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 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 →
WHICHEVER Government is in power post the General Election must recognise that sentences for those assaulting police officers need to reflect the gravity of the crime. That was the message… read more →
POLICING needs to be able to rise to the challenges of the future – and police degrees are the way to achieve that, Brandon Lewis has told the Police Federation… read more →
A NEW nine-point plan is to be introduced to help forces tackle unprecedented levels of stress, depression and anxiety in the police service. The programme – planned for launch later… read more →
POLITICIANS must step up and show police firearms officers who protect them that “they have got their backs”. Simon Chesterman, the National Police Chiefs Council lead on Firearms, (pictured) told… read more →
POLICE apprenticeships are to be introduced enabling two different routes into the service, the Police Federation of England and Wales has heard. Apprenticeships, which will enable non-graduates to do extra… read more →
A POLICE officer who has left the job because of PTSD and depression has questioned why policing spends money on keeping officers safe from physical harm but doesn’t provide the… read more →
THE need for police officers to protect themselves from being spat at was hotly debated at the Police Federation Annual Conference. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott told delegates in Birmingham… read more →
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 →