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ANALYSIS: What is the role of local authorities in the fight against organised crime? Ahead of a Public Policy Exchange event on 7th June, Dr Anna Sergi of the University of Essex warns that none of our communities are immune from the threat.

OPINION: In the second of our series celebrating volunteering in policing, Dr Amie Birkhamshaw says PCCs have confounded their critics by embracing the volunteering agenda and embedding volunteers in the fabric of their planning

OPINION: As National Volunteers' Week commences across the UK today, Iain Britton, of the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice, talks about the huge contribution volunteers make across policing and the potential for police volunteering in the future. 

IN THE NEWS: Our new-look Weekly Review, drawing on our popular Media Monitor database, picks up the key news stories and reports of the week, and explains why they should matter to you.

ANALYSIS: New media guidelines proposed by the College of Policing could impose strict new rules on contacts between police officers and journalists. Carina O'Reilly asks if they will protect the police, or smother vital relationships built on mutual understanding.

ANALYSIS: PCCs have only four years to establish their legacy before the next elections. Bernard Rix, editor of CoPACC, outlines the four key areas where PCCs can stamp their authority.

OPINION: Chief Constable Dave Thompson of West Midlands Police pays tribute to efforts made to increase diversity, but warns that police still need to correct assumptions, think harder, and talk about their challenges.

OPINION: Andrew Haldenby, Director of the Reform thinktank, welcomes the government's sweeping proposals for fire service reform - and warns if change doesn't happen voluntarily, the government may force it through anyway.

OPINION: Are Triage schemes doing their job in mental health emergencies? Serving police officer 'Nathan Constable' warns police forces could be heading down a dead end track with no way to turn around.

OPINION: Protecting vulnerable people is the new 'volume demand' in policing. Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, Vice President of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales, outlines the need for a consistent approach to vulnerability.

IN THE NEWS: Our Weekly Review, drawing heavily on our popular Media Monitor database

ANALYSIS: Ahead of the imminent, potentially massive, changes to Fire and Rescue Service organisation and structure, former Editor of Policing Today Philip Mason asks if the government has learnt from mistakes made during its parallel reform of the Police Service

ANALYSIS: Following publication last week of the Home Affairs Select Committee's report on police diversity, CoPaCC's Simon Bullock looks at the evidence...

BOOK EXTRACT: Policing Insight is delighted to publish an extract from Tom Gash's book, "Criminal: The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things".

ANALYSIS: Charlotte Pickles, Deputy Director and Head of Research at Reform, introduces the think tank's latest report on offender management, and examines its implications for PCCs

ANALYSIS: As the 'cutting season' begins, Avon & Somerset Constabulary's DCI Leanne Pook looks at how policing responds to Female Genital Mutilation

ANALYSIS: Former Greater Manchester ACC Ian Wiggett provides a considered response to an academic paper that, according to the Times today, has "caused fury by comparing bobbies to binmen"

NEWS: Bernard Rix, Policing Insight's publisher, welcomes Carina on board...

IN THE NEWS: Our Weekly Review, drawing heavily on our popular Media Monitor database

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC Chief Executive, writes to recently elected Police and Crime Commissioners

OPINION: Jonathan Clifton, IPPR's Associate Director for Public Services, looks forward to PCCs' playing a much broader role in the criminal justice system

OPINION: Cop and comic Alfie Moore takes a wry look at PCCs, last week's elections and what lies ahead for those voted in...

ANALYSIS: Carina O'Reilly provides a powerful analysis of the lessons that policing really must learn following the Hillsborough Inquest verdict.

OPINION: Serving officer 'Nathan Constable' argues that following the failings of Hillsborough, the argument that officers shouldn't be punished for the decisions of a small few all that time ago is pointless and wrong.