HAMPSHIRE Police officers’ tireless work at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was a “testament to British policing”, the Federation has said. Over 200 Hampshire officers policed the funeral on Monday 19 September, in what Hampshire Police Federation Chair Zoë Wakefield called a “seamless” policing operation. Zoë said: “As a policing operation it seemed […]
NEW Home Secretary Suella Braverman is a Hampshire MP but Hampshire Police Federation has been snubbed in its requests for a meeting with her. Federation Chair Zoë Wakefield said she would write to Ms Braverman again to attempt to arrange a meeting to discuss the pressing issues facing Hampshire Police officers. Zoë said: “I’d tell […]
IT is important for police officers killed in the line of duty to be officially honoured and remembered, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Chair Zoë Wakefield was talking as Donna Jones, PCC for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, backed calls for a ‘Medal for Heroes’ for emergency service workers. It would be similar to […]
POLICE officers took a record 500,000 days off because of mental ill health, new data has revealed. The record breaking figure represented an increase at 24 forces, following a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, but was “no surprise” according to Zoë Wakefield, Chair of Hampshire Police Federation. She said: “It’s not rocket science. You reduce police […]
TRIBUTES will be paid to former Hampshire Police Officer PC Dan Golding at this year’s National Police Memorial Day in Belfast. Dan, who had just transferred from the Met, was killed in a collision on Lower Hatfield Road, Bayford earlier this month. Zoë, who worked with Dan as his sergeant before he joined roads policing, […]
THE Chair of Hampshire Police Federation joined riders from around the country on the Police Unity Tour to remember fallen colleagues. Zoë Wakefield and colleagues rode from the police training headquarters to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, raising much needed funds for the Care of Police Survivors charity. Zoë, who has taken part for three […]
THE British public are seeing the effects of years of under-funding in policing as conviction rates reach historic lows, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Only four per cent of theft offences and six per cent of robberies result in a prosecution in England and Wales, the latest HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report found. Zoë Wakefield, Federation […]
POLICE officers who are in crisis or contemplating suicide have been asked to contact Hampshire Police Federation. More police officers die by suicide every year than are killed on duty, and there is help out there to support colleagues who find themselves in a dark place. Hampshire Police Federation representatives are this month taking up […]
THE courts must work harder to hand out deterrent sentences to offenders who attack police officers, Hampshire Police Federation has warned. Assaults are on the increase at the force, with 1,494 attacked in the year ending in March – a total of 29 every day. Zoë Wakefield, Federation Chair, siad: “This is really concerning. This time last year […]
POLICE officers are being urged to set aside 20 minutes to share their views on pay and morale amid the cost-of-living crisis. The findings from the 2022 Pay and Morale Survey will provide strategically important evidence to support the ongoing national pay campaign, calling for fair remuneration for police officers, and an independent pay mechanism, […]
