Opinion: Home Secretary Priti Patel recently announced section 60 Stop and Search powers would be relaxed to make the process quicker and more effective. Stop and Search Lead and Chair of Bedfordshire Community Scrutiny Panel Montell Neufville questions this approach along with other 'myths' surrounding stop and search.

INTERVIEW: As terrorists continue to hijack social media to recruit and spread propaganda, cyber terrorism expert Professor Stuart Macdonald tells Policing Insight how terrorists are exploiting smaller platforms and the continuing challenges social media companies face in removing online terrorist content.

IN THE NEWS: This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the College to access its library.

Opinion: In a deeply personal account, Australian-based nurse and Mental Health Champion Melissa Gole talks honestly and openly about the impact of living with her partner, a police officer who suffered PTSD after a counter-terror incident, and what helped her through the experience.

Interview: In the first of an exclusive two-part interview, newly-retired Bedfordshire Chief Constable Jon Boutcher tells Policing Insight why race has to be a priority for policing and why, as a 28-year career detective, he’s backing direct entry detective schemes.

insight: UK police forces are unable to access the European Commission's Internal Security Fund - Police (ISF-P) which promotes safety and security in the EU, but Policing Insight contributor Andrew Staniforth explains there are other ways for forces to be involved in its vital work.

ANALYSIS: Investigating economic crime is a headache for law enforcement agencies and detection levels remain extremely low.  However, fully embracing crime script analysis as an investigative tool and a method of supporting preventative action could help reverse the trend, writes Dr Nicholas Gilmour from the University of Auckland.

IN THE NEWS: This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the College to access its library.

OPINION: Machine learning has tremendous possibilities for the police. However, badly used, it could be as controversial as Stop and Search. Paul McFarlane, Senior Teaching Fellow in Security and Crime Science at UCL, argues that the police must avoid 'black box' systems to be accountable for the decisions that algorithms suggest.

interview: A new company has been launched by three UK former senior officers which delivers training in British community policing techniques to police forces around the world. Policing Insight spoke to one of its directors, former Northumbria Police ACC Timothy Shilston, about the international appetite for British policing models.

insight: When examining police suicides, accurate data is hard to come by in the UK and other countries, making it difficult to understand the scale of the problem, but Mightify's Tom Wheelhouse says it's time to take trauma more seriously which means offering support from day one of a person's policing career.

Announcement: Following rigorous judging of over 100 UK and overseas entries to the inaugural World Class Policing Awards, the shortlist of nominations has now been finalised! See if your force has made the final cut.

NEWS: Live Blog: This year's Police Superintendents' Association Conference takes place in Stratford upon Avon. It's day two of the conference which will feature HMCIC Sir Tom Winsor on the state of policing, followed by the launch of the most comprehensive and independent review of policing for years by the Police Foundation.

NEWS: Live Blog: This year's Police Superintendents' Association Conference takes place in Stratford upon Avon. We'll be live-blogging the event in which the Home Secretary Priti Patel is expected to make her first major public address to the police service.

NEWS: All forces in England and Wales have received national guidance on the menopause after 44% of female officers surveyed revealed they considered quitting because of their symptoms. The move follows considerable efforts by many including the Menopause Doctor Dr Louise Newson who highlighted the importance of this issue for the service in her March 2018 interview with Policing Insight.

analysis: Cybersecurity is one of the most important cross-national issues in the EU, with essential services at risk if it fails. Policing Insight contributor Andrew Staniforth says this is why effective and coordinated responses between EU member states are necessary - before and after Brexit.

analysis: In the second of five papers on Police and Crime Panels, Dr Roy Bailey explores their structure and organisation alongside a range of challenges including the impact of high panel member turnover, poor attendance, limited training and restricted funding.

Opinion: Current and newly-retired officers will be able to gain a BSc (Hons) in Policing Studies after completing a one-year 'top-up course' at the University of East London. Director of Policing at the UEL's Centre of Professional Policing (CoPP) and former police officer Dr Sarah Jane Fox explains why it is important that, as the new degree entry scheme comes into being, 'no-one gets left behind'.

Innovation: As part of a campaign to raise awareness around vulnerability, Northumbria Police conducted a social experiment to see how many people would stop and help a man apparently suffering early onset Alzheimer's. Northumbria Police's Engagement Advisor Jemma Woolley and Ch Insp Steve Wykes speak to Policing Insight about why the force took this approach.

Job advert: The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is one of the world’s leading research think-tanks in the fields of defence and security. RUSI is seeking to recruit a Senior Research Fellow/Acting Director within its programme on serious and organised crime and policing.

insight: As the largest ever haul of heroin is seized in the UK this week, Policing Insight's Keith Potter reports on Deputy Director Investigations at the National Crime Agency Matt Horne's Police Governance Summit presentation on the continuing threat of serious organised crime, hostile states and the importance of a collaborative approach to catching organised criminal groups.

Advertisement feature: Storing, processing, and sharing multimedia files is nothing new for law enforcement. But until recently, the volume of digital content such as video, images, and audio was relatively limited, making it easier to manage. Today, as the amount and type of content captured expands, digital evidence management is at risk of becoming an overwhelming undertaking.

ANALYSIS: The latest in our Report Watch series summarises the findings of a joint inspection by HMICFRS and HMICS into the arrangements surrounding how chief officers are selected and developed.

OPINION: HMICFRS and HMICS today published "Leading Lights", their report on selection and development of chief officers. CoPaCC CEO Bernard Rix, Publisher of Policing Insight and Founder of the World Class Policing Awards, sets out how UK policing can (and should) look to learn from good and best practice both overseas and from other disciplines - and vice versa.