21st July 2015
IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, including developments on police funding, and details of a keynote speech on "Re-imagining policing"
21st July 2015
OPINION: Sandra Andrews reflects on the impact of domestic abuse on the organisations responsible for its investigation.
21st July 2015
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.
21st July 2015
NEWSLINK: Devon & Cornwall PCC Tony Hogg becomes the fourth PCC in ten days to announce they will not contest PCC elections in May 2016
21st July 2015
OPINION: Laura Knight, Director of the Institute for Public Safety Crime and Justice, examines ways forward in the commissioning of victims' and witnesses' services
20th July 2015
NEWSLINK: Sir Clive Loader has informed his Police and Crime Panel that he will not run for re-election in May 2016
20th July 2015
OPINION: Elizabeth Crowhurst, a commentator on criminal justice reform, reflects on the College of Policing's recent report on policing leadership
20th July 2015
OPINION: Policing commentator Jacqui Hames argues that policing should learn from the armed forces in their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) support provision
16th July 2015
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
14th July 2015
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
14th July 2015
IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s local and national news, including developments on police funding, details of new policing models in two forces, plus the launching of the independent child sexual abuse inquiry.
14th July 2015
NEWS BRIEF: Essex PCC Nick Alston announces he will not run in the May 2016 PCC elections
14th July 2015
OPINION: Bedfordshire Police Federation Chairman Jim Mallen's view of the Bedfordshire / Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire control room merger
14th July 2015
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.
14th July 2015
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.
13th July 2015
NEWS: The Home Office Permanent Secretary, giving evidence at the Public Accounts Committee, provides more details of the police funding formula review
13th July 2015
NEWS BRIEF: Derbyshire PCC Alan Charles announces he will not run in the May 2016 PCC elections
13th July 2015
OPINION: Patricia Moberly, a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, reflects on the Committee's recently published work examining policing integrity.
13th July 2015
ANALYSIS: Dr Timothy Brain examines the impact on policing of the Summer Budget 2015
10th July 2015
NEWSLINK: The Home Office publishes statistics on the use of Taser by police in 2014 showing a small decrease of 3% since 2013 but a 50% increase since 2010. In light of the of inquest verdict on the Jordan Begley case, the NPCC responds by defending the use of Taser but calling for the medical evidence to be referred to an independent body for review.
10th July 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.
7th July 2015
IN THE NEWS: Gary Mason reviews the week’s local and national news including a landmark police firearms case at the Old Bailey and a justification for poor arrest rates among Special Constables
7th July 2015
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.
7th July 2015
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.
