Category: News

“We want to hear from our members on what they want from the Federation because we’re here for them” Blog from Zoe Wakefield, the New Chair of Hampshire Police Federation, who starts in her post today. I am really looking forward to the challenge of being the new Hampshire Police Federation Chair, especially as I […]

A SENSIBLE and pragmatic approach should mean that officers should not be expected to work on their rest days to cover increased demand once lockdown is eased further, Hampshire Police Federation has said. From Saturday 4 July pubs, restaurants and other businesses will re-open in the county. Hampshire Police Federation Chairman Alex Charge said the […]

UNLESS courts start jailing people for assaulting police officers, any increase in the maximum available sentence will be “pointless”. That is the view of Hampshire Police Federation Chairman Alex Charge, following reports that the Government is seeking to extend the maximum sentence under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 to two years. New […]

PROTESTS in Hampshire have been well-managed by police and passed off peacefully, according to Hampshire Police Federation. Chairman Alex Charge says officers dealing with such events have also had appropriate protective equipment – with no officers saying they have felt unsafe. This is in contrast to protests elsewhere, where there has been a spate of […]

A LOT more can be done to help police officers who are reporting high levels of fatigue, according to Hampshire Police Federation. Vice-Chair Zoe Wakefield was responding to a survey that showed almost half of officers frequently get less than six hours’ sleep. More than 34,000 police officers and staff from England and Wales responded […]

THE first ever national police wellbeing survey has revealed high levels of fatigue among police officers and staff – with almost half of respondents saying they frequently getting less than six hours of sleep. More than 34,000 police officers and staff from England and Wales responded to the survey, which was carried out by Oscar […]

OFFICERS in Hampshire are working hard to support victims of domestic abuse as new figures show there has been a surge in the number of domestic incidents in the county during lockdown. There have been 7,950 domestic abuse reports attended by officers since lockdown began in March – an increase of almost 500 compared to […]

HAMPSHIRE Police Federation has dismissed reports in the press that police forces are “dumbing down” their entry requirements. Vice-Chair Zoe Wakefield said that although some of Hampshire’s new entrants would be coming via the Degree-Holder Entry Programme, she does not believe all officers need degrees. As police forces up their recruitment drives to try to […]

HAMPSHIRE Police Federation is “massively invested” in improving its members’ physical and mental health – and debunked a claim that 70% of the county’s officers were overweight. The claim was made in an email by Chief Superintendent Lucy Hutson, but the force clarified that the figure was based on a small sample of 525 officers […]

CUTBACKS in roads policing have been criticised in a new report from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. The report highlights a widespread belief that a failure to reduce the number of deaths on the road is at least partly due to a downgrading of roads policing. The number of officers dedicated to roads […]