Editorial
News: Pilots are not a box of ‘Deloittes’
News: Overtime cuts could impact on frontline
News: Highway robbery?
Federation views: Will Riches, from the constables’ central committee
View from the chair: Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation, looks at the possible cost to the future of policing and the service provided to the public
Local focus: Chris Burrows, chairman of Manchester Police Federation
View from the sidelines: Dorset Federation chairman Clive Chamberlain recalls a Christmas tale from his early policing years
Goodfella?: Interview with David Hanson, police minister – what is in store for the police service in the New Year
Cooking the books: A former officer, Dr Rodger Patrick, examines how police forces are fiddling the crime figures
What the Dickens!: A copper’s Christmas carol, the alternative to the traditional Dickensian tale starring Gordon Brown
The diary of Michael Downes – aged 45 & ¾: The personal journey of Michael Downes to raise awareness of the National Police Memorial
A Victorian policeman’s lot: How life as a Victorian police officer could have ended in an early grave. Simon Dell, police historian writes
Letters & £50 caption competition