POLICE officers in South Yorkshire are going without rest days because there aren’t enough bobbies to police football matches. Rest days have already been cancelled on six Saturdays in the… read more →

IT IS “dreadful” that three out of four serving police officers would not recommend policing as a career to others, the Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. More… read more →

THE public and the government have got to “wake up” about the effect of police cuts, the Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Neil Bowles was speaking after… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police is to set up a gold working group to look at the issue of officer assaults. Neil Bowles, Chairman of South Yorkshire Police Federation, said the force… read more →

THE number of officers signed off through stress, depression, anxiety, stress or post-traumatic stress disorder has increased at South Yorkshire Police. A total of 165 officers were signed off in… read more →

“A RELATIVELY small proportion of police time is spent on crime,” Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary has told MPs. Sir Tom Winsor told a Public Accounts Committee hearing that… read more →

THE number of firearms operations increased by 38% at South Yorkshire Police last year, according to the latest figures. There were 500 operations in which firearms were authorised in the… read more →

A NATIONAL support line for officers who are vulnerable has been set up through a joint partnership between the Police Federation and Police Firearms Officers Association. The Welfare Support Programme will… read more →

OFFICERS and staff have been given new information on keeping themselves and their families safe as the terrorist threat remains at severe – meaning an attack is highly likely. Police… read more →