Features

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.

ANALYSIS: Former Chief Constable Stu Hyde examines the Chancellor's speech at GCHQ earlier this week on the multiple threats associated with cyber crime and cyber 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

ANALYSIS: Gareth Knights of EmergencyAthlete.com draws on his degree in Sports Management and 15 years in the ambulance service to look at health and fitness for emergency service workers

ANALYSIS: Barry Loveday of Portsmouth University argues in favour of major changes in police recruitment policies as an essential part of police reform.

ANALYSIS: Former ACC Chris Miller (left) and international leadership speaker Mark McKergow propose an approach "where the leader is responsible for their team's success"

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).