NEARLY nine in ten emergency services staff have experienced stress, low mood and poor mental health at some point during their careers, a new survey has shown. An online poll… read more →
ESSEX Police officers took more than 11,000 sick days due to stress last year, double the number taken four years ago. A total of 11,238 days were lost to stress… read more →
THE Police Federation of England and Wales has said it is taking a “long-term approach to police officer pay and conditions” as it emphasises its one per cent pay rise… read more →
ESSEX Police is riding a slippery slope towards privatisation, the force’s Police Federation has warned. An unspecified number of police officers are to be replaced with civilian investigators, it has… read more →
NEARLY 30,000 police officers could be axed from the police service it has been warned. More than 17,000 police officer jobs have gone from the service since 2010, but another… read more →
FEDERATION members have been urged not to act hastily in decisions over police pension changes which are due to come in on 1 April. The Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE)… read more →
THE Police Pensions Regulations 2015 – introduced on 1 April – have been laid before Parliament There are 228 points to digest – a Police Federation of England and Wales… read more →
POLICE officers need to see the distinction between the numerous “teething problems” with the new police pension scheme and the “scheme not being financially a sound choice”, the Police Federation… read more →
THE Government has announced £1 million in support to help build a new memorial to honour the United Kingdom’s fallen police officers. The new memorial will cost somewhere in the… read more →
POLICE forces under severe financial pressure should no longer investigate the rising number of complaints about their officers, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Alex Duncan, professional… read more →