“I WAS just doing my job.” “I wasn’t doing anything more than my colleagues would do.” “It was just the call I got that day.” These are some of the… read more →

PROMINENT police officers have a date with the Queen coming up after receiving awards in Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours list. In total 10 UK Chief Officers, four officers from the… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police entered 109 candidates into this year’s Sergeants’ OSPRE Part I exam – with 36 (33%) coming away with a pass. Nationally, 42% of candidates who entered the… read more →

OFFICERS at the Police Service of Northern Ireland were attacked 740 times last year, the force’s Federation said. Morale is plummeting as a result of the attacks that amount to… read more →

POLICE officers from across England and Wales have told the Home Secretary that they are not “crying wolf” over the effect of further budget cuts on the service. Theresa May told delegates at… read more →

THE Home Secretary is “burying her head in the sand” about the reality of police cuts, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. The Home Secretary accused police officers of “scaremongering”and… read more →

“ENOUGH is enough”, the Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has told the Government after it emerged that 30 out of 43 forces are downgrading or reviewing neighbourhood… read more →

POLICE officers across the UK are to be given new training on their personal security in the light of the terrorist threat, which currently stands at severe. The Police Federation… read more →

THE current system of recording assaults through the health and safety monitoring system is “not good enough”, the Police Federation of England and Wales conference has been told. It is a… read more →

THE Police Federation marked 100 years of women in policing with a posthumous award for PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes in recognition of their dedication to duty. A session… read more →