POLICE whistleblowers could be offered anonymity and immunity from prosecution if they uncover serious criminality, under new proposals from the Home Secretary. Theresa May (pictured) has launched a consultation on… read more →

AN ALREADY stretched police service is seeing an increasing number of calls to crimes committed online – and more responsibility needs to be taken by social media giants, police officers have said.… read more →

THE service must brace itself for further cuts after it was announced that the central government policing budget would shrink by five per cent. There will be £299m less available… read more →

POLICE officers “simply cannot do any more and they, along with the public, will suffer as a result” of five per cent cuts to the policing budget, the Police Federation… read more →

A NEW round of public spending cuts will mean a loss of at least 34,000 police jobs within three years, chief officers have predicted. Sir Hugh Orde, president of ACPO,… read more →

POLICE officers are being invited to submit their views on plans to hold disciplinary and appeal hearings in public. Officers have until Friday 2 January to submit views on proposals… read more →

TWO South Yorkshire Police officers have been commended for their bravery and commitment, after an offender they were trying to apprehend assaulted them and knocked one of them unconscious. The… read more →

MORE than 80 per cent of the South Yorkshire Police officers who took the latest Sergeants’ OSPRE Part II assessment have been successful. Out of the 21 South Yorkshire constables… read more →

OFFICERS in England and Wales seeking promotion to sergeant or inspector will no longer sit the Ospre Part II examination. The National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF), which has been trialled… read more →

REMOVING all police officers below inspector level from Kent’s control room will limit the force’s expertise to filter out calls that police do not need to attend, it has been warned.… read more →