GOVERNMENT EMPOWERS OFFICERS TO STOP AND SEARCH

The Government have announced that they are empowering more officers in South Yorkshire to authorise enhanced stop and search powers to help tackle the rise in knife crime.

RESPONSE ON HMICFRS PEEL LEGITIMACY REPORT DECEMBER 2017

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’ (HMICFRS) report on Police Legitimacy was publishedon on Tuesday, 12 December 2017.

SHEIKH DR MOHAMMAD ISMAIL APPOINTED DEPUTY LORD LIEUTENANT

We are very pleased that a member of our Independent Ethics Panel, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Ismail, has been made Deputy Lord Lieutenant for South Yorkshire.

INDEPENDENT ETHICS PANEL PRAISES FORCE’S APPROACH TO SCRUTINY

South Yorkshire Police has been praised for its approach to outside scrutiny and willingness to be self critical, in the latest Annual Report of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) Independent Ethics Panel.

NUMBER OF STOP AND SEARCHES UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE DROPS BY ALMOST HALF

A report to the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Independent Ethics Panel has identified a 44 per cent reduction in the number of Stop and Searches undertaken by South Yorkshire Police in 2016, compared to the previous year.

INDEPENDENT POLICING PROTESTS ADVISORY PANEL

The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has established an Independent Policing Protests Advisory Panel to work with South Yorkshire Police in the planning and learning stages of managing protests and marches.

DR ALAN BILLINGS – MY TIME IN OFFICE

My time in office ends in May. So I thought I might briefly look back over this past fifteen months. This is a snapshot of a few of the things I have been involved with.

NEW INDEPENDENT ETHICS PANEL LAUNCHED