PLANS to link pay to performance assessments could pile more stress and pressure on already overworked police officers, Essex Police Federation has warned. Under the new system, as laid out… read more →
NEW in service constables in England and Wales are set to have their pay rises linked to their performance and skills. The new scheme means that – as part of… read more →
THE number of police officers in England and Wales – and Essex – continues to fall, latest Government figures have shown. There are now 122,859 police officers now in England… read more →
TRIBUTES have been paid after the on duty death of Essex Police Inspector Mark Estall on Thursday January 5. Insp Estall, of the Force Support Unit, was on duty at… read more →
THE College of Policing has announced that it will pilot a new “licence to practice” approach for child sexual abuse investigators. The licence aims to protect officers working in high-risk… read more →
MP JACK Dromey has praised the police service for “fighting in the interest of public safety” in the face of government cuts as he stands down from the Shadow Police… read more →
EXCESSIVE drinking in Britain is adding “intolerable pressure” to the work of police officers and other emergency service personnel, a new parliamentary inquiry has found. The All Party Parliamentary Group… read more →
THE ethos that “someone must be to blame” pervades across policing and must be changed, the chief executive of the College of Policing has said. Chief Constable Alex Marshall said… read more →
MORE than half of people in some parts of England and Wales have not seen a “bobby on the beat” for a whole year, according to new analysis of a… read more →
ESSEX Police funding from Government has been cut again as in 2017/18 it will be £101,346,560 – down from £102,782,437 in 2016/17. “It means doing more with less, ultimately,” said… read more →