THE AMOUNT of training officers receive in personal safety varies widely depending on where they serve in the UK, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The disparity has been… read more →
POLICE officers across England and Wales will receive a 1% “cost of living” pay rise on 1 September – but how their incremental increases will look in the future is… read more →
THE chairman of Essex Police Federation has called on the Government to decide what it wants police officers to do – “because we can’t do everything.” Mark Smith (pictured) said… read more →
IT WAS described as a “sad day” for policing in England and Wales as the Police Negotiating Board registered a “failure to agree” over compulsory severance on 24 July. The… read more →
THE “quality and presentation” of police evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service “clearly needs significant improvement”, a joint inspection report has found. A review of 180 prosecution case files by… read more →
THE police minister and the country’s chief constables have been told to publish a list of actions they will take to tackle plummeting police morale. MPs on the Home Affairs… read more →
POLICE officers have hit out at the news MP’s pay is to rise by more than 11 per cent to £74,000 by May 2015. Sir Ian Kennedy – the man… read more →
THE FIRST group of officers in the country to have their applications for voluntary severance approved will leave the police service within the next three months. The 24 officers from… read more →
THE POLICE Federation of England and Wales has insisted that stop and search is an “effective tool”, following a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary that criticised its use.… read more →
TRAFFIC police officer numbers dropped by 13% in England over four years, according to research by road safety charity Brake. On average, traffic police in Scotland increased by four per… read more →