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The former Shadow Transport Secretary calls on Highways England to learn from the reduction in suicide rates on the railways, following a coordinated response across multiple agencies.
New figures released by the College of Policing show an average pass rate of 98% for police officer fitness testing. That is based on a total of 93,956 tests carried out, between September 2014 and August 2015.
Steve White, Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, reflects on an unprecedented period of events and the need for constructive engagement by government to ensure public safety.
With a 43 force structure that hinders their progress, Steve White, Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, outlines the need for the College of Policing to ensure it has buy-in at all levels to help meet its aims and objectives.
Responding to the Government's announcement that it would introduce a new amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill to let the period after retirement in which officer misconduct could be investigated be extended "in exceptional circumstances", Steve White, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said:
The Police Federation of England and Wales responds to comments made by the Home Secretary at their annual conference in Bournemouth.
Effective cooperation with government is being called for by the chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, Steve White, at our annual conference in Bournemouth today.
The thin blue line has never been thinner, Police Federation chair Steve White tells Aden Simpson, and if conditions and pay do not improve, members may 'lose faith' in century-old convention and lobby for industrial rights.
Officers say they aren’t able to do their jobs properly, nor to the standards they wish and communities don’t get proactive patrols, new research suggests.
The Shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham, has today (11 May) made recommendations to reform the Police and Criminal Justice system, in the wake of Hillsborough. The Police Federation of England and Wales responds to his proposals.
Police Federation response to MIND release: "One in four emergency services workers has thought about ending life"
The independent chair of the College of Policing, Dame Shirley Pearce, talks to PoliticsHome about the work of the college and the need for more professionalism and consistency if the UK’s 43 police forces are to meet the changing demands of modern crime.