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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “It would have been unthinkable to cut police budgets in light of the dreadful events in Paris. “The 25 per cent cuts that have been imposed since 2010 have decimated neighbourhood policing in many parts of the country. One in three Police Community Support Officers have already gone in […]
Experience after experience has shown that privatisation is a false economy
More police forces are using more volunteers in more roles as they reduce the number of staff they employ – so UNISON asked forces in England and Wales to try and explain what is happening
But as the general secretary wrote in his blog: “We will never stop fighting for better funding, better management and better pay for all our public services.” […]
The number of police officers on our streets – so called bobbies on the beat – are frequently covered in the media. But we hear less about how many police staff those officers have working with them.
Serious crime is on the rise again after years of steady falls in offending, and UNISON believes government cutbacks in policing are to blame. Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime commissioner elections on 5 May, UNISON is launching a campaign to provide the public with the facts about police cuts. […]
The Policing and Crime Bill, which has its Second Reading today, proposes arming volunteers with chemical agents. UNISON says […]
To mark the 20th anniversary of the police community support officer, three PCSOs describe the pleasures and challenges of being the force’s ‘eyes and ears on the street’
UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled
Unions publish joint claim which also calls for two lowest pay points to be deleted
