CHIEF constables and the police minister have refused to put together an action plan to improve “plummeting” police officer morale – despite being told to do so by a group… read more →

ONLY just over one per cent of police officers believe the Government supports the service with four out of five cops thinking current reforms “will give criminality the upper hand.”… read more →

POLICE officers are being asked about their morale and if they are happy with their pay, pensions, training, working hours and the way they are treated by managers in a… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation members will continue to be kept bang up to date with all policing news and views with www.sypfcopperconnection.co.uk and hard copy magazines when required. Following a… read more →

MANAGERS in South Yorkshire Police need to make a “significant effort” to monitor officer workloads to help reduce rising stress levels, the federation has said. Neil Bowles, Federation chairman, said… read more →

FIFTY new police officers will be recruited at South Yorkshire Police over the next year after the Police and Crime Commissioner increased the policing precept. The two per cent rise… read more →

IT IS now possible to stay at one of the Police Treatment Centres without actually damaging your health first. If you’re a fan of cycling, and would like to go… read more →

THE Police Federation does need to reform – but the vital service the Federation provides to officers in very difficult and challenging times must not be forgotten. That was the… read more →

POLICE officers are being “set up to fail” when it comes to dealing with mentally ill people, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Kevin Huish, the Police… read more →

THE rank structure of the Police Federation of England and Wales should be abolished as should the National Joint Central Committee, a review has stated. The independent review into the… read more →