Opinion

ANALYSIS: Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, provides his analysis of the impact of the Chancellor's Spending Review announcements on policing.

OPINION: Bernard Rix wonders if PCCs may yet find that the Chancellor's "protecting the police budget" comes with a painful sting in the tail

OPINION: Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, Vice President of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales, writes on the Spending Review and counter terrorism.

OPINION: DCC Dave Thompson of West Midlands Police pays tribute to the security services and police in keeping us safe, and considers the future challenge in a time of austerity

OPINION: Inviting your views on this, our FIRST Police Debate brought to you by PolicingInsight.com. Should all our police officers be armed?

OPINION: Sharon Gander, Policing Pathway Lead for Nottingham Trent University's BA (Hons) Criminology Degree, argues in favour of the College of Policing's degree proposals

OPINION: Emma Williams, Programme Director, In Service Policing degree at Canterbury Christ Church Uni, marks the College of Policing's recent 'policing degree' work

OPINION: Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner, Kevin Hurley, urges the Chancellor to look again at his plans for policing and security spending

OPINION: Policing blogger (and serving officer) Gareth Stubbs puts the arguments in favour of the College of Policing's Educational Qualification Framework (EQF).

OPINION: Policing blogger and serving police officer "Nathan Constable" scrutinises the College of Policing proposals on degrees for police officers

OPINION: Retired police officer Alan Wright provides a "thirty year experience" perspective on the College of Policing's plans for policing degrees

OPINION: Roy Swales, UKIP's PCC candidate for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, argues that "life experience is more valuable than a degree when it comes to policing"

OPINION: Independent policing commentator Cate Moore argues for more support from the College of Policing for a "dedicated, talented, exceptional workforce"

OPINION: Dr John Hayward of tensABILITY examines Government proposals to change the way police complaints are handled

OPINION: Jon Collins, of the Restorative Justice Council, provides the background to research into barriers to women's participation in restorative justice

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes gives her views on the Home Office's police funding formula 'consultation'

OPINION: Peter Neyroud, of the University of Cambridge, considers the implications of today's Home Office retreat

OPINION: CI Simon Nelson, Chairman of the Sussex Police Disability and Carers Association, argues that the disabled must not be overlooked as police numbers fall

OPINION: PC Rory Geoghegan, a frontline Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police, considers the positive effect of community policing

OPINION: Independent policing commentator Cate Moore assesses the assessor...

OPINION: Dr James Hanley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Adrian College, Michigan, USA, examines limits to private policing

OPINION: Lee Simpson and Max Worth of Deloitte report on a five-force event to produce "mind-blowing apps"

OPINION: Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill provides his perspective on HMIC's Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) Report, published last week

OPINION: Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt responds to the RCA's independent report, "Safer together: Policing a global city in 2020"