THE number of police-related road traffic fatalities and deaths following police custody has fallen to the lowest in ten years, a new report from the Independent Police Complaints Commission has… read more →
TWO recent high profile murders in Colchester have stretched the slimmed down Essex Police force like never before. Federation chairman Mark Smith (pictured) has written an article for EssexFedFocus that… read more →
FALLING officer numbers and an increase in single-crewing cannot be blamed for the nationwide rise in officer assaults, ACPO’s lead on workforce development has said. There were 20,249 assaults on… read more →
ASSAULTS against police officers at Essex have nearly doubled in the space of a year, new figures have shown. As many as 638 officers at the force were hit, kicked,… read more →
DIRECT entry Superintendents are to spend 11 months shadowing police officers at every rank to Superintendent the College of Policing has announced. The College has published the 18-month training plan… read more →
FOUR in ten custody sergeants have suffered anxiety or depression as a result of their job, a survey has revealed. And nearly 70 per cent say they want to leave… read more →
THE 43-force structure in England and Wales will be eradicated if Labour wins the next General Election, the Shadow Policing Minister has confirmed. Jack Dromey said the money saved by… read more →
MORE than seven in ten people feel confident that their local police can keep them safe – while two thirds say they will feel unsafe if the Government makes further police… read more →
POLICING cuts “are now being felt by the public”, the Federation has claimed, after it was revealed the number of people who have seen a bobby on the beat at… read more →
SIX Police Constables – and Essex DCC Derek Benson – have been awarded Queen’s Police Medals in the Birthday Honours. PCs Karen MacDonald, Keith Openshaw, [of Avon and Somerset] Robert… read more →