct cases by 80 per cent. Training, restorative action, mediation, closer supervision and welfare intervention… read more →
A MOVE towards a learning culture, and away from punishment, ahead of changes to the way misconduct is resolved is positive for police officers, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said.… read more →
South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair, Steve Kent, has admitted that the latest figures taken from the forces Demand, Capacity and Welfare Survey “makes for grim reading”, after it was revealed… read more →