Features

OPINION: Chairman of the Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Police Federation, John Apter, calls on the Police Federation to undertake a national survey of members

OPINION: Former police officer and award winning author, Mike Pannett, announces his candidature for the North Yorkshire PCC elections

OPINION: Nicolas Webb, former Conservative PCC candidate for Gwent, looks at the impact that PCCs have had in Wales

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.

ANALYSIS: Ed Rees of police auditors and advisors Grant Thornton looks at how to determine whether funding allocated to community safety provides the public with value for money

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: Gavin Hales, Deputy Director of the Police Foundation, takes stock of what the Spending Review means for policing

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

ANALYSIS: Nick Newman of PA Consulting looks at some of the tough choices that police forces face on the best way to access and share digital information and intelligence

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

ANALYSIS: As the Chancellor is poised to announce significant cuts to police budgets, Simon Bullock looks at the backstop powers provided by legislation for safeguarding against failing police forces.

ANALYSIS: In the light of recent events in Paris, independent management consultant and retired senior police officer, Derek Mann, examines the police's firearms capability and the implications for the traditional British policing model

ANALYSIS: Jack Greig-Midlane of Cardiff University analyses David Cameron's claim that there are 3,800 more 'neighbourhood officers' than at the time of the last Spending Review

ANALYSIS: Kevin Morrell, a Professor of Strategy at Warwick Business School, considers the risks of further reductions in police budgets.

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