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 perhaps… 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 discussing how best to protect communities from the… 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 →
NEW police officers could be earning less than they did 27 years ago under plans to reduce the starting salary to £18,000, a conference has heard. The proposal for the apprentice… 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 were given a vote… read more →
THE crisis in detective policing is deepening with more than 5,000 roles needing to be filled, delegates at the Police Federation of England and Wales Conference have been told. Martin… 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 public… 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 →