FEATURE: The most recent @WeCops Twitter chat focused on domestic abuse and the impact of COVID-19, exploring issue around how the pandemic has changed the reporting and response, how partners and support agencies have coped, and what lessons police have learned; Thames Valley Police Superintendent and WeCops team member Katy Barrow-Grint pulls together the key points from the debate.

FEATURE: Diversity, equality and inclusion in police recruitment was the key focus for the first @WeCops Twitter chat in November, and with a reach of almost three million – and with contributions from all ranks as well as the Policing Minister – it’s clearly a crucial current topic for policing. @WeCops Supt Katy Barrow-Grint brought together to the main points from the debate in this blog.

Analysis: Thames Valley Police Superintendent and WeCops team member Katy Barrow-Grint summarises the latest WeCops debate on the impact of COVID-19 on police mental health, wellbeing and fatigue. The debate reached an audience of 3.8 million on Twitter – the largest so far.

ANALYSIS: Enforcing the lockdown, officer wellbeing and what happens when the lockdown ends were just some of the issues discussed on last week's popular @WeCops Twitter forum on police legitimacy, chaired by Professor Ian Loader. Thames Valley Police Superintendent and @WeCops team member Katy Barrow-Grint explores the issues raised.

Opinion: Since 2013, Thames Valley Police has supported over 300 academic programmes of study by its staff. The force has now launched its first academic research journal. Its creator, Superintendent Katy Barrow-Grint, explains how the Journal came into being and the impact she is hoping it will have.