A £100m promised boost to police coffers to combat the rising tide of knife crime will only plug the gaps ‘short-term’ says South Yorkshire Police Federation. A rise in the… read more →

ALL officers should have access to Taser and the training required to use it, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Plans have been announced to place Taser in the hands… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police is having to play a waiting game when it comes to Brexit, but measures are in place whatever happens over the next few months. Steve Kent, South… read more →

THE Steel City Derby is always a daunting prospect, with two fierce rivals going head-to-head to claim three points – and that’s just on the pitch. Behind the scenes, police… read more →

AN alarming rise in cocaine use at football stadiums is fuelling growing levels of disorder. Police figures reveal a 10 per cent increase in drug-related arrests at grounds in the… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police officers have got off to a flying start at ‘drone school’. The new intensive week-long course will teach the budding police pilots, drawn from different divisions across… read more →

HAVING to be more cost efficient and reacting to how people want to contact the police is behind many recent police station closures, South Yorkshire Police Federation has said. Nearly… read more →

THE time for talking is over – politicians must act to support policing now, the British Transport Police Federation Conference has heard. Federation Chairman Nigel Goodband told delegates that if… read more →

THE Crown and Courts must do more to support police officers who have been subject to attacks at work, the Scottish Police Federation has said. Andrea MacDonald, Federation Chair, said… read more →

SOUTH Yorkshire Police Federation Chairman Steve Kent reacts to Prime Minister Theresa May still failing to recognise the link between police numbers and rising crime – as sadly children are… read more →