THE Government should look after police officers by awarding them the 2.8% pay rise put forward to the Police Remuneration Review Body. Essex Police Federation Secretary Phil Suarez said it… read more →
ASSAULTING a police officer should be seen as socially unacceptable, the Secretary of Essex Police Federation has said. Phil Suarez also said the Government should change legislation to ensure that… read more →
BUDGET cuts mean that Essex Police will not be able to put more bobbies on the beat in the foreseeable future. That’s the view of Essex Police Federation Secretary Phil… read more →
POLICING is no longer a job for life and forces can expect to keep some officers for as little as five years before they leave the service altogether. New statistics… read more →
CHIEF Constables must redress the balance to focus on officers’ welfare, if mental health is to improve, the head of the NPCC has said. Sara Thornton, National Police Chief Council’s… read more →
THE money from the new National Police Welfare Service should be used to create some new and inventive ways of helping remove the stigma and tackle the problem in policing.… read more →
POLICE officers are to benefit from a new £7.5m welfare fund, the Government has announced. The National Police Welfare Service will initially be tested as a pilot and, subject to… read more →
THERE should be more police officers carrying a Taser and a firearm in England and Wales to keep people safe, the Chairman of Essex Police Federation has said. While the… read more →
CHIEF Constables are to consider “whether some currently unarmed police officers in key locations should be armed” as part of a “review of the national armed police response in light… read more →
ESSEX Police Federation continues to highlight the pressures officers are under due to police funding cuts in meetings with local members of Parliament. Since the General Election in June, Chairman… read more →