THE Federation has hailed a force u-turn which has relaxed rules around tattoos. Police officers in South Yorkshire once banned from showing their tattoos while on duty no longer have… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation is discussing opening a food bank to help struggling officers through the cost-of-living crisis, Chair Steve Kent has said. Steve warned that with the cost of… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation has given its approval to a new police recruitment approach that scraps the requirement for officers to have a degree. Steve Kent said the move would… read more →

POLICE officers should be subject to mandatory annual psychological check-ups to protect them from the insidious effects of trauma, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Steve Kent called for a… read more →

CHRISTMAS and New Year Message for Members from Steve Kent, Chair of South Yorkshire Police Federation. “I would like to wish all of our officers and their families a good… read more →

A SHOCKING 86% of South Yorkshire Police officers feel ‘worse off’ financially now than they were five years ago, new research has found. And 16% ‘never’ or ‘almost never’ have… read more →

THE new Prime Minister needs to understand that policing is “on the cusp of a dangerous precipice” and needs urgent investment, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Federation Chair Steve… read more →

A RETURN to austerity would break policing, with both officers and the public suffering, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said ahead of the autumn budget. It has been reported that… read more →

THAT was South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Steve Kent’s response to new figures showing that 37,000 physical assaults on police officers took place across England and Wales in the year… read more →

“IT is totally unfair and unjustified to tar all police officers with the same brush,” the Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said about the media response to a… read more →