POLICE officers are no longer able to provide the professional and effective service they would like to deliver thanks to austerity and cuts, Northumbria Police Federation has warned. Jim Gray,… read more →
THE Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council has called on the Government to rethink police funding after the recent spate of terrorist attacks on UK soil. Sara Thornton published… read more →
OFFICERS in Northumbria are carrying an “untenable” workload and they, and their supervisors, are having to make difficult decisions about which crimes they can actually investigate, the Force’s Federation has… read more →
ONE in six Northumbria Police officers were attacked at work in the past year, latest figures from the Government have shown. A total of 528 police officers at the force were… read more →
IN a snapshot of activity at 7am on Thursday 21 September 2017, the seven forces across the North East were dealing with over 4000 outstanding calls for service or open incidents,… read more →
POLICE officers are showing increased support for routine arming, a new survey has shown, with more than half of the service saying they would be prepared to carry a gun… read more →
NEW laws to protect police drivers are to be drafted by the end of the year, it has been revealed. Police drivers have faced charges of careless and dangerous driving… read more →
DETECTIVES no longer have the time or resources to investigate crime properly, the Police Federation of England and Wales has warned. Karen Stephens, National Lead for Detectives and Secretary for… read more →
CUSTODY is “seen as a punishment posting”, with many officers in the post wanting to be redeployed “as soon as possible”, a new survey has shown. Nearly one in five… read more →
A NEW nine-point plan has been developed to help forces across the country deal with the signs of stress in the workforce. The programme, released as a “national template”, promises… read more →