After decades of hard graft – on and off police turf – Helen Mahon-Stroud is set to be become Detective Mahon-Stroud.

Chief Inspector Mike Russell speaks to Policing Insight’s Keith Potter about an initiative that has significantly improved officer retention in Greater Manchester.

With nominations for this year’s Police Association Bravery Award due to open, members are being asked to notify local committees about any brave acts they have seen, or are aware of, during the past year. Nominations open on June 1 and close on July 31.

It has been a whirlwind few months for the new police minister after being handed the role only weeks after entering Cabinet. She has already earmarked retail crime, youth offending and gangs as top priorities ahead of October’s election.

Taylor Swan wanted to be a police officer when he was little (or an astronaut but he says donning the blue uniform seemed more achievable).

How to lessen the impact of retail crime on the community is the $1 billion question for Police.