Latest News, Analysis and Opinion  (Page 247)

NEWSLINK: The Taxpayers' Alliance report suggests "potential PCC savings could put 1200 bobbies on the beat".

OPINION: Surrey Deputy PCC Jeff Harris responds to the Taxpayers' Alliance report on OPCC spending

OPINION: Police blogger "Nathan Constable" considers implications for the Peelian Principles of the public response to possible changes to burglary investigation

OPINION: Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think-tank responds to media coverage of the NPCC Chief's recent remarks on burglary investigation, and suggests a mature debate is needed about prioritising police activity

IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, both national and local - including stories from City of London, Derbyshire, Lancashire, the Met, Norfolk, North Wales, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Wiltshire.

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC CEO, finds that some political parties have already started the race to elect PCCs in May 2016

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC's CEO, examines the winning bids for a share of the College of Policing's £10 million Police Knowledge Fund

OPINION: Andy Higgins, the Police Foundation's Senior Analyst, identifies some challenges for the Advisory Group's vision of policing - including on governance

ANALYSIS: Gavin Hales, Deputy Director of the Police Foundation, introduces the Foundation's analysis of the Home Office's police funding consultation

REPORT: Download the latest report covering policing and police and crime commissioner activity during July.

OPINION: Serving police officer "Nathan Constable" looks at the impact of police budget cuts, focusing on officer and staff welfare

ANALYSIS: Marc Hole, Head of Commissioning and Partnerships in Avon & Somerset OPCC, reviews work putting in place local support services for victims of crime.

OPINION: Surrey PCC Kevin Hurley examines how the current situation at Eurotunnel's French terminus impacts on policing - and more - this side of the Channel Tunnel

OPINION: Sam Chapman, editor of PCC election website TopOfTheCops.com, gives his views on the IPCC investigation into the Lancashire PCC's expenses claims

IN THE NEWS: Michelle Newell reviews the week’s key policing news, both national and local

ANALYSIS: Police Foundation Director, Rick Muir, considers the implications of Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Sara Thornton's "Re-imagining Policing" speech last week

ANALYSIS: The Centre for Public Scrutiny's Ed Hammond examines implications for Police and Crime Panels of the Committee for Standards in Public Life's recent policing report

OPINION: Sara Thornton's recent speech on "re-imagining policing" referred to Public Value Theory. Ian Hesketh examines how the Public Value framework works.

OPINION: Ex-London murder DCI, now writer, pundit and hired investigator Colin Sutton argues that police foot patrols are "like using a Model T Ford on the M25" - a romantic curiosity, historically significant but totally unsuited to modern life

EXCLUSIVE: Has the fact that you do not have a policing background been in any way a disadvantage in the role of PCC? In some ways I think it’s been a bit of an advantage. Any member of the public has a view on how policing is done and where priorities should be and I would […]

OPINION: Serving police officer "Nathan Constable" provides his thoughts on NPCC Chair Sara Thornton's recent Police Foundation "re-imagining policing" speech, and identifies four burning platforms for change

ANALYSIS: This article, by the serving Hertfordshire Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive of Hertfordshire's Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, is the second in an occasional series taking a high level look at the work of key criminal justice, emergency service and other policing partners.

NEWSLINK: Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill announces his candidacy for the PCC elections next year

OPINION: Jon Collins, CEO of the Restorative Justice Council, examines challenges for those involved in delivering PCC-funded restorative justice services