South Yorkshire Police Urges Officers to Take Part in Vital Wellbeing Survey
South Yorkshire Police is urging over-worked and underpaid police officers to help bring about change by engaging in a major survey.
The National Police Wellbeing Survey launched on 19 May and gives officers the chance to suggest improvements about the job.
It explores topics such as work demands, leadership, resources and communication, with all answers anonymous.
Federation Chair Steve Kent warned against the danger of underestimating the landmark study’s value.
He said: “I know cops are fed-up of surveys, they really are sick of it.
“But they act as a key piece of evidence we can put forward – they carry quite a bit of weight when it comes to lobbying MPs.
“When I say how stressed, upset and financially struggling our cops are – and can back that up with statistics – it has much more power.”
Steve urged people to support the work of organisations such as Oscar Kilo when it came to helping officers.
He added: “If you add all these organisations together, they have some real weight in terms of the influence they put across.”