PROPOSED cuts to the police budget will endanger public safety – the country’s most senior officer has said – and a force restructure is the only way to save money. Sir… read more →
A NEW round of public spending cuts will mean a loss of at least 34,000 police jobs within three years, the Association of Chief Police Officers has predicted. Sir Hugh… read more →
MOUNTED police patrols are associated with higher levels of public trust and confidence in the police, a report has found following a 25 per cent reduction in mounted units. Since… read more →
THE number of firearms officers at Essex Police has fallen over the last five years, in line with a national reduction in armed capability, new figures have shown. There were… read more →
MORE than 80 per cent of the Essex Police officers who took the latest – and last – Sergeants’ OSPRE Part II assessment have been successful. Out of the 67… read more →
A POLICE constable from Harlow has been praised after saving the life of a man who had collapsed while cycling in the town. PC Lee Sheppard, based on the Harlow… read more →
POLICE officers “simply cannot do any more and they, along with the public, will suffer as a result” of five per cent cuts to the policing budget, the Police Federation… read more →
THE service must brace itself for further cuts after it was announced that the central government policing budget would shrink by five per cent. There will be £299m less available… read more →
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Merseyside Police officer following his off duty death during a night out in Liverpool. PC Neil Doyle has been described as “a good cop… read more →
ESSEX Police Federation members have been praised for their “hard, with courage and commitment” – despite the pressure they are under. In a Christmas message to members, Mark Smith (pictured)… read more →