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‘Our police staff members do a vital job to keep communities safe by solving crime and bringing offenders to justice.’

Resignation of chair from the employers’ side reveals scale of the crisis in the service

Plans to cut 85 police staff roles must be halted

The proportion of police staff from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds (BME) employed by police forces in England and Wales has fallen dramatically, says UNISON research published today (Wednesday). There has been a drop of nearly a third in the proportion of BME police community support officers (PCSOs), according to an analysis of Home […]

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

Cash-strapped police forces are filling some key job vacancies with unpaid volunteers amid ongoing cutbacks, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The number of police support volunteers (PSVs) being used across England and Wales has soared to more than 6,000 – the equivalent of a 15% rise – in just four years from […]

Rising crime rates can no longer be ignored by the government.

This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard.

The number of reported crimes ending with a suspect in court has dropped along with police staff, while the use of volunteers in the police force is on the rise

Plans announced today (Tuesday) to axe more than half of Suffolk’s police community support officers (PCSOs) would put public safety at risk, says UNISON. The proposed cuts by Suffolk Constabulary would see a 78% reduction in the number of PCSOs in the county since 2010, says the union*. UNISON national officer for police and justice […]

Commenting on the report Transforming Rehabilitation published today (Friday) by the Justice Select Committee, UNISON national officer for probation Ben Priestley said: “This shows the government’s probation reforms have failed and must be replaced. “Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service has shown itself to be totally unfit to be in charge. It’s not only failing […]

Dave Prentis urges the Home Secretary to intervene

It’s no coincidence that as PCSO jobs have disappeared across the UK, crime rates have soared

There are also local support team officers who help members of the public give witness statements, document managers and […]

You call 999, you’re put through to someone, the police arrive… But of course, it’s never as simple as that