POLICE officers are becoming society’s punchbags, the Chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation has told the Police Federation Annual Conference. Leading a session on the ongoing #ProtectTheProtectors campaign, Nick Smart… read more →
THE Home Secretary should award police officers the 2.8% pay uplift requested by the Police Federation of England and Wales this year, Amber Rudd has been told. Steve White addressed… read more →
THE next Government must properly fund policing and help the service to tackle some escalating levels of crime. Steve Taylor was speaking at the Police Federation of England and Wales… read more →
THE Home Secretary has promised to visit police forces to get a true picture of the unacceptable level of demand facing the service. Amber Rudd, appearing at the Police Federation… read more →
THE majority of police officers in Essex believe more of their colleagues should be carrying a Taser, a survey of officers has shown. The poll, by Essex Police Federation, reveals… read more →
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor has apologised for making “plainly wrong” comments on police officer stress. Read his statement in full below. “Yesterday, on Sky News, I made… read more →
DUE to concerns around what we perceived to be imperfections around the custody world, Essex Police Federation decided to form a Custody Sub-Committee, writes Ian Howitt. Our main concerns were… read more →
ONE of the first courses I attended as a Fed Rep was a Post-Incident Procedure course, writes Laura Heggie. A Post-Incident Procedure (PIP) in the most basic terms is something… read more →
POLICE forces are having to pick up the slack as cuts in other public services increase pressure on them, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has said in its Annual Report.… read more →