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Australian Visitors Welcomed to Belfast By John Catterson , Region 2 On Sunday 14th September 2025, IPA 2 Region was delighted to host Patrick and Nikki Burns from South Australian Police, for a visit to PSNI.

T he couple were welcomed at Musgrave Station in Belfast city centre by Sgt John Catterson, Con Ross McClughan and Con Scott Brockerton from the Road Policing Interceptor team based in Sprucefield, who demonstrated one of their high performance vehicles and their equipment, and talked about their role and day to day duties. The visit then moved to Stormont Estate where Patrick and Nikki took photographs in front of Parliament Buildings and learnt a little about the history of Northern Ireland. The Interceptor team also used the opportunity to capture some nice photographs of one of their fleet, in front of the impressive backdrop! It was then over to Brooklyn, PSNI Headquarters where the couple saw the RUC George Cross medal before spending time in the RUC GC and PSNI memorial gardens, where they learnt about the history of policing in Northern Ireland. The visit then finished with photographs in front of HQ and an exchange of patches and challenge coins between the two forces. Patrick and Nikki reported that they thoroughly enjoyed their time visiting PSNI and thanked the team for hosting them during their visit to Belfast.

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