Features

OPINION: Sara Thornton's recent speech on "re-imagining policing" referred to Public Value Theory. Ian Hesketh examines how the Public Value framework works.

OPINION: Ex-London murder DCI, now writer, pundit and hired investigator Colin Sutton argues that police foot patrols are "like using a Model T Ford on the M25" - a romantic curiosity, historically significant but totally unsuited to modern life

EXCLUSIVE: Has the fact that you do not have a policing background been in any way a disadvantage in the role of PCC? In some ways I think it’s been a bit of an advantage. Any member of the public has a view on how policing is done and where priorities should be and I would […]

OPINION: Serving police officer "Nathan Constable" provides his thoughts on NPCC Chair Sara Thornton's recent Police Foundation "re-imagining policing" speech, and identifies four burning platforms for change

ANALYSIS: This article, by the serving Hertfordshire Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive of Hertfordshire's Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, is the second in an occasional series taking a high level look at the work of key criminal justice, emergency service and other policing partners.

OPINION: Jon Collins, CEO of the Restorative Justice Council, examines challenges for those involved in delivering PCC-funded restorative justice services

OPINION: Sandra Andrews reflects on the impact of domestic abuse on the organisations responsible for its investigation.

EXCLUSIVE: Former milkman and police authority member Clive Grunshaw the PCC for Lancashire talks about helping ex-offenders and exclusively reveals whether he plans to seek re-election next year.

OPINION: Laura Knight, Director of the Institute for Public Safety Crime and Justice, examines ways forward in the commissioning of victims' and witnesses' services

OPINION: Elizabeth Crowhurst, a commentator on criminal justice reform, reflects on the College of Policing's recent report on policing leadership

OPINION: Policing commentator Jacqui Hames argues that policing should learn from the armed forces in their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) support provision

ANALYSIS: Gavin Hales, Deputy Director of the Police Foundation, provides an analysis of evidence provided to date on police funding to the Public Accounts Committee - covering police demand, resources, governance and accountability

OPINION: Former police officer and businessman Bill Longmore, PCC for West Mercia, talks about his deputy, sets out why he isn’t against force mergers, and explains some PCC wrinkles

OPINION: Bedfordshire Police Federation Chairman Jim Mallen's view of the Bedfordshire / Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire control room merger

EXCLUSIVE: Lord Carlile, Chair of the London Policing Ethics Panel, exclusively writes for Policing Insight on the findings of the Panel's first "Police Encounters with the Public" report out today which covers routine and non-covert interactions.

OPINION: Emma Williams, supported by serving officers "Nathan Constable" and "Dedicated Peeler", ask for your participation in a crowdsourcing project in which police change programs are "re-imagined" as staffed by the federated ranks and equivalent staff grades.

OPINION: Patricia Moberly, a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, reflects on the Committee's recently published work examining policing integrity.

ANALYSIS: Dr Timothy Brain examines the impact on policing of the Summer Budget 2015

OPINION: On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, Vice President of the Police Superintendents' Association, reflects on a recent visit to the small town where more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, mostly men and boys, were killed.

OPINION: Richard Rhodes, the Conservative PCC for Cumbria talks about the challenges facing a rural police force and why all merger plans must be resisted.

ANALYSIS: Paul Grady and Stephanie Liu from leading police auditors Grant Thornton, examine the key areas of challenge faced by police audit committees: engaging with the wider organisation; effective risk management; and integrated governance and the role of the audit committee.

OPINION: Matthew Ellis contributes his views to the consultation on a new delivery model for Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFARS) and argues that an integrated police and fire service should be considered.

ANALYSIS: Simon Bullock takes a look at the "Reshaping Policing for the Public" discussion paper recently published by the advisory group on the national debate on policing in austerity. Can the report help bridge the fundamental difference of opinion between policy makers and police leaders?

OPINION: Jon Harvey provides his impressions from the launch last week of the report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, on leadership, ethics and accountability in policing plus a personal response by Lord Bew the committee chairman, addressing the six key questions Jon raises.