POLICE officers subject to complaints should be investigated with the same speed that officers are expected to use when conducting their own investigations. Mark Smith, Chairman of Essex Police Federation,… read more →
COMPLAINTS against police officers should be resolved faster, the Police Federation has said, after it emerged that the average time it takes to settle grievances has increased by almost two… read more →
THOUSANDS of people have paid tribute to the Merseyside Police officer who was struck by a stolen vehicle and killed on duty earlier this month. A funeral will be held… read more →
THE cuts being brought in by Essex Police to save £63 million over the next three years could lead to the end of neighbourhood policing, the chairman of Essex Police… read more →
ESSEX Police has announced a raft of proposals to meet anticipated cuts over the next five years, including a reduction in the workforce and the creation of “community policing teams”. It… read more →
ESSEX Police should feel hard done by following criticism by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary that the force has an “unacceptable backlog of unresolved open incidents”. HMIC’s Police Efficiency report rated… read more →
MAINTAINING neighbourhood policing is likely to be a “challenge”, an HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report has warned. Police officers will become “less visible” on Britain’s streets because forces are failing… read more →
CHIEF Constables should protect warranted officers by refusing to ask for compulsory severance to be brought in. Mark Smith, Chairman of Essex Police Federation, said the National Police Chiefs’ Council… read more →
POLICE chiefs “are considering whether they reluctantly ask the Home Secretary to introduce compulsory redundancy as an option to manage significant further cuts to the service”. A spokeswoman for the… read more →
ESSEX Police officers face being spat at, punched, and in one case having blood thrown over them as the number of assaults on police increases. Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh has… read more →