Latest News, Analysis and Opinion  (Page 245)

OPINION: How should policing adapt to meet its current, substantial challenge? Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think tank identifies key areas of focus.

ANALYSIS: MayorWatch's Martin Hoscik casts his expert eye over the welcome awaiting London's new Mayor from the Metropolitan Police

IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, both national and local - including stories from Bedfordshire, Bath and Belfast

ANALYSIS: Stuart Hyde QPM examines crime recording rules and identifies changes that could make the investigation of cybercrime and fraud much more effective

OPINION: Police Federation Chair Steve White on why police integrity is best served by the Police Federation asking tough questions of the Government

OPINION: Superintendent Alun Morgan of South Wales Police reflects on a night shift command duty.

NEWS BRIEF: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC CEO and Publisher of PolicingInsight.com, introduces further significant enhancements to Policing Insight's Media Monitoring service

NEWS BRIEF: The Home Affairs Committee is to conduct an inquiry into ‘Reform of the Police Funding Formula’. This inquiry comes shortly after the Public Accounts Committee published a report into the "Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales"

NEWS BRIEF: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC CEO and Publisher of PolicingInsight.com, introduces significant enhancements to Policing Insight's Media Monitoring service

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes takes a look at the Home Office's police funding consultation, which closed this week.

OPINION: Former Special Constable and police staff member Christine Townsend looks at the impact of traumatic cases on those within policing

IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, both national and local - including stories from London, Scotland, Nottingham and Staffordshire

OPINION: Jim Mallen, Chair of Bedfordshire Police Federation, sets out why police volunteers "will not provide better policing; this will provide cheaper policing".

OPINION: Niven Rennie, President of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, reflects on last week's Police Superintendents' conference south of the border

ANALYSIS: Rose Dowling, founder of Leaders Unlocked, looks at the work of Youth Commissions across five police forces

ANALYSIS: Olivia Pinkney, Sussex Police's Deputy Chief Constable and NPCC lead for Children and Young People, examines police responsibilities when children sext

ANALYSIS: Ben Estep, of the Centre for Justice Innovation, introduces the Centre's new toolkit for for practitioners involved in, or considering creating, youth diversion schemes

OPINION: Dr Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation, considers whether the designation of police powers to civilians can help the police adapt to changing demand

IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, both national and local - including stories from Essex, Cumbria and the West Midlands.

ANALYSIS: Simon Bullock examines "Continuity with Change", the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners' (APCCs') submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2015 (CSR15).

OPINION: Matthew Ellis, the Staffordshire PCC, looks at how police can "harness the power of digital technology"

ANALYSIS: Warwickshire PCC Ron Ball examines issues for policing associated with the creation of Combined Authorities

NEWS BRIEF: Chief Supt Irene Curtis, President of the PSAEW, will deliver her speech later this week to the Association's Annual Conference

ANALYSIS: Devon & Cornwall OPCC provides an analysis of the implications of the Government's funding proposals for future force mergers