Tag: South Yorkshire Police
POLICE OFFICER NUMBERS INCREASED
South Yorkshire Police is set to grow by 220 police officers between now and 2024. 55 have already been planned in this year’s budget as a result of the precept increase and an additional 13 are also planned for this financial year.
HOME SECRETARY TO GIVE SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER UP TO £1.6 MILLION TO SET UP A VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT
The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, today (Tuesday 18 June) announced that the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has been provisionally allocated £1.6 million to set up a violence reduction unit.
CRIME IN ROTHERHAM
Whenever I go to community meetings and ask people in the Rotherham area what their main concerns are they almost always say either burglaries or speeding motorists.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP TO TACKLE MODERN SLAVERY LAUNCHED
On Wednesday, 22 May, 2019 key statutory, third sector and private sector organisations united at the New York stadium in Rotherham to launch the South Yorkshire Modern Slavery Partnership – a regional response to tackling modern slavery.
PUBLICATION OF THE ONS CRIME STATISTICS – APRIL 2019
The crime statistics for 2018 have today (Thursday, 25 April 2019) been published by the ONS and show a mixed picture both nationally and in South Yorkshire.Overall, while crime nationally increased by 7%, in South Yorkshire there was a slight fall of 2%.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE TO GET £2m FUNDING TO TACKLE KNIFE CRIME
The Minister for Policing, Nick Hurd, has written to Police and Crime Commissioners to say that £100m of additional funding is to be made available in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence, in particular knife crime.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE REVIEW OF PCSOs
I set out in this document the considerations I would like the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) Review Team to take into account in developing final options for SYP’s Senior Command Team, as part of their PCSO Review.
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.
COUNCIL TAX POLICING PRECEPT INCREASES BY 14%
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has increased the council tax precept for policing to the maximum permitted by the Government.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE’S RENEWED POLICE AND CRIME PLAN PUBLISHED KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE
The renewed Police and Crime Plan from Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, has been published on his website.
PRAISE FOR SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE ON WINNING FLEET OF THE YEAR 2019
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has praised the joint fleet services for South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue after it was announced that they have won Fleet of the Year – up to 1,000 vehicles award
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE SECURITY OF PLACES OF WORSHIP
Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed the announcement from the Home Secretary that he is to boost the funding available for places of worship to enhance their security following the events in New Zealand.