THE Police Family refused to let COVID-19 stop them from paying tribute to their fallen colleagues as this year’s National Police Memorial Day went online. Hundreds of thousands of viewers watched the moving service made even more poignant this year by the death of Met Police Officer Sgt Matt Ratana who was killed on duty […]
SERGEANT Matt Ratana was a “fantastic, professional police officer, a supremely loyal colleague and friend and a superb team player,” Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has said, speaking at his funeral. Metropolitan Police officer Sgt Matt Ratana was fatally shot in the line of duty at Croydon Custody Centre on 25 September. His funeral […]
OFFENDERS who assault police officers need to be given stronger sentences, Hampshire Police Federation has said, as the number of assaults continues to rise. There were 30,000 assaults against police officers in the last year, and the College of Policing estimated that 71,308 days were taken as sick leave in 2018/19 as a result of […]
OFFICERS preparing for their Sergeants’ exams are worried that they will suffer the same technical issues that affected the Inspectors’ exams, Hampshire Police Federation has said. Hampshire Police Federation Chair Zoë Wakefield said it was “shocking” that hundreds of officers were unable to complete their Inspectors’ exams due to connectivity problems with the College of […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation played an integral part in two important events in October – Baby Loss Awareness Week and Menopause Awareness Day. Chair Zoë Wakefield said they both went well and that the Federation were able to support officers and signpost them to get any help they needed. To mark National Baby Loss Week, the force […]
OFFICERS are finding it hard to keep up with Government changes as England enters a second lockdown, but they “want to do their public service in helping the country get through this,” Hampshire Police Federation has said. The Government has announced that England will be entering a second lockdown from 5 November and, as in […]
IT is as important as ever that officers use PPE correctly during the pandemic, Hampshire Police Federation has said, as new guidance is published. The service’s new PPE leaflet is partly based on feedback from frontline officers, and includes guidance on how to handle contact with the public, stop and search procedures, and dealing with […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation has urged officers to complete the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW)’s annual Demand, Capacity & Welfare Survey in order to show chief police officers and the Government how hard officers are working and what needs to change. Officers should have received a link to fill in the survey, which gives […]
HAMPSHIRE Police officers cycled 1,478 miles between them for this year’s Virtual Police Unity Tour, raising nearly £3,000 so far for charity. This is the Tour’s eighth year; usually officers cycle from the National Police Memorial in London to the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, but this year participants cycled 100 miles each on their own […]
“EVERYBODY should be treated as individuals and not judged on their age.” That’s the reaction of the Chair of Hampshire Police Federation to the news that 17 year olds can now apply to become a police officer, although they have to wait until they are 18 to start training. An amendment to the Police Regulations […]
