South Yorkshire Police is urging over-worked and underpaid police officers to help bring about change by engaging in a major survey.<\/p>\n
The National Police Wellbeing Survey launched on 19 May and gives officers the chance to suggest improvements about the job.<\/p>\n
It explores topics such as work demands, leadership, resources and communication, with all answers anonymous.<\/p>\n
Federation Chair Steve Kent warned against the danger of underestimating the landmark study\u2019s value.
\nHe said: \u201cI know cops are fed-up of surveys, they really are sick of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they act as a key piece of evidence we can put forward \u2013 they carry quite a bit of weight when it comes to lobbying MPs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I say how stressed, upset and financially struggling our cops are \u2013 and can back that up with statistics \u2013 it has much more power.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve urged people to support the work of organisations such as Oscar Kilo when it came to helping officers.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIf you add all these organisations together, they have some real weight in terms of the influence they put across.\u201d<\/p>\n