PCC / Police Authority accountability

NEWS: Catherine Levin, a freelance journalist, provides an independent overview of the PCC Candidates' National Briefing held earlier this week

ANALYSIS: CoPaCC analyst Sandra Andrews takes a look at the work of Police and Crime Panels, and identifies some key lessons to be learned.

ANALYSIS: Dr Mark Roycroft, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of East London, provides the second of two articles containing insights from his forthcoming book on "The role of PCCs"

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix of CoPaCC identifies the force areas where turnout in May 2016's PCC elections is likely to be higher

ANALYSIS: Dr Mark Roycroft, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of East London, provides the first of two articles containing insights from his forthcoming book on "The role of PCCs"

ANALYSIS: Neil Amos and Chris Dreyfus, of PA Consulting, examine the implementation challenges of delivering closer police and fire collaboration

PCC Election 2016: In the first of a short series, Simon Bullock of CoPaCC offers some insights into what PCC candidates should be addressing at this point in their election campaign

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CEO of CoPaCC and Policing Insight, examines how the EU referendum impacts on the PCC elections

OPINION: Martyn Underhill, the Independent PCC for Dorset, sets out his thoughts on who is in contention for the inaugural CoPaCC "PCC of the Year" award.

ANALYSIS: A detailed analysis of the Surrey OPCC papers made public following a BBC Freedom of Information request

NEWS: Bernard Rix introduces the CoPaCC "PCC of the Year" Awards

ANALYSIS: George Alexander, of leading police auditor Grant Thornton, argues that proactive external reviews of police forces' whistleblowing procedures are time well spent

ANALYSIS: Sean Butcher, PhD student at the University of Leeds, reports on a recent conference and draws three key conclusions

OPINION: Former senior police officer Roy Bailey sets out plans for his latest research project into policing governance

OPINION: Independent researcher Rob Allen introduces a new report, "Rehabilitation Devolution", which argues that localising justice can reduce crime and imprisonment

NEWS: Details of the first twenty four OPCCs to receive CoPaCC's 2015 Transparency Quality Mark

OPINION: Dr John Hayward of tensABILITY examines Government proposals to change the way police complaints are handled

ANALYSIS: An article co-authored by John Tizard for The Consultation Institute examines "the English devolution project" - with direct relevance for policing and PCCs

NEWS: Lord Bew, Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, addresses an audience gathered to mark the launch of CoPaCC's "OPCC Transparency" Quality Mark

ANALYSIS: Barry Loveday, Reader in Criminal Justice Administration at the University of Portsmouth, examines changes in the balance of power in police governance

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

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.

OPINION: Bedfordshire PCC Olly Martins calls for those concerned about dwindling police strength to lobby their Member of Parliament

OPINION: Dr Liz Turner examines the important distinction between "police" and "policing", and its relevance to policing governance