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

EXCLUSIVE: Five PCCs and the Mayor of London are adversely impacting on the employment prospects of their residents by not addressing poor performance of their police force's Police Disclosure Units.

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?

IN THE NEWS: A new approach to our Weekly Review, based on Subscriber feedback and drawing heavily on our popular Media Monitor database

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).

ANALYSIS: Dr Tracey Wond of the University of Derby sets out her analysis of concerns about the College of Policing's plans for degrees in policing

OPINION: Policing blogger and serving police officer "Nathan Constable" scrutinises the College of Policing proposals on degrees for police officers

OPINION: Retired police officer Alan Wright provides a "thirty year experience" perspective on the College of Policing's plans for policing degrees

OPINION: Roy Swales, UKIP's PCC candidate for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, argues that "life experience is more valuable than a degree when it comes to policing"

OPINION: Independent policing commentator Cate Moore argues for more support from the College of Policing for a "dedicated, talented, exceptional workforce"

OPINION: Dr John Hayward of tensABILITY examines Government proposals to change the way police complaints are handled

OPINION: Jon Collins, of the Restorative Justice Council, provides the background to research into barriers to women's participation in restorative justice

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix identifies the key extracts from the Home Secretary's speech earlier this week to a Reform think tank audience

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes gives her views on the Home Office's police funding formula 'consultation'

IN THE NEWS: A new approach to our Weekly Review, based on Subscriber feedback and drawing heavily on our popular Media Monitor database

OPINION: Peter Neyroud, of the University of Cambridge, considers the implications of today's Home Office retreat

NEWS BRIEF: The Policing Minister announces that police funding for 2016/17 will be under the current formula

ANALYSIS: Key extracts from the NPCC's paper on police funding and police demand, submitted to the Home Affairs Select Committee

ANALYSIS: An article co-authored by John Tizard for The Consultation Institute examines "the English devolution project" - with direct relevance for policing and PCCs

EXCLUSIVE: Policing Insight provides an exclusive analysis of the nine questions put to the Home Office about their flawed revisions to the Police Funding Formula, and the answers they provided