Opinion

OPINION: Alison Hernandez, Conservative PCC candidate for Devon & Cornwall, sets out her thoughts on identifying, leading and delivering innovation

OPINION: It's 100 years since Edith Smith, Britain's first ever female police constable, began patrolling the wartime streets of Grantham. PC Nelena Paparisva spoke at last week's event to mark the occasion.

OPINION: Former senior police officer Roy Bailey sets out plans for his latest research project into policing governance

OPINION: Neda Nobari from the University of Leeds looks at some of the challenges associated with the police response to the terrorist threat.

OPINION: Independent researcher Rob Allen introduces a new report, "Rehabilitation Devolution", which argues that localising justice can reduce crime and imprisonment

OPINION: Frontline Met Police constable Rory Geoghegan provides an insight into the prevalence of knives in and around his dedicated London ward.

OPINION: Colin Sutton, policing commentator and former senior police officer, criticises the planned recruitment process for a new Suffolk Chief Constable

OPINION: PCC Katy Bourne provides the Sussex perspective on the Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review.

OPINION: Regular Policing Insight contributor "Nathan Constable" looks behind the policing scenes at the men and women doing their very best under increasingly challenging conditions.

OPINION: After the Spending Review, Ch Supt Gavin Thomas, Vice President of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales, identifies two key questions - and an Elvis song

OPINION: CoPaCC Chief Executive Bernard Rix looks at the organisation's plans to act on the Home Office's response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life's recent report on policing

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"