PROTESTS in Hampshire have been well-managed by police and passed off peacefully, according to Hampshire Police Federation. Chairman Alex Charge says officers dealing with such events have also had appropriate protective equipment – with no officers saying they have felt unsafe. This is in contrast to protests elsewhere, where there has been a spate of […]
UNLESS courts start jailing people for assaulting police officers, any increase in the maximum available sentence will be “pointless”. That is the view of Hampshire Police Federation Chairman Alex Charge, following reports that the Government is seeking to extend the maximum sentence under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 to two years. New […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation says it has “limited confidence” in the IOPC, which says it will now inform officers who are under investigation within three months if they will be served with a notice. Chairman Alex Charge said the pledge is “meaningless” unless the IOPC actually sticks to its word. IOPC Director General Michael Lockwood made […]
MOVING Sergeants’ and Inspectors’ promotion exams online could be better for forces and candidates, Hampshire Police Federation has said. The exams were postponed this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but will now take place online from September. The online exams reduce the risk to officers and invigilators by removing the need for large gatherings. […]
CUTBACKS in roads policing have been criticised in a new report from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. The report highlights a widespread belief that a failure to reduce the number of deaths on the road is at least partly due to a downgrading of roads policing. The number of officers dedicated to roads […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation is “massively invested” in improving its members’ physical and mental health – and debunked a claim that 70% of the county’s officers were overweight. The claim was made in an email by Chief Superintendent Lucy Hutson, but the force clarified that the figure was based on a small sample of 525 officers […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation has dismissed reports in the press that police forces are “dumbing down” their entry requirements. Vice-Chair Zoe Wakefield said that although some of Hampshire’s new entrants would be coming via the Degree-Holder Entry Programme, she does not believe all officers need degrees. As police forces up their recruitment drives to try to […]
A LOT more can be done to help police officers who are reporting high levels of fatigue, according to Hampshire Police Federation. Vice-Chair Zoe Wakefield was responding to a survey that showed almost half of officers frequently get less than six hours’ sleep. More than 34,000 police officers and staff from England and Wales responded […]
HAMPSHIRE Police officers are being called upon to nominate their outstanding Detective colleagues for this year’s Police Federation National Detectives’ Forum (PFNDF) Awards. Hampshire Police Federation Detective Lead Nick Milburn is compiling the Award entries. The categories are: Detective Investigation of the Year Services to Detectives the technology-based Smarter Detective New Trainee Detective of the […]
A SENSIBLE and pragmatic approach should mean that officers should not be expected to work on their rest days to cover increased demand once lockdown is eased further, Hampshire Police Federation has said. From Saturday 4 July pubs, restaurants and other businesses will re-open in the county. Hampshire Police Federation Chairman Alex Charge said the […]
