SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation is backing calls for mandatory prison sentences to be handed down to anyone who assaults a police officer. New Police Crime and Commissioner Chief Katy Bourne… read more →

A SPIKE in the number of violent attacks on police officers has prompted an emergency summit of Chief Constables. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) is set to gather in… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation wants all officers to have access to Taser – and says the cost of this should be met by the Government. Ensuring Taser is on the… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Officers will be getting a 2.5% rise in their September pay packets – but will be worse off than other emergency service workers. The public sector pay… read more →

THE sheer weight of demand on South Yorkshire’s Police Officers is hampering their ability to engage stop and search to keep the public safe. South Yorkshire Police Federation says officers… read more →

FRONTLINE officers should be part of the new National Policing Board, so they can apply their first-hand experience of policing at the cutting edge, South Yorkshire Police Federation has urged.… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police has got its mounted unit back, and the region’s police Federation could not be more delighted. The force’s horses were moved to West Yorkshire three years ago… read more →

A TEAM of South Yorkshire Police officers, staff and their families have been presented with medals for completing nearly 3,000 miles in the Run to Remember challenge 2019. The challenge… read more →

THE future of the police service and officer health and welfare were top of the agenda when PFEW Chairman John Apter met new Home Secretary Priti Patel. Mr Apter tweeted… read more →

THE Police Federation of England and Wales has set out its response to a High Court decision on pension changes affecting police officers. The Government’s 2015 public sector pension changes… read more →