UPPING neighbourhood policing to combat a rise in knife and violent crime is ‘not rocket science’ Hampshire Police Federation has said. The number of offences involving a knife or sharp weapon rose by 6% to 46,265, according to the official figures covering the pre-lockdown period of January to the end of March. Robbery also increased for the […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation is calling on the Government to oversee an immediate review of the South East Allowance. The extra cash is supposed to help officers in the more expensive south-east live and work in the region. However, it’s not linked to inflation, hasn’t been reviewed since 1997 and currently stands at £1,100 in Hampshire […]
WHEN police forces collaborate successfully, it can save money and increase their ability to serve their communities, but in too many cases working together is failing says HMICFRS. And when they fail collaborations end up costing forces money, time and effort it says. In the Hard Yards; Police to Police Collaboration report HMICFRS investigators found […]
THREE men who were in a vehicle that dragged PC Andrew Harper to his death in Berkshire have been convicted of his manslaughter. PC Andrew Harper, who was 28-years-old at the time, was killed after responding to reports of a burglary in progress in West Berkshire, shortly before 11.30pm on Thursday, 15 August, 2019. Henry […]
ROADS policing is not ‘optional’ and must improve to cut the number of motorists killed each year a new policing report says. The importance of roads policing has ‘diminished’ since 2013 the HMICFRS investigation into the sector in England and Wales concluded. The body has called for better policing of our highways and is calling […]
Hampshire Police Federation has a new Vice Chair – it’s congratulations and a warm welcome to Neil Nancarrow. Neil said: “I am really Looking forward to being involved in assisting in supporting new Chair Zoe Wakefield in her new role and all the hard-working police officers that work tirelessly throughout Hampshire and the Isle of […]
“We want to hear from our members on what they want from the Federation because we’re here for them” Blog from Zoe Wakefield, the New Chair of Hampshire Police Federation, who starts in her post today. I am really looking forward to the challenge of being the new Hampshire Police Federation Chair, especially as I […]
THE first ever national police wellbeing survey has revealed high levels of fatigue among police officers and staff – with almost half of respondents saying they frequently getting less than six hours of sleep. More than 34,000 police officers and staff from England and Wales responded to the survey, which was carried out by Oscar […]
POLICING is potentially ignoring the ‘pool of talent’ who have already passed Sergeants’ and Inspectors’ exams and are putting acting Sergeants ‘at risk’, the Police Federation of England and Wales has said. The College of Policing has announced that Sergeant and Inspector exams cancelled in March due to COVID-19 will be held online instead with […]
OFFICERS in Hampshire are working hard to support victims of domestic abuse as new figures show there has been a surge in the number of domestic incidents in the county during lockdown. There have been 7,950 domestic abuse reports attended by officers since lockdown began in March – an increase of almost 500 compared to […]
