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Recorded crime up, officer numbers down

Friday, 22 July 2016

Two new reports released yesterday showing a rise in recorded crime and a continuing fall in police numbers are of serious concern, says Jim Mallen, chairman of Bedfordshire Police Federation.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed an eight per cent increase in recorded crime for the year ending 31 March 2016 and also 5.8 million fraud and computer misuse crimes, the first time so-called cyber crimes have been included in the reported figures.

98 per cent pass rate for fitness tests

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Just two per cent of officers have failed their fitness test according to figures released by the College of Policing today.

The figures show an average pass rate of 98 per cent based on a total of 93,956 tests carried out between September 2014 and August 2015.

Bedfordshire Police Federation National Police Bravery Awards 2016 Nominees

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Bedfordshire Police Federation nominees for this year's National Police Bravery Awards 2016 are Sergeant Paul Chadwick and PC Owen Webb.

On Thursday 14th July they attended Downing Street where they met the new Prime Minister Theresa May where she hosted her first reception for the national Police Bravery Awards.