ROADS policing and firearms officers in Essex Police face going through a selection process to remain in the roles – as the force cuts the number of specialist posts it… read more →
ESSEX Police Federation Open meeting heard from police pensions expert John Sturzaker (pictured) about the new scheme being introduced in 2015. Mr Sturzaker, from Slater Gordon, advises the Staff Side… read more →
A ONE per cent pay rise has been agreed for police officers, kicking in on 1 September this year. Ian Rennie, Staff Side secretary of the Police Negotiating Board and… read more →
A READING police officer is to carry out a chilly sponsored swim in Cumbria to raise money for the family of injured colleague PC Gareth Browning. PC Melanie Todd, (pictured)… read more →
A CONSTABLE and an inspector have declared their intentions to battle it out to be the next chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales. Will Riches, the Chairman… read more →
POLICE officers are to be assessed on their “fitness to use stop and search powers” and could be disciplined if they are incorrectly using them, the Home Secretary has announced.… read more →
TWENTY-nine per cent of candidates have passed the first stage of the sergeants’ promotion process at Essex Police. 67 of the 230 candidates at the force passed their OSPRE Part… read more →
POLICE officers must never forget the families of colleagues who have lost their lives on the line of duty, the new chair of the Care of Police Survivors (COPS) charity… read more →
POLICE officers must spend more time preventing crime if the service is to succeed in times of economic austerity, the policing watchdog has said. Tom Winsor, HM Chief Inspector of… read more →
THEY ran in all weathers. At all times day and night. Two miles a day for 125 days in memory of PC Nicola Hughes. And the police officers, community support… read more →