Police officers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are under significant pressure with low morale, stress and sickness impacting the Force – to the point where dozens of officers are now on the verge of quitting. The situation amongst Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has been revealed by the Hampshire Police Federation, which recently held its 2024 Open Meeting. At the meeting, the results of a recent survey of officers in the region were shared revealing that 77% feel their workload is high or too high – damning figures which exceed any other Police force across England in Wales. Those present, which included Chief Constable Scott Chilton and PCC Donna Jones, heard that 1 Detective Constable on the Isle of Wight is currently working on some 27 cases, several of them involving rape. Meanwhile, neighbourhood officers are dealing with as many as 20 cases at a time whilst also being expected to investigate ‘legacy crimes’ which they can’t complete enquiries on. In addition to the pressures of the daily workload officers are facing, many are struggling to get annual leave signed off and sickness is also said to be a problem. 85% of officers told the recent Pay and Morale survey that they had experienced feelings of stress, low mood, anxiety, or other difficulties. Over half of those surveyed said that their morale was low or very low. Shockingly, 18% declared that they intend to leave the force within the next 2 years. Zoë Wakefield, Chair of Hampshire Police Federation, brought the meeting to a close by acknowledging the good working relationship between the Federation and the force, adding:
“We hope that we can continue this positive working relationship to resolve some of the issues highlighted today”.
Traffic officers seem ok?
They obviously have a problem.
Have you not seen the vehicles parked on the pavement along
Regent Street in Shanklin and the vehicles parked on the Double yellow lines
outside Sandown Pier on a daily basis.
Obviously plod ain’t or IW Council Enforcement Officers
Maybe they are turning a blind eye to such offences.
Let them do policing and investigation, not endless uneeded paper work, form filling, statistical stuff. Police used to arrest, charge, court and sorted – now simple thing’s like shoplifting take hours and hours just in processing before even Court.
Is it any surprise when they force them to enforce joke laws and not leave enough resources to the areas that people actually require to be policed. I know a few coppers who are embarrassed by some of the things they are asked to enforce and frustrated by the lack of punishment dealt to the real criminals after they finally are allowed to catch them for serious crimes. Police have my sympathy for working in this clown world they have to pretend to respect.
well, this is what happens when you prioritise pointless name calling on twitter, turning up at an address because someone feels misgendered and then have police painting rainbows on their cars.
I expect a lot of officers are deeply frustrated seeing our country filled with criminals from the third world as well as our home grown villains and know that they and their superiors can never now dare speak the truth.
To waste hours on paperwork to then watch the guilty walk free due to our jails being too full with imported criminals and their offspring for courts to give meaningful sentences EVER again must be soul crushing.
I hope these two clowns in charge are pleased with the way they are running things. Stop eating all the pies and for christ sake run the police on the island properly, that is after all what your getting paid for, and we are paying for you, in our precept.
What have you got to say about this then, Donna Jones? Or, more likely, what lies are you going to come up with this time?
She will have nothing to say – at least not for at least three more years – since she has just secured another four year term. But I wonder how many of those who criticise the police even bothered to vote in the Police and Crime Commisioner election? A 16% turnout was pathetic.
I doubt you will hear much from her now, having got her nose back in the trough she has no further need of your support, until next election that is same as slimy seeley
See this troll using this silly name again
I think me and you need little chat troll
Think of all the sick pay being paid.
Majority of Government organisations are costing the country
Billions of pounds.
Civil servants are still only working 2 days a week.
No wonder the Government are targeting pensioners and benefit
claimers.
Which civil servants are only two days a week?
Many who shirk in London
Surely all the female management can spur them on
“England in Wales”. I never knew!
That’s why we need a bridge or a tunnel across the Solent and amalgamate all the services.
Its the same with the Hospitals, GP, Fire Service, Dentists, Social Services, Teachers.
The fact we are an Island here is never taken into consideration, we cant just magic up extra resources when needed, and professionals don’t want to relocate here.
The Island has been run down to this sorry state now and who’s going to put all this right.
I disagre about a bridge but agree that there are areas that are more expensive to provide when dealing with an island. That is why you need good, strong representation in Parliament. Seely has not provided that and people will shortly have the opportunity to elect their representatives for the next five years. That is why it is important to vote and to vote for change.
Shocking state of affairs. Anyone of us could be the victim of a horrible crime and to think it would not be investigated properly is just awful…. Also, the quickest way to a corrupt police force is to underpay and overwork them…. Not that those at the top care…
Your be one off my victims
Too much care is given to the perpetrators of crime now, too many ‘rights’ which all have to be so carefully adhered to, otherwise the low life is let off.
Lawyers have ruined this country forever, by nit picking every small part of the law, to then force overly stringent, time consuming and thus costly work loads onto those trying to ‘do the right thing’ whereas criminals act as they please and are getting worse, knowing, they have ‘nothing to lose’ by being as vile as they wish. Yet the Police have to be squeaky clean and perfect or the low life walks free. YET even if they are convicted, prisons so full of the worlds rejects, no court can imprison them for long.
Woke pressure is costing us dearly in the UK
Ha ha ha. Those laughs just keep on coming. Must be an absolute joy living in your house.
It’s not just Hampshire & Isle of Wight, it’s a problem nationwide West Midlands are in a terrible state, many of the long serving police are leaving long before retirement!!
Police unable to do their job effectively thanks to the feeble, woke, BBC and media brainwashing, to get the dim masses to believe that by being ‘nice’ to the vile, that they will ‘change’ after being shown kindness and respect. But they see it as weakness not kindness, and see the ‘respect’ as their birth-right, to then feel they are important, rather than the state funded charity kept trash that most are.
To be a Police officer must be like joining the Army but not being allowed to shoot or harm the enemy, but you just take the flak.
Not surprised they wish to leave.
Need tougher sentences, less paperwork and less imm’s adding to our issues. Yet none can say so now. But most know and feel such.
Police officers do not, in general, want to carry guns. They are not interested in shooting anyone. We police by consent in this country and I hope we always will. I don’t want to see the UK turned in to a facist state.
Yet Donna Jones will have you believe that everything is fine. Let’s not forget that they also got a 7% payrise last year , along with the additional officers, no wonder our precept goes up each year
Our precept goes up every year to fund Donna’s empire-building. Her ‘office’ and staff swallow up all the money that should go directly into policing at grassroots level.
They’d be in for a shock if they ended up quitting. They would have to do a proper day’s work and that would be very tough for most of them. A bunch of workshy, self elected busy body who look for any excuse or diversion to stop them from turning up or getting involved with even the must basic requirements of the job. The whole force needs defunding and redesigned and recruited for from the ground up.
How’s that then?..hardly see one not interested in doing their job…
Fortunately l they can still attend and dance at pride marches, support net zero initiatives and of course ensure that they adhere to diversity, equity(not equality) and inclusion guidance, focusing especially on non-crime hate incidents and policing people’s thoughts
This is what happens when the police take on too many people that are not really up to the job in the first place. I wonder what the sick-pay bill is for the IW and Hampshire police? They should toughen the recruitment process to weed out mentally weak applicants.
Isle of wight police stressed are you s**ting me, they have a easy job here compared to mainland in fact I call it a holiday job and well paid don’t do f**k all, yeah well stressful.
No-one in the know trusts the police anymore…
The biggest and most brutal gang in the UK!!
C orrupt
O ppresive
P ersecution
S ervices
They Deserve No Respect!!