THE use of police custody as a place of safety under mental health legislation across the country has more than halved in one year. In South Yorkshire the number of… read more →

THE police service needs to be representative of society by allowing potential recruits to have tattoos. South Yorkshire Police Federation Chairman Neil Bowles said that because an increasing number of… read more →

A CHEAPER communications system due to replace Airwave in three years is at high risk of failing, according to the government’s spending watchdog. After analysing the new £1.2bn Emergency Services… read more →

A QUICK-thinking South Yorkshire police officer has been hailed a hero after rescuing a toddler from drowning on holiday. PC Dan Radford, aged 37, had been relaxing in the pool… read more →

POLICE officers are human and must be allowed to make mistakes, the President of the Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales has urged. Gavin Thomas, speaking at the association’s annual… read more →

MOTORISTS are illegally using mobile phones while driving in “epidemic proportions” because they have no fear of being caught by the police, the RAC has warned. Twice as many people… read more →

POLICE officers took sick and injured people to hospital at least 2,012 times last year because ambulances were unavailable, new figures have shown. Nine forces revealed that police cars had… read more →

EIGHTEEN per cent of people think the levels of service provided by local police have got worse over the past year, newly published research states. A survey of 26,000 people,… read more →

POLICE officers are being put under “appalling pressure” and being driven to quit the job over lengthy investigations by the IPCC, a national meeting has heard. A top lawyer confronted… read more →

THE Chairman of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) has called on the government to help cover the cost of National Police Memorial Day. Mark Lindsay said a contribution… read more →