THE service has recruited less than half the number of direct entry applicants in its target, it was revealed last month. The Home Office had originally planned to draft 20… read more →

Police officers will receive a 1% boost to their pay packets from 1 September, the Home Secretary has announced. Theresa May accepted the main recommendations of both the Police Remunerations… read more →

THE traditional rank structure of the police service could be dismantled to make way for a “flatter” structure, a report out today has recommended. The current hierarchy, which has been… read more →

ALL constables will have the ability to access the top point of their pay scale if they pass the relevant threshold test following representations to the Home Office, the Police… read more →

DELAYS by the Crown Prosecution Service are preventing police officers walking the beat and carrying out other frontline duties, an official report has found. Officials said they had “significant concerns”… read more →

FALLING crime rates do not mean the service is coping with cuts, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has warned. Ministers who point to failing crime… read more →

Police officers took sick and injured people to hospital at least 4,485 times in England and Wales over the past three years, figures have shown. Officers from 12 forces stood… read more →

THE Police Federation of England and Wales has vowed to take a stand if it feels public safety is under threat, a new report has said. “The Police Federation will… read more →

THE SERVICE has a long way to go in supporting officers taking maternity and paternity leave, policing parents have said. Officers have described lack of support from managers and forces… read more →

MEMBERS of the police family have been invited to attend the annual Care of Police Survivors Service of Remembrance on Sunday 26 July. Some 500 relatives of police officers killed… read more →