Features

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes reflects on this Sunday's event to mark police bravery and sacrifice

ANALYSIS: Serving police officer "Nathan Constable" examines the significant challenge for policing of dealing with a growing number of missing person reports

OPINION: How should policing adapt to meet its current, substantial challenge? Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think tank identifies key areas of focus.

ANALYSIS: MayorWatch's Martin Hoscik casts his expert eye over the welcome awaiting London's new Mayor from the Metropolitan Police

ANALYSIS: Stuart Hyde QPM examines crime recording rules and identifies changes that could make the investigation of cybercrime and fraud much more effective

OPINION: Police Federation Chair Steve White on why police integrity is best served by the Police Federation asking tough questions of the Government

OPINION: Superintendent Alun Morgan of South Wales Police reflects on a night shift command duty.

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes takes a look at the Home Office's police funding consultation, which closed this week.

OPINION: Former Special Constable and police staff member Christine Townsend looks at the impact of traumatic cases on those within policing

OPINION: Jim Mallen, Chair of Bedfordshire Police Federation, sets out why police volunteers "will not provide better policing; this will provide cheaper policing".

OPINION: Niven Rennie, President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, reflects on last week's Police Superintendents' conference south of the border

ANALYSIS: Rose Dowling, founder of Leaders Unlocked, looks at the work of Youth Commissions across five police forces

ANALYSIS: Olivia Pinkney, Sussex Police's Deputy Chief Constable and NPCC lead for Children and Young People, examines police responsibilities when children sext

ANALYSIS: Ben Estep, of the Centre for Justice Innovation, introduces the Centre's new toolkit for for practitioners involved in, or considering creating, youth diversion schemes

OPINION: Dr Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, considers whether the designation of police powers to civilians can help the police adapt to changing demand

ANALYSIS: Simon Bullock examines "Continuity with Change", the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners' (APCCs') submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2015 (CSR15).

OPINION: Matthew Ellis, the Staffordshire PCC, looks at how police can "harness the power of digital technology"

ANALYSIS: Warwickshire PCC Ron Ball examines issues for policing associated with the creation of Combined Authorities

ANALYSIS: Devon & Cornwall OPCC provides an analysis of the implications of the Government's funding proposals for future force mergers

ANALYSIS: Andy Champness, Chair of the Association of Policing and Crime Chief Execs (APACE), examines his "day job" as Chief Executive of West Mercia OPCC

ANALYSIS: Dr Timothy Brain considers the ramifications of the Avon & Somerset Chief Constable's misconduct case

ANALYSIS: GMP ACC Ian Wiggett, the national lead for systems thinking, examines what is meant by 'demand management' in policing

NEWS BRIEF: The Government Digital Service presents work on "Government as a Platform" taking a cross-government view of criminal justice - including detailed mapping.

OPINION: Surrey Deputy PCC Jeff Harris on the merit of police officers apologising when a mistake has been made