A ONE per cent pay rise has been agreed for police officers, kicking in on 1 September this year. Ian Rennie, Staff Side secretary of the Police Negotiating Board and… read more →

POLICE officers are to be assessed on their “fitness to use stop and search powers” and could be disciplined if they are incorrectly using them, the Home Secretary has announced.… read more →

A CONSTABLE and an inspector have declared their intentions to battle it out to be the next chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales. Will Riches, the Chairman… read more →

TWENTY-eight per cent of candidates have passed the first stage of the sergeants’ promotion process at South Yorkshire Police. Twenty one of the 75 candidates at the force passed their… read more →

FOOTBALL clubs should pay the “full whack” for policing games to ensure public order officers can take their rest days, the chairman of the South Yorkshire Police Federation has said.… read more →

WHY is the chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales retiring? Is he leaving a “sinking ship”? What next for the national staff association and the Fed review?… read more →

A TWO minute silence was held to remember police officer Yvonne Fletcher, on the 30th anniversary of her murder. Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said the force are “determined… read more →

THE Police Federation is urging officers to make use of the force’s bonus payment scheme. South Yorkshire Police has a budget of £30,000 a year for these bonuses – of between… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police has celebrated its 40th birthday. The Force was formed on April 1 1974 as a merger of the previous Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary joining the Barnsley and… read more →

THERE are risks that some victims of domestic abuse may not be getting the response or quality of service they need from South Yorkshire Police, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary have… read more →