PCC / Police Authority accountability

OPINION: Howard Jones takes a historical perspective in comparing the roles of PCCs and the police authorities they replaced

ANALYSIS: Download and print our useful at-a-glance infographics mapping the 2016 PCC Elections results and comparing them with 2012.

ANALYSIS: Professor Michael Rowe reviews the 2016 PCC Elections and argues that despite a higher turnout and mandate, the PCC model of police accountability still has much to prove.

ANALYSIS: Jon Harvey analyses voting data from elections on Thursday, May 5th.

OPINION: Christine Townsend, Founder and CEO of MusterPoint, offers some thoughts and encouragement for newly elected PCCs

ANALYSIS: Adam Simmonds, stepping down as Northamptonshire's PCC this Wednesday, looks back on his time as Commissioner

PCC ELECTION RESULTS: Policing Insight's fully interactive map of the complete PCC election results 2016, with winner, runner-up, percentage vote shares and turnout.

PCC ELECTION RESULTS: Policing Insight's rolling coverage of the PCC Elections, spanning Polling Day and the results.

ANALYSIS: As we enter PCC Election Week 2016, 102 of the 187 candidates have so far signed the Committee on Standards in Public Life's 'ethical checklist'.

OPINION: CoPaCC Chief Executive Bernard Rix reflects on PCC-related implications following the Hillsborough inquest verdict

ANALYSIS: Lucy Jaffe, of "Why me?", introduces her organisation's review of PCCs' funding of restorative justice during their first term in office

ANALYSIS: Linda Bryant, Director of Criminal Justice Services at Together for Mental Wellbeing, examines how newly elected PCCs can tackle head on the issues of victimisation, offending, mental health and the lack of appropriate local care for people in distress

OPINION: With some tired legs out there nearing the end of the match, Nicola Davies, the Liberal Democrat PCC candidate for Warwickshire knows where the goal is. Will she win the fans over?

ANALYSIS: Former HMI Robin Field-Smith examines why there have been problems in attracting candidates for Chief Constable positions, and offers some pointers for newly elected PCCs

OPINION: Kent PCC Ann Barnes looks back on her time in office, and offers some advice for those putting themselves forward for election in May

ANALYSIS: Alix Rejman, Director of Public Regulatory for leading law firm Fieldfisher, identifies the early legal pitfalls awaiting our new PCCs

ANALYSIS: Jon Collins, Chief Executive of the Restorative Justice Council, examines the role of PCCs in ensuring that victims of crime can access restorative justice

OPINION: Nanci Hogan, former Chief of Staff at the Bedfordshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), recommends five steps in deciding which PCC candidate to vote for.

OPINION: Steve Watts explains why he is seeking election as Hampshire and the Isle of Wight's Police and Crime Commissioner

OPINION: Influential policing commentator Cate Moore looks at the candidates for Lincolnshire PCC and decides where to cast her vote

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC Chief Executive, looks ahead to CoPaCC's next four years

ANALYSIS: Policing Insight has - with readers' help - compiled a list of timings of the PCC counts following PCC elections on Thursday, May 5th

OPINION: Seeking election as a PCC? Here are five tips from an experienced national journalist to help you avoid a critical press if your campaign is successful...

OPINION - PCC ELECTIONS 2016: Former ACPO Public Affairs Officer James Hargrave, now at JBP, asks whether PCCs' critics will soon need to eat some humble pie