THE Home Secretary believes it is “a positive sign” that Police and Crime Commissioners have been prepared to use their powers to hire and fire chief constables. Theresa May (pictured)… read more →
THERE is no available legal challenge for police officers to the Government’s planned changes to their pensions, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. Ian Rennie, general secretary,… read more →
THOUSANDS of police officers are taking time off sick for stress, anxiety and depression – with harsh cuts to the service’s budget being blamed. Figures show the number taking time… read more →
POLICE officers are likely to have to wait until the New Year for a decision on potentially introducing compulsory severance to the service. Both the Staff and Official sides of… read more →
HUNDREDS of mourners – including Home Secretary Theresa May – attended the funeral service of a police officer who died after being run over on duty. PC Andrew Duncan, 47,… read more →
THE newly introduced police officer annual fitness test is “wrong and irrelevant”, police officers heard at an open meeting this week. John Blanchard, chairman of Humberside Police Federation, (pictured) told… read more →
RESPONSE times to dangerous and serious emergencies in Sussex Police are falling as the number of officers drop, an Open Meeting has heard. Paul Sellings, chairman of Sussex Police Federation,… read more →
POLICE reform will make the service “a more attractive profession” and “more representative of the people it serves” the police minister has said. In a speech around modernisation and the… read more →
POLICE chiefs have defended a bonus system for officers who perform “particularly unpleasant” tasks – including dealing with dead bodies and attending difficult fatal road accidents. ACPO said the payments… read more →
THE ‘Sherlock Holmes like tenacity’ of an Essex Police officer has been praised after he picked up the student detective of the year accolade at the Police Federation National Detective… read more →