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News and views from West Yorkshire Police Federation. A retweet doesn't mean we endorse it or hold the same opinion.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Joined February 2011
Conduct Investigations Can Have A Devastating Ripple Effect on Police Officers. Blog on how officers who are subject to misconduct proceedings can struggle with poor mental health and suicidal thoughts https://t.co/6IBlRf6Hsu
#STEP
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If a serving officer or member of staff should tragically die in the execution of their duties or by suicide – a bereavement counselling service is available to the officer or staff members’ family and their immediate colleagues.
oscarkilo.org.uk
The National Police Wellbeing Service has partnered with 'Just B' to provide police forces with access to free, specialist bereavement counselling services.
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Bobbies beaten by the budget: by 2031 every police officer will pay tax at 40% https://t.co/K5a5FxIee7
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If the country wants a police service that can truly protect them, then the country needs to start protecting the people doing the protecting. https://t.co/DgSH2yU54W
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Three men have been jailed for an aggravated burglary - in which a man had a knife held to his neck - thanks to the Wakefield District Crime Team: https://t.co/JjfHYtRciq
#Results #BroughtToJustice
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655 West Yorkshire Police officers were signed off work over the last financial year due to stress, depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
policeoracle.com
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"One minute our colleagues are having bricks hurled at them by people who have absolutely no regard for the safety of others, and the next they are throwing themselves into a canal to try to save a life."
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
Police have shed light on how officers went from being “targets of senseless violence to risking their lives to save others”.
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"How loud do officers need to shout before the truth is heard. West Yorkshire officers have Copped Enough. The whole country knows it. It is time for the Government to catch up." https://t.co/6HmMHhJ9Aj
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"Those really bad days when I started my career. They are every shift now. We’re haemorrhaging experience, we’re beaten up physically and metaphorically. We’re the punching bag society and social media reaches for."
polfed.org
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Three men jailed after man threatened with knife in Pontefract burglary https://t.co/Mqf8yduIXS
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National #Police Wellbeing Survey: 29% of officers and staff say they intend to leave policing within the next year. Poor work/life balance, pay and weak leadership cited as the most common reasons https://t.co/3VwMyvaHsp
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Policing must be fairer, modernised and grounded in compassion for those who serve the public every day.
polfed.org
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#AmazingPoliceWork from PC Michael Parker from the District Crime Team who has been honoured for a lifetime of achievement: https://t.co/teNG0IEqpX
#AboveAndBeyond ICYMI #AmazingWork as West Yorkshire detectives honoured with national award:
polfed.org
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"The misconduct regime has to exist to get rid of people not fit to wear the uniform. It must be rigorous. But it should not take the Federation to be the conscience of policing and ask “why are so many people involved in these processes dying?”."
polfed.org
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National #Police Wellbeing Survey: Nearly half of all officers who responded reported being physically assaulted in the past year. Satisfaction with support offered by forces after being assaulted is "moderate" https://t.co/3VwMyvaHsp
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Police colleagues are being “punched, head-butted, bitten, spat at, threatened with knives and limping into work” after being assaulted, West Yorkshire Police Federation has said. https://t.co/n4PtNOipcH
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#GreatPoliceWork from Detective Inspector Laura Casey and colleagues as dangerous man gets lengthy sentence #BehindBars:
westyorkshire.police.uk
Friday 21 November 2025A man from Keighley has been jailed for 22 years for multiple rapes against three women. George Wild aged 28 of South Street was convicted of multiple rapes by a jury in June....
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Man jailed for attacking police and burning boxes https://t.co/bJd1xGYfoL
bbc.co.uk
Catalin Tiuga, 42, was pictured on CCTV throwing bottles at officers in the Harehills suburb of Leeds.
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