NEW police officers could be earning less than they did 23 years ago under plans to reduce the starting salary to £18,000, a conference has heard. The proposal for the… read more →
IT’S difficult to comprehend that legal driving protection is not already in place for police officers, the Police Federation of England and Wales Conference heard. Delegates at this year’s PFEW Conference… read more →
THE physical and mental welfare of police officers should be at the forefront of people’s minds, the Police Federation of England and Wales’ Annual Conference has heard. Sir Thomas Winsor,… read more →
ALLOWING stop and search tactics to get bogged down in statistics and politics is hampering officers’ abilities to tackle knife crime, according to the PFEW’s Operational Policing Lead. Simon Kempton… read more →
POLICE officers have ‘won the argument’ on stretched police resources with the Government, Policing Minister Nick Hurd told this year’s PFEW Conference. Recent cuts in budgets and officer numbers were… read more →
POLICING should continue to campaign for longer sentences for those who assault police officers on duty, the Police Federation of England and Wales Annual Conference heard. This point was emphasised… read more →
“POLICE officers are knackered, they’re burnt out, they feel like they are not offering a good service. Officers are shattered before they even start their shifts.” That was the stark… read more →
THE Independent Office for Police Conduct’s “case to answer” test received a bashing by the Federation of England and Wales which dismissed it as “completely broken” and a “waste of… read more →
CUTS have decimated neighbourhood policing and fundamentally undermined the service’s efforts to combat terrorism. That was the message to a breakout session at the Police Federation of England and Wales’… read more →
THE Home Secretary has said it is “plainly ridiculous” that Chief Constables would not introduce spit guards for police officers. And he rubbished the idea that all police officers need… read more →