“A RELATIVELY small proportion of police time is spent on crime,” Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary has told MPs. Sir Tom Winsor (pictured) told a Public Accounts Committee hearing… read more →
OFFICERS and staff have been given new information on keeping themselves and their families safe as the terrorist threat remains at severe – meaning an attack is highly likely. Police… read more →
NEW figures show there are now 126,818 police officers in England/Wales – 1,091 fewer than the previous year. In 2010, there were 143,734 police officers in England and Wales. There… read more →
THE number of firearms operations at Essex Police fell by 27% last year, according to the latest figures. There were 426 operations in which firearms were authorised in the policing… read more →
THREE out of four serving police officers would not recommend policing as a career to others, a survey of British Bobbies has found. A poll of more than 32,500 police… read more →
NICK Alston, the police and crime commissioner (PCC) for Essex, has revealed that he will not stand for re-election in May next year because he wants to spend more time… read more →
POLICE officers will receive a 1% boost to their pay packets from 1 September, the Home Secretary has announced. Theresa May accepted the main recommendations of both the Police Remunerations… read more →
THE traditional rank structure of the police service could be dismantled to make way for a “flatter” structure, a report out today has recommended. The current hierarchy, which has been… read more →
DELAYS by the Crown Prosecution Service are preventing police officers walking the beat and carrying out other frontline duties, an official report has found. Officials said they had “significant concerns”… read more →