A 10% pay rise could stem the flow of experienced police officers from the service, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Chair Zoë Wakefield warned that the Government has dismissed policing, and said “more and more” people are going to leave over the coming years. Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called for a 10% pay […]
HAMPSHIRE Constabulary will renew its focus on neighbourhood policing as Scott Chilton takes over as the new Chief Constable. CC Chilton began his career at Hampshire and was previously Chief Constable at Dorset Hampshire Police Federation Chair Zoë Wakefield said: “Scott has already said he’s very passionate about neighbourhood policing, so that’s something he’s going […]
THE police service will not be able to improve public confidence without investing in neighbourhood policing, Hampshire Police Federation has warned. Chair Zoë Wakefield said small budgets had led to community teams being sacrificed over the past decade. She said: “You can’t stop having response, you can’t stop going to 999 calls. But you can […]
POLICE officers will deal with fewer mental health emergencies thanks to a new model of working, the Home Secretary has announced. Under the National Partnership Agreement, people experiencing mental health issues will be attended to by medical professionals as the priority, rather than the police as default, Suella Braverman said. The new agreement will see […]
NEW officers are feeling less job satisfaction and experiencing more welfare concerns than their counterparts last year, according to the Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2022. Four in 10 officers told researchers they were ignoring their personal life needs due to work strain and said tension and stress from work adversely affects the […]
THE streets are becoming a dangerous place for young-in-service police officers, Hampshire Police Federation has warned. Representatives and police leaders have been warning about a crisis in policing caused by experienced officers looking for work elsewhere. Zoë Wakefield, Chair of Hampshire Police Federation, explained: “Experience counts for a lot in policing. Out on the streets, […]
HAMPSHIRE’s former Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney joined her chief officer colleagues in calling for better pay rises for frontline officers. CC Pinkney, who left her role at the end of February, said she was fully supportive of officers’ call for fair pay and called on the Government to give officers an award that reflects the […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation is to celebrate its most courageous officers on 15 March at the Federation’s prestigious Bravery Awards in Fareham. Zoë Wakefield, Federation Chair, said: “We want to celebrate and recognise the bravery of all the officers that have been nominated. “The National Police Bravery Awards is an amazing event, but we can only […]
HEALTH and Safety in policing needs to be given much more importance, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Chief Constables are being urged to ensure forces comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act to assess the risk to officers and put in place reasonable measures to reduce the danger attached to each role, event […]
NEW officers coming into the service should be told the realities of the job with ‘brutal honesty’ before they join. Hampshire Police Federation Chair ZoeWakefield described policing as “the most difficult job in the world” and said officers should come into the job with their eyes open. She was responding to comments by PFEW Chair […]
