{"id":178719,"date":"2020-12-21T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=178719"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:06:36","slug":"morale-lower-among-south-yorkshire-officers-than-nationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=178719","title":{"rendered":"Morale Lower Among South Yorkshire Officers Than Nationally"},"content":{"rendered":"

MORALE among South Yorkshire Police officers is lower than the national figure for police officers in England and Wales, PFEW\u2019s 2020 Pay and Morale Survey has revealed.<\/p>\n

Of those South Yorkshire Police officers who responded to the survey, 51% said their morale was either low or very low. Nationwide the figure was 48%.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, 79% of respondents from South Yorkshire Police said they felt that morale within the force was low or very low. Nationally, 75% of respondents said the same thing.<\/p>\n

South Yorkshire Police Federation Chair Steve Kent said: \u201cThe history to this is that South Yorkshire has the most demand for officers in the country and we\u2019re also one of the poorest-funded forces in the country. So this difficult situation has been in the making for a long time. But there\u2019s a light at the end of the tunnel, as the force is looking at doing what it needs to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile 47% of respondents from South Yorkshire Police felt that they were worse off financially than they were five years ago. Steve said that the pay freeze \u201cwas another crushing blow\u201d.<\/p>\n