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

OPINION: Dr James Hanley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Adrian College, Michigan, USA, examines limits to private policing

OPINION: Lee Simpson and Max Worth of Deloitte report on a five-force event to produce "mind-blowing apps"

OPINION: Dorset PCC Martyn Underhill provides his perspective on HMIC's Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy (PEEL) Report, published last week

NEWS: Policing Insight launches our directory of police force and governing body information

EXCLUSIVE: Our exclusive insight into Chief Constables' views on compulsory redundancy, drawing on the NPCC submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2015

NEWS BRIEF: Policing Minister introduces revisions to this year's Police Innovation Fund, with submissions due by Friday 18th December 2015.

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

OPINION: Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt responds to the RCA's independent report, "Safer together: Policing a global city in 2020"

NEWS: Dr Andy Fisher invites Policing Insight readers to the National Participatory Budgeting Conference on 26th October

ANALYSIS: Roy Wilsher, Hertfordshire's Chief Fire Officer and Chief Exec of Hertfordshire OPCC, examines some of the challenges ahead of further fire and police collaboration

ANALYSIS: Andy Higgins of the Police Foundation looks at the challenge police face in being empathetic to victims whilst reserving judgement during the investigation

OPINION: ACC Ian Wiggett of Greater Manchester Police argues that policing needs to adopt a 'common voice' on its overall capacity and capability to manage risk

NEWS BRIEF: Five forces rated outstanding, 29 as good, 8 as requiring improvement and one - Humberside - as inadequate.

OPINION: Police blogger "Nathan Constable" makes a start on the Case File...

NEWS BRIEF: Temporary Chief Constable Gareth Morgan will continue to lead the Constabulary while a recruitment process takes place.

NEWS BRIEF: Tracey Bleakley is to join Hospice UK

ANALYSIS: MayorWatch's Martin Hoscik examines views on the likely impact on the Met Police of the RSA's recent independent report

ANALYSIS: Anthony Painter, the RSA's Director of Policy and Strategy, provides an author's perspective on the RSA's independent review of the Metropolitan Police

NEWS BRIEF: Met Police publishes a report by influential think-tank, the RSA

ANALYSIS: Steve Finnigan writes an open letter to the people of Lancashire on the subject of police cuts

REPORT: Sean Butcher, a PhD student at the School of Law, University of Leeds, provides a review of the day's proceedings, on topics including community engagement, acquisitive crime, public order and partnerships.

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

ANALYSIS: Simon Bullock analyses the latest letter from the Home Office on proposed revisions to the police funding formula. Which force fares best - and which worst?