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‘Community policing is worth protecting and worth voting for’

UNISON releases latest survey showing effect of policing cuts on community support officers and neighbourhood policing in England and Wales

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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No let up in serious crime rise, says UNISON

Responding to official figures released today (Thursday) that show serious crime is still rising, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The reduction in resources for police forces was bound to have consequences for crime, as these new figures show. “Government cuts to budgets have meant almost a third fewer police community support officers and a […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Use your vote on 5 May

Jobs and public services – the most important issues at the elections on 5 May

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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The future of our police

Andy Stenning worked as a police officer for 28 years: He’s worried about its future

Article on the UNISON National site.
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We must fight this Conservative assault on neighbourhood policing – Sadiq Khan

Labour’s candidate for mayor of London on the important role UNISON members have to play in the forthcoming elections

News on the UNISON National site.
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Serious crime rises as police numbers fall, warns UNISON

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. […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Giving police volunteers rights to use weapons is a step too far, says UNISON

Controversial new proposals to arm volunteer police community support officers (PCSOs) with CS gas and PAVA spray – due to be discussed later today (Monday) in Parliament – are a step too far, says UNISON. The Policing and Crime Bill, which has its Second Reading today, proposes arming volunteers with chemical agents. UNISON says this […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Beat the bullies

As a UNISON survey reveals rampant bullying in the police service, Maureen Le Marinel explains how she got through her own ‘awful’ experience

Magazine on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON calls for overhaul of the guarding of crime scenes

Vital evidence risks being destroyed because police forces are failing to properly train and protect the support staff who regularly guard crime scenes, says a UNISON report today (Saturday). The report – Out of Sight and Out of Mind – contains the findings of a new survey that says that nearly two thirds (66 per […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Children attending UNISON's Christmas cinema screening in Inverclyde stand outside the cinema holding placards saying 'we demand popcorn'
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Christmas cheer and charity

UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.
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