CLEARER guidance needs to be introduced for officers using body cameras if they are to be more widely rolled out, Essex Police Federation has warned. Officers at Essex Police have… read more →
POLICE officers being investigated following deaths in custody can expect better treatment from the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the body has promised. The watchdog is to overhaul of the way… read more →
THE Police Federation of England and Wales has slammed the chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission for making “insulting and inappropriate” remarks about police officers. Steve White, Vice Chairman… read more →
THE Police Federation of England and Wales has “vehemently” disagreed with a proposal to ban officers from conferring after witnessing a death or serious injury. The Independent Police Complaints Commission… read more →
POLICE officers could be losing out on hundreds of pounds a year because they are not claiming overtime, federation representatives have said. Many officers are working for free because they… read more →
THE Home Office has confirmed in a letter to the Police Negotiating Board that police officer pension contributions will rise for the third straight year on 1 April. The majority… read more →
THE “Winsor” freeze on increment payments for police officers is about to thaw – with PCs and sergeants once again able to climb their way up the pay scales from… read more →
POLICING parents who take children out of school during term time to go on holiday could be risking their professional standards departments pulling them up for misconduct. Members of the… read more →
ONLY just over one per cent of police officers believe the Government supports the service with four out of five cops thinking current reforms “will give criminality the upper hand.”… read more →
PLANS to increase the policing precept for Essex council tax payers have fallen through after the county’s Policing and Crime Commissioner said the process would be too expensive. Originally, Nick… read more →