Analysis

ANALYSIS: New media guidelines proposed by the College of Policing could impose strict new rules on contacts between police officers and journalists. Carina O'Reilly asks if they will protect the police, or smother vital relationships built on mutual understanding.

ANALYSIS: PCCs have only four years to establish their legacy before the next elections. Bernard Rix, editor of CoPACC, outlines the four key areas where PCCs can stamp their authority.

ANALYSIS: Ahead of the imminent, potentially massive, changes to Fire and Rescue Service organisation and structure, former Editor of Policing Today Philip Mason asks if the government has learnt from mistakes made during its parallel reform of the Police Service

ANALYSIS: Following publication last week of the Home Affairs Select Committee's report on police diversity, CoPaCC's Simon Bullock looks at the evidence...

BOOK EXTRACT: Policing Insight is delighted to publish an extract from Tom Gash's book, "Criminal: The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things".

ANALYSIS: Charlotte Pickles, Deputy Director and Head of Research at Reform, introduces the think tank's latest report on offender management, and examines its implications for PCCs

ANALYSIS: As the 'cutting season' begins, Avon & Somerset Constabulary's DCI Leanne Pook looks at how policing responds to Female Genital Mutilation

ANALYSIS: Former Greater Manchester ACC Ian Wiggett provides a considered response to an academic paper that, according to the Times today, has "caused fury by comparing bobbies to binmen"

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC Chief Executive, writes to recently elected Police and Crime Commissioners

ANALYSIS: Carina O'Reilly provides a powerful analysis of the lessons that policing really must learn following the Hillsborough Inquest verdict.

ANALYSIS: Sarah Ellson, Partner and head of Fieldfisher's Public and Regulatory Law Group, sets out some legal considerations for PCCs in their appointment of Deputy and Assistant PCCs.

ANALYSIS: Download and print our useful at-a-glance infographics mapping the 2016 PCC Elections results and comparing them with 2012.

ANALYSIS: Professor Michael Rowe reviews the 2016 PCC Elections and argues that despite a higher turnout and mandate, the PCC model of police accountability still has much to prove.

ANALYSIS: Jon Harvey analyses voting data from elections on Thursday, May 5th.

ANALYSIS: Adam Simmonds, stepping down as Northamptonshire's PCC this Wednesday, looks back on his time as Commissioner

ANALYSIS: Met Sergeant Ed Cudmore, an MSc student at Canterbury Christ Church University, introduces the first empirical study into humour in policing

PCC ELECTION RESULTS: Policing Insight's fully interactive map of the complete PCC election results 2016, with winner, runner-up, percentage vote shares and turnout.

PCC ELECTION RESULTS: Policing Insight's rolling coverage of the PCC Elections, spanning Polling Day and the results.

ANALYSIS: As we enter PCC Election Week 2016, 102 of the 187 candidates have so far signed the Committee on Standards in Public Life's 'ethical checklist'.

ANALYSIS: Lucy Jaffe, of "Why me?", introduces her organisation's review of PCCs' funding of restorative justice during their first term in office

ANALYSIS: Linda Bryant, Director of Criminal Justice Services at Together for Mental Wellbeing, examines how newly elected PCCs can tackle head on the issues of victimisation, offending, mental health and the lack of appropriate local care for people in distress

ANALYSIS: Former HMI Robin Field-Smith examines why there have been problems in attracting candidates for Chief Constable positions, and offers some pointers for newly elected PCCs

ANALYSIS: Alix Rejman, Director of Public Regulatory for leading law firm Fieldfisher, identifies the early legal pitfalls awaiting our new PCCs

ANALYSIS: Jon Collins, Chief Executive of the Restorative Justice Council, examines the role of PCCs in ensuring that victims of crime can access restorative justice