Weekly Media Monitor summary
IN THE NEWS: Our new-look Weekly Review, drawing on our popular Media Monitor database, picks up the key news stories and reports of the week, and explains why they matter to you.
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NEWS: A share of the £1 billion available through the Home Office's policing transformation funds will in due course be awarded to the best bids. CoPaCC's CEO, Bernard Rix suggests how, OPCCs, forces and their partners can increase their chances of submitting successful proposals.
OPINION: As National Volunteers' Week commences across the UK today, Iain Britton, of the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice, talks about the huge contribution volunteers make across policing and the potential for police volunteering in the future.