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Members’ Day 2019 Neil Hallam , Editor A busy schedule allows me too few opportunities to visit the IPA’s home at Arthur Troop House. So I always try to take up Sean Hannigan’s invitation to attend Members Day each year. A s always, there were a good bunch of members from around the country, providing lots of opportunity to encourage submissions to Police World magazine.

There was also a splendid selection of material from the Association’s Archive. A rather old copy of our magazine had an article praising the very attractive physical attributes of a newly appointed Police Woman. This caused much amusement, as it would not be seen in the modern world. The event also provided opportunity to present some Long Service Awards to our most loyal members. It was nice to see a few familiar faces from the early years of my own police career, which is possibly an indicator of my own advancing years. One special presentation was a Signal Service Award to Greg Dexter. Section UK President Clive Wood presented the award, saying: “It was an absolute pleasure to present Greg Dexter with engraved Signal Service whiskey glasses to mark his significant contribution to Region 5, in his role as Treasurer. As the former Chair of Region 5 I received help and support first-hand from Greg on many occasions. It was a stroke of luck that current Region 5 Chair Gurmit found a nice bottle of single malt whiskey for Greg to test his new glasses.” Brian Kennedy was also on hand to capture moments for our Oral History Project. Always thinking I had a good face for radio, I was surprised to be asked for; not one, but two pieces to camera. The first about Police World and the second about my IPA experiences. It was a shame that the budget did not run to a buffet this year, but we did have a splendid selection of biscuits to munch our way through.

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POLICE WORLD Vol 64 No.2, 2019