NOT being able to take rest days is ‘rubbish’ for officers says Hampshire Police Federation. More than 480,000 days off are owed to officers across England and Wales worrying new stats have revealed. It means officers from across the country are just not getting the breaks and time away from the frontline they often so […]
COVID-19 will not stop Hampshire Police Federation from remembering fallen colleagues. The National Police Memorial Day, such an important date in the police calendar, has had to be moved online to comply with social distancing regulations. But it won’t prevent officers and police staff from across the country remembering friends, colleagues and fellow officers from […]
Hampshire Police Federation is 100% behind a new campaign aimed at putting people who kill police officers and emergency service workers behind bars for life. The ‘Harper’s Law’ campaign has been launched by Lissie Harper after her Thames Valley police officer husband Andrew was killed on duty in August last year. The perpetrators Henry Long, Albert […]
GOVERNMENT sanctioned £10,000 fines for organising mass gatherings should act as a deterrent, Hampshire Police Federation has said, but concerns remain about how officers will impose them. The new anti-COVID measures aim to stop illegal raves and get-togethers after huge parties sprung up across post lockdown England and Wales. While the tough stance is being […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation says the College of Policing needs to promote itself better to officers because they ‘don’t know what it does.’ The college is undergoing a rebrand and relaunch, but it also needs to tackle the problem that many officers simply don’t see some of the useful work and resources it provides, said Hampshire […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation says it’s time to balance out some of the ‘grossly unfair’ clips of police action being shared on social media or published by the media. The PFEW wants Chief Constables to allow more body-worn video footage to be released to the public to put arrests and police activities in context. It says […]
MORE than nine in ten people said they were satisfied with the way local police officers responded to lockdown, a new survey has found. The Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales found that public perceptions of the police during April and May were largely positive, with 91% of adults satisfied with the way local […]
POLICE officer assaults have increased by a worrying 31% in July compared with last year, new figures have shown. The rise may be driven by increases in common assaults on police constables, including suspects spitting on officers while claiming to be infected with Covid-19, the National Police Chiefs’ Council said, as part of its analysis […]
“EXHAUSTED officers are giving it their all, but something has to be done to redress the balance. Officers are being run ragged and their health, family and social lives are suffering as a result.” That was the reaction of PFEW Vice-Chair Ché Donald to research that showed police forces in England, Wales and Scotland owed […]
“THE T7 is a more modern, effective and safer device,” the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has said, as the Home Secretary approves the new-model Taser’s use. Taser 7 is faster and more accurate and compact than previous models and will reduce costs for forces by using rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones. […]
