Police forces - United Kingdom

BOOK EXTRACT: Policing Insight is delighted to publish extracts from "Police Dog Heroes," by Michael Layton and Bill Rogerson.

ANALYSIS: PCCs are overwhelmingly white and male, but what about the people they employ? Sandra Andrews of CoPaCC analyses the diversity of the staff that make up the Offices of the PCCs - and finds that transparency as well as diversity remain challenging issues.

OPINION: Colin Pipe was the first (and so far the only) Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner to hold office as a volunteer. In the fifth of our blogs celebrating Volunteers' Week, he argues that service - and therefore volunteering - should be at the heart of everything that PCCs do.

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: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

OPINION: Soon to hand back his warrant card, frontline Police Constable Rory Geoghegan looks back at his three years as a Met Police Dedicated Ward Officer.

OPINION - PCC ELECTIONS 2016: Continuing our special feature on the Suffolk PCC election battle, current PCC Tim Passmore sets out his pitch to voters - including his plans for the next four years if re-elected

ANALYSIS: Stephen Roberts of Vigilant Research examines the Metropolitan Police's invitation to tender for a new integrated case, custody, intelligence and investigation system

OPINION: Labour's PCC candidate for Suffolk, Cath Pickles, explains...

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC's Chief Executive, identifies one area where PCC candidates' discussions with the Electoral Commission may havehad a material influence on voting

OPINION: Surrey's Deputy PCC, Jeff Harris, critiques the Home Office's approach to police reform, and argues against 'just making political points'

PCC ELECTIONS 2016: Christopher Salmon, Dyfed-Powys PCC, looks back at his first term as PCC, and looks forward to "commissioning, consulting and listening" if re-elected

OPINION: The Liberal Democrat's PCC candidate for Cheshire, Neil Lewis, reflects on his day at the PCC candidates' National Briefing organised by CoPaCC

NEWS: IPSCJ Director Laura Knight reports on last week's launch of the East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration (EMPAC), which included the College of Policing's Rachel Tuffin (pictured) as guest speaker

OPINION: In the second of a College of Policing series, DCC Andy Rhodes, the College's Chair for Organisational Development and International, looks at change management in policing

ANALYSIS: A recent London Assembly report has said that "the lack of information published by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is of concern". Martin Hoscik, of MayorWatch, reports.

ANALYSIS: Following announcement yesterday of Sussex Police's DCC Olivia Pinkney as the Hampshire PCC's 'preferred candidate' for Chief Constable, we republish a recent article by DCC Pinkney on the police response to sexting