MORE than 400 new police officers were hired in Hampshire last year, but Hampshire Police Federation warned that it was not a quick fix. Since the beginning of the Government’s ‘uplift programme’, 412 people have joined Hampshire Constabulary. But even if it hits its target of 20,000 new officers nationally, that will only be slightly […]
THE Home Office’s plan to give police officers a below-inflation pay rise is “insulting”, Hampshire Police Federation has said, as PFEW launches its #PayOurPolice campaign. The Police Federation of England and Wales is campaigning for a proper pay rise for officers after more than 10 years of pay freezes and below inflation rises. But the […]
HYBRID working has been a success and is likely to remain in place for those Hampshire Police officers who are able to do it, the Chair of Hampshire Police Federation has said. Two years after the beginning of the pandemic, Zoë Wakefield said that most COVID-19 restrictions had been lifted for Hampshire officers, although there […]
THE Government needs to agree a multi-year financial settlement rather than yearly settlements to allow police chiefs to plan ahead, Hampshire Police Federation has said. The commitment to policing for the forthcoming financial year is going up £1.1 billion from the previous year to a total of £16.9 billion, the Government has announced. But much […]
THE College of Policing needs to be more relatable to frontline officers, Hampshire Police Federation has said, after a major review flagged concerns from every level of policing over the College’s effectiveness. The review found that officers thought it was too remote from policing and insufficiently useful to frontline officers, and the College admitted that […]
POLICE officers – subject to a brutal Government pay freeze since 2020 – have reacted with a mixture of astonishment and anger to the news that MPs are being granted a 2.7% pay rise. All MPs will get a £2,212 pay hike on 1 April, seeing an MP’s basic salary go up to £84,144 a […]
Officers are being encouraged to sign up for this year’s Police Unity Tour to remember fallen colleagues and to raise money in their names. Officers, police staff and family members of the fallen cycle from all over the country to the National Police Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Each rider carries the name of a fallen […]
Tougher legislation designed to deter attacks on officers has failed to have any impact on police assaults, according to Hampshire Police Federation. A law came into effect in 2018 that doubled the maximum sentence for assaults to police officers and other emergency service workers from six to 12 months. But offenders are still getting away […]
Cuts to the number of dedicated traffic officers has been linked to a failure to reduce road deaths in the past decade, a new investigation has found. According to figures from BBC Panorama, the number of police officers tasked with enforcing road laws has dropped by 15% since 2016. Figures from 34 forces who responded […]
