NEWSLINK: Sir Clive Loader has informed his Police and Crime Panel that he will not run for re-election in May 2016

NEWS BRIEF: Essex PCC Nick Alston announces he will not run in the May 2016 PCC elections

NEWS: The Home Office Permanent Secretary, giving evidence at the Public Accounts Committee, provides more details of the police funding formula review

NEWS BRIEF: Derbyshire PCC Alan Charles announces he will not run in the May 2016 PCC elections

REPORT: Download the latest report covering policing and police and crime commissioner activity during June.

ANNOUNCEMENT: With the confirmation that PCCs are here to stay, CoPaCC outlines its plans to help declared and potential PCC candidates, policing commentators and interested members of the public prepare for the PCC elections in May 2016.

NEWSLINK: Leadership across all ranks and roles needs to change in order to help policing meet challenges of the future, according to a final report published by the College of Policing today.

NEWSLINK: The Police ICT Company has appointed former TalkTalk Chief Information Officer, Martin Wyke, to the role of Chief Executive, effective as of 17th June 2015.

WORKSHOP: Your invitation to a free CoPaCC / IPSCJ Workshop: Developing work to improve the experience of victims and witnesses

WORKSHOP: Your invitation to a free CoPaCC / IPSCJ Workshop: "Developing work to improve the experience of victims and witnesses"

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, Chief Executive of CoPaCC looks into his crystal ball to assess where the likely key battles will be fought in the May 2016 PCC elections.

REPORT: Download the latest report covering policing and police and crime commissioner activity during May.

NEWS: Details of the Investigatory Powers Bill 2015, from the Government's briefing document following the Queen's Speech.

NEWS: Relevant to policing for its impact on PCCs, details of the Cities & Local Govt Bill 2015, from the Government's briefing document following the Queen's Speech

NEWS: Details of the Policing & Criminal Justice Bill 2015, from the Government's briefing document following the Queen's Speech.

NEWS: The Government's plans for further police reform have this morning been set out in the Queen's Speech. Bernard Rix provides a brief summary.

NEWSLINK: Police helicopter base closed with claims there was not "one shred of opposition" to losing the service.

NEWS: The Police Federation has this afternoon published three important documents. Together, they help to demonstrate the Police Federation’s determination to move forward with implementing the recommendations of Sir David Normington’s review, published last year. This review had argued, amongst other matters, for “a complete change in its openness and accountability”.

REPORT: To mark the launch of CoPaCC's process to audit PCCs' progress in meeting their requirements for statutory transparency, CEO Bernard Rix gives an overview of the criteria and performance of PCCs so far.

REPORT: An open invitation to PCCs to support the CoPaCC “PCCs and statutory transparency - revisited” Thematic

EXCLUSIVE: Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has this afternoon addressed the Association of Police and Crime Commissioner’s quarterly meeting where she set out her plans for further police reform.

NEWSLINK: This morning’s Daily Express carries an article headlined “Police spend £32 million on media ‘spin doctors’ as bobbies are cut”. The article suggests that this is sufficient to fund more than 600 front-line officers.

NEWS LINK: Announcement of city devolution plans raises questions about policing governance.

REPORT: The latest in the CoPaCC Thematic Report series presents, and provides analysis of, submissions from nine OPCCs and ten stakeholder organisations.