THE federated ranks of the UK police service have been well-recognised in the New Year’s Honours, with five officers being awarded the Queen’s Policing Medal for distinguished service. PC John… read more →
A £1,000 “bobby tax” for prospective police officers risks stopping the service looking like the public it serves, an MP has warned. Siobhain McDonagh, Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden… read more →
POOR supervision and leadership rather than institutional corruption have been blamed by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspectorate of Constabulary for manipulated police crime figures. Tom Winsor (pictured) predicted that the current… read more →
ESSEX Police is taking the national lead on a trial in which officers will wear body-worn video cameras to incidents of domestic abuse. As part of the three-month trial, 80… read more →
THE working conditions of inspectors and chief inspectors continue to be “exploited and abused” by managers in the service, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. The Fed’s… read more →
THE number of people killed on Essex’s roads has more than halved in the past decade, the force has said. Fatalities have reduced steadily over the past ten years, although… read more →
ENGLAND and Wales has “the fewest number of roads policing officers in recorded history”, a conference has been told. John Giblin, Federation lead on roads policing, said the crucial role… read more →
POLICE officers achieving “chartered” status – like accountants or lawyers – would “professionalise” the job, according to policing heavyweight Lord Stevens. The former Met commissioner (pictured) told MPs that in… read more →
ESSEX Police officers have been needed to take patients to hospital 185 times in the past year, figures have revealed. The worst month last year was March, when 22 patients… read more →
A FORMER Head of Employee Relations and Human Resources at British Airways is to be chairman of the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) – expected to replace the Police Negotiating… read more →