Southampton man given hospital order for stabbing police officer repeatedly dailyecho.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailyecho.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney, pictured, apologised after six members of her Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke were found to use racist and sexist language
A police force is spending £860,000 on discrimination training for its staff after an investigation revealing shocking racism and sexism in one of its departments.
Up to 6,000 officers at Hampshire Constabulary will receive the ground-breaking training after a full cultural audit of the force is carried out involving teams of university researchers.
The programme is the first accredited equalities and inclusion training in the UK for policing and comes after five officers were dismissed when covert recordings uncovered an array of racist, homophobic and sexist language in a specialist unit.
Tax rise to fund more Hampshire police officers hampshirechronicle.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hampshirechronicle.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tax hike to fund more police officers approved PLANS for a tax hike aimed at funding more police officers and fighting crime in Hampshire have been given the green light. The policing precept of the council tax will increase by £15 per annum, raising an additional £10m for Hampshire Constabulary in 2021/22. This means that the Band D council tax precept for the force will rise from £211.46 to £226.46. The proposals were approved by the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel this morning. County bosses raised concerns over the impact the rise will have on residents. But they also acknowledged the need for more support for the police.