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• CJA criticise Home Office ASBO replacements
  
  The Criminal Justice Alliance have said the new Criminal Behaviour Order system that Home Secretary Theresa May is set to unveil today "will do little in the long term to tackle this issue"
  
  
• ACPO apologise for body part retention
  
  Police chiefs have apologised to grieving families after an ACPO report into the retention of human tissue following investigations revealed nearly 500 whole organs had been kept after cases had concluded.
  
  
• Chief phone hacking investigator to retire
  
  The Metropolitan Police Service have announced the Deputy Assistant Commissioner leading three investigations linked to the News of the World phone hacking scandal will retire later this year.
  
  
• Met DCI wins International Leadership Award
  
  Hackney Detective Chief Inspector Shabnam Chaudhri has been acknowledged for her work leading on Olympic security with the prestigious International 2012 Mary Jo Blahowski Leadership Award.
  
  
• MP and chief join call against Welsh cuts
  
  The retiring chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police and an MP for Swansea are the latest to speak out against government proposals to cut frontline officers in Wales.
  
  
• Police call in nationwide resources for operation Olympics
  
  Police from 52 Forces will be involved in security for the Olympic Games according to plans announced by ACPO's Chris Allison
  
  
• Pol Fed Conference Coverage
  
  This week's annual Police Federation Conference was one of the more controversial in recent years, if you missed out on any of the action we've recapped the key events from @policingtoday's Twitter coverage of the event.
  
  
• Police planned for safe Olympic Torch tour
  
  ACPO Olympic lead Chris Allison has expressed his confidence that the Olympic Torch Relay "will be respected" when the flame arrives in Britain today but is equally confident that there is an "appropriate policing operation in place" should their be any protests.
  
  
• Home Sec comes under fire at Federation conference
  
  Home Secretary Theresa May was given a hostile reception by delegates when she delivered her keynote speech to the Police Federation conference earlier today.
  
  
• No guarantee from Home Office on professional body membership fees
  
  The Home Office Director of Police Reform and Resources outlined some of the details of the upcoming professional body for UK policing on the opening day of the annual Police Federation Conference today