BRAVE and heroic South Yorkshire Police officers who risked their lives and saved the lives of others have been honoured by the force. Sheffield PCs Christopher Beevers and Chelsea Rudge… read more →

MORE than 3,000 people have applied for 369 new police officer jobs in South Yorkshire – around eight applicants for every vacancy. The force is recruiting new officers to replace… read more →

CHANCELLOR George Osborne and Home Secretary Theresa May have come under fire for claiming that police funding would be protected, when tens of millions of pounds were being cut from… read more →

ON Thursday 5 May voters in South Yorkshire will vote to decide who will be their next local police and crime commissioner. The Labour Party’s Alan Billings, who took over… read more →

TEENAGER Clayton Williams has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the manslaughter of Merseyside PC David Phillips. PC Phillips, 34, was deploying a stop-stick tyre puncturing device when… read more →

A NEW Government consultation on the formula for police funding appears to have been delayed for at least a year while chiefs prepare a report on the service’s specialist capabilities.… read more →

ROADS policing cutbacks mean ‘minor’ traffic offences such as careless driving cannot be effectively detected, MPs have warned. A report by parliament’s Transport Select Committee suggested that a fall in… read more →

POLICE officers now spend just half their working hours on the beat following Government cuts, HMIC has warned. The watchdog said overstretched officers are no longer able to spend much… read more →

THE Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has called for praise for his members who are “working as hard as they can” – as the force received a negative report… read more →

A CONSULTATION has been launched on “academic recognition” for police officers – a degree for future entrants and new policing apprenticeships Chief Constable Alex Marshall, CEO of the College of… read more →