Politics

NEWS BRIEF: We're getting ready for the PCC elections across England and Wales on Thursday, 5th May 2016 and the associated election campaigns...

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

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"

NEWS: Speakers include the Police ICT Company, the Superintendents' Association, the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Victim Support, leading policing auditor Grant Thornton and leading law firm Bird & Bird

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

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

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"

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

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

OPINION: Police and Crime Commissioners have covered new ground – Alan Charles, Derbyshire’s PCC, looks back at his own tenure as he prepares to step down, identifying lessons for those that follow

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

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

ANALYSIS: Details of the Twitter campaign accounts for 79 known PCC candidates

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

OPINION: Ben Twomey, Independent candidate in this May's Warwickshire PCC elections, sets out his eight 'clear and comprehensive' campaign promises

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

ANALYSIS: Simon Bullock identifies factors that will distinguish successful candidates (and future PCCs) from the unsuccessful

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

OPINION: Jon Harvey revisits his "Secret Diary of a PCC" series - essential reading for any PCC candidate 'at risk' of being elected...

OPINION: Barrie Sheldon, Deputy PCC and now Independent PCC candidate for West Mercia, sets out why more Independents are needed for elections in May - despite odds weighed against them

NEWS: ITV News research reveals that many PCCs don't want to be re-elected or are still undecided whether they're standing again

OPINION: Mark Weston, the Conservative PCC candidate for Avon & Somerset, explains his election mantra - "Cut Costs, Cut Distress, Cut Crime”

OPINION: Marc Jones, the Conservative's PCC candidate for Lincolnshire, sets out his thinking on the election campaign challenge ahead of him