Opinion: Do you need a degree to police? Forthcoming changes to police recruitment suggest the police service believes you do. National Crime Agency Officer and Special Jack Irvine offers his own perspective on the merits or otherwise of the new routes into policing. His views are his own.

Opinion: A Special Constable hoping to join the regular service, Jack Irvine shares his view on the impact of austerity, arguing that it has led to an inconsistent service to the public.

Opinion: As a Special Constable who is hoping to join the regular service, Jack Irvine has a particular interest in the police recruitment process, but he says the new proposals for police recruitment raise more questions than answers.

Opinion: As a Special Constable whose first experience of the police service was as a 16-year-old volunteer police cadet, policing graduate Jack Irvine is very familiar with the police recruitment process. As he prepares to embark on his Masters degree in Crime Science, Investigation and Intelligence, he gives his personal view on how and why it needs to improve.