SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation have called on the Government to issue police pay rises to help them get through the cost of living crisis. Chair Steve Kent was speaking after… read more →

POLICE officers are waiting outside supermarkets at midnight until their pay lands in their bank account so they can afford to shop for food, the Police Federation of Wales annual… read more →

THERE is a “crisis in policing” as officers, particularly detectives, are struggling to manage their workloads following changes in CPS guidance, the PFEW annual conference has heard. A panel session… read more →

OFFICER welfare should be front and centre of mutual aid operations, the annual Police Federation of England and Wales Conference has heard. Policing has shown improvement in the way it… read more →

MORE than 360 current conduct investigations have gone on for more than a year in England and Wales, the Police Federation has revealed. Phill Matthews, PFEW Conduct and Performance Lead,… read more →

“THE ill-health retirement process is adversarial, leaving officers feeling even more devalued and more unwell,” delegates at PFEW’s Conference have been told. Police forces needed to be more compassionate and… read more →

A ‘CATALOGUE of shame’ has left police drivers finding themselves on the wrong side of the law, a session on roads policing at the PFEW conference has heard. New legislation… read more →

STUDENT officers are at “breaking point” due to the strain of trying to complete a full degree “whilst working within a highly stressful role at extremely low pay”, the Police… read more →

POLICE officers are the “glue that holds communities together”, former Olympian and World Champion athlete Kriss Akabusi told the PFEW Conference. Now working as a motivational speaker, Kriss spoke to… read more →

THE Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) has filed an application for judicial review and called for a truly independent pay mechanism for police officer pay, which South Yorkshire… read more →