ANALYSIS: Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, identifies a wide set of challenges faced by police, and argues that tackling those deep rooted problems associated with these challenges cannot be undertaken by the police alone.
OPINION: Dealing with the most vulnerable is a priority for the police. On 22 July, @WeCops held an online debate on early intervention, with CI Justin Srivastava (@CiSrivastava) as the guest host. Eric Halford (@DSEricHalford) summarises the debate and why early intervention matters - and how it can be done better.
ANALYSIS: With the newly elected PCCs coming to the end of their first 80 days in the job, what lessons might there be from the first set of incumbents? Dr Matthew Davies of RAND Europe outlines the findings of his report, Driving accountability from within: Key lessons for newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners.
ANALYSIS: Gavin Hales, Deputy Director of the Police Foundation, introduces the Foundation's latest report which draws on a five-year research project. Gavin will be leading a Twitter discussion of this at 1100hrs on Wednesday 20 July.
OPINION: What does 'confidence' in policing really mean? Dr Kevin Morrell of Warwick Business School is taking a year's fellowship to explore the ramifications of 'confidence' and to open up dialogue and to develop fresh insights into public confidence in the police.
OPINION: How healthy is policing research and what does the British Society of Criminology conference tell us about what state it's in? New Chair of the BSC Policing Network Dr Louise Westmarland reflects on the conference and the new directions of policing research.
OPINION: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC Chief Executive, wonders why the Home Affairs Select Committee chose not to take evidence from Police and Crime Commissioners in their inquiry into the College of Policing
ANALYSIS: What works in protecting homes against burglary? Dr Rebecca Thompson and Professor Andromachi Tseloni examine the evidence as to which security devices are actually effective in lessening household burglaries.
ANALYSIS: How do diversity targets affect recruitment and promotion in policing? Gareth Stubbs argues that targets have damaging unintended consequences, and are standing in for far more difficult conversations about broken relationships and a lack of community trust.
ANALYSIS: Police and Crime Panels were set up to scrutinise Police and Crime Commissioners, but how successful have they been? Former senior police officer Roy Bailey finds that a lot of work needs to be done to make PCPs more effective in their key role of holding PCCs to account.
5th July 2016
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