Federation Secretary Garry Smith has thanked officers for taking part in the Serve and Protect Credit Union financial survey. He said: I’m really grateful that over 650 members completed the recent Financial Resilience Survey that was produced by Serve and Protect CU (Police Credit Union) on our behalf . The survey aims to identify the […]
MAKING sure members’ welfare is maintained as the nation moves into more relaxed lockdown restrictions is still crucial to Hampshire Police Federation. It says the green shoots of returning to some semblance of normality are beginning to appear but that officers still need support, particularly those with health conditions or those who children may be […]
HAMPSHIRE Police officers can expect more colleagues to be joining their ranks despite COVID-19 delaying recruitment. Hampshire Police Federation says it has had reassurances that the 20,000 officer recruitment drive announced by the Government ahead of last year’s General Election will see more officers on the beat in the county. Fears remain that the cash […]
THE Government needs to show its support to police officers through their pay packets, not in ‘worthless’ platitudes says Hampshire Police Federation. A Treasury office document allegedly leaked to a national newspaper apparently stated that a public sector pay freeze was being mooted as one way to fill the enormous hole left in the nation’s […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation Chair Alex Charge said he would have asked the Home Secretary to guarantee the 20,000 uplift in police officer numbers – if the PFEW conference had gone ahead as planned in June. Priti Patel was due to address the conference, but the plans have been scuppered by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Alex […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Federation is calling on the justice system to continue taking a tough stance on people who assault officers once the COVID-19 crisis is over. Assaults on officers in England and Wales have risen by 14% in the past month of lockdown compared to the same period last year. Many of those have been […]
HAMPSHIRE Police Officers are still determined to employ ‘engage first’ tactics with the public as the lockdown begins to unlock. The much-publicised mixed messages and interpretations of guidance coming from Government has made life more ‘difficult’ for police officers on the frontline Hampshire Police Federation Chairman Alex Charge has said. “It is difficult,” said Alex. […]
STATEMENTS from the IOPC suggesting that greater scrutiny on the use of Taser is required have been dismissed as ‘misplaced’ by Hampshire Police Federation. In a press release, IOPC Director General Michael Lockwood said the organisation had concerns that Taser was being used ‘disproportionately’ on people from a BAME background and on those with mental […]
LOOKING after police officers’ mental and physical health should be at the forefront of the proposed new Police Covenant. The Police Federation of England and Wales has asked the Government to guarantee better support and services for officers and their families – including for those who have retired from policing. It also says the Government […]
THE postponement of the Sergeants’ exam has had a ‘significant’ impact on candidates, according to the Police Federation of England and Wales. COVID-19 forced the exam to be pushed back from March to later in the year, affecting officers who had worked hard to prepare. The measure is aimed at curing several ‘dynamic and fast-moving […]
