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Contents Police World The magazine of the International Police Association, Section UK

Vol 63 No.3 2018

Keeping you informed 4-5 Working on behalf Clive Wood; President of Section UK 8 National Council Meeting 2018 Pete Connolly MBE, Secretary General Professional Development 6 Close Protection Weekend Robert Stenhouse, IPA Defensive Tactics Group. 7 Teaching at Gimborn, a first timer’s experience Martin Turner, 9 Region Cultural Corner 11 Members Day 2018 12 Another chance to read our Founder’s book Member Journey & the IPA Oral History Project Feature Articles 9 “21-50 to Headquarters!” Mike Chappell, Cornwall Branch 13 IPA Sweden 60th anniversary Yvonne Mcgregor, VP 14-15 When you’re big in Japan / Macau and Hong Kong Clive Wood, President 10-11 Missionary work in Region 20 Michigan, Section USA Ken Davies, South Wales Branch 16 Olympic Duty Andy Amos, Hertfordshire Branch IPA Tartan – Orders Being Taken Yvonne Mcgregor, VP 17 Campers go to Stratford David Marchant, Caravan & Camping Group 25 Life after a stroke David Bunn, 10 Region Captions Please 26 South East Essex Branch – ‘Battlefields Trip’ 2018 Steve Hunt 10 Region Secretary 27 Then the French came to Cardiff Denis Hunt, No 4 (Wales) Region. 30 Dyfed Powys Chief Constable honoured as IPA Branch Patron Gareth Cowley, Dyfed Powys Branch 30 The Police roll of Honour Trust is the chosen Charity of IPA Section UK for 2018 Sean Hannigan, VP Section UK. 18-24 News 29 Competitions

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Keeping you informed

Keeping you informed Some of you will have seen on the website my short article about my delight at being appointed as your new National President following the National Council Meeting at Pitlochry, Scotland on the 2nd of June.

I thought it might be helpful if I just outlined a little more detail around some of the changes in the executive team and where I see things going over the coming months. I know there is more coverage of the NCM in Pitlochry in other articles in this edition of Police World but I had a fabulous weekend and must thank again all those involved in delivering such a well planned event. Well done region 1, a challenge set for next year in Warwickshire for Region 5. Most of you will recall I’m sure that it was only 12 months ago I was taking on the office of Vice President with the Professional Portfolio. I thought I had been busy over the last year but if my first few days in office are anything to go by becoming president moves things up to a completely new level! I am very pleased to be supported by our excellent executive team and we will together strive to do our best for the Section in developing opportunities for members both here and abroad. I’m delighted also to welcome and congratulate Steve Bretherton your new Vice President. Steve has kindly agreed to take over the professional portfolio from me. I will outline towards the end of the article the Regional Liaison and Special Interest Group links for the executive for the coming year. I would also like to put on record my thanks to our Immediate Past President Mick Luke. We wish him well in the new challenges he will face with his role in St Helena.

As one of my first duties as your new president I was able to recognise the enormous commitment Mick has shown to the Section over many years by awarding him Honorary Life Membership. He did tell me that cruise ships do pull in to St Helena so if any of you are passing by I’m sure he would be delighted to see you. It would also double the IPA membership of the island for at least a day! You will know I have been instrumental in the past year in setting up the Young Members Forum. We had a very encouraging presentation during the NCM about how this is taking shape. Continued recruitment will be vital to the continuing success of our section and I would encourage you all to do whatever you can to help support this initiative. I will seek to be as visible as possible during the coming weeks and months and hope to meet as many of you as possible. I did start this by visiting my own branch meeting but I’m not sure that really counts. As I said earlier here are the NEC roles and liaison to Regions and SIG’s. Pete Connolly remains your Secretary General. Fred Boyd continues as National Treasurer. VP Yvonne McGregor retains the Social Portfolio. Sean Hannigan retains Culture and has kindly agreed to develop our Communications Portfolio. And as I said earlier, welcome to Steve Bretherton who oversees the Professional Portfolio including Recruitment and Retention and the Young Member Forum.

Regional Liaison Roles Region 1 myself Region 2

Fred Boyd

Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9

Yvonne McGregor Sean Hannigan

Pete Connolly

Steve Bretherton Sean Hannigan Yvonne McGregor

Pete Connolly

Region 10 Fred Boyd Region 11 Steve Bretherton

You know we have a growing number Special Interest Groups. The NEC liaisons are Camping and Caravan Yvonne McGregor

Defensive Tactics Sean Hannigan Police Educators Steve Bretherton Motorcycles Steve Bretherton

I hope that many of you will be able to meet members of the executive at the huge and diverse range of events going on throughout the year. I wanted to confirm that going forward we continue as a Section to support the Police Roll of Honour Trust and I was pleased that at the NCM in Scotland we were able to present a cheque for over £600. Vice President Sean Hannigan has been instrumental in delivering a PRoHT challenge coin which I know has been reported elsewhere. All regions now have a supply of these which make ideal gifts.

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So here’s to busy few months. I really look forward to the challenge and also to meeting as many of you as possible at events over the coming months. Thank you for your continued support for the Section and until we meet -

As an executive I have asked that we make time at our next meeting to consider all of the ongoing work streams within the association to allow us to reflect on our priorities for the coming months and years. There are a number of significant events which as a Section we are hosting and planning is underway for many of them already. We look forward to welcoming young people from around the world to the International Youth Gathering to be held in August facilitated by Vice President Sean Hannigan. Next year in Scotland we look forward to hosting the Young Officers Seminar. Again much work has been already undertaken in developing the event by Vice President Yvonne McGregor. 2020 as you will know our 70th anniversary and will be an extremely busy year I’m grateful to the Regions who are already notifying us of the iconic events and friendship weeks they intend to run throughout 2020. The calendar looks extremely promising and I certainly look forward to attending as many events as I am able.

Yours in Friendship Clive

The Team - L to R: Steve Bretherton, Fred Boyd, Yvonne McGregor, Clive Wood, Pete Connolly, Sean Hannigan

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Close Protection Weekend Robert Stenhouse , IPA Defensive Tactics Group. Over the weekend of 23-25th March the Defensive Tactics Group ran their first course of the year; The Close Protection Course.

T he course was led by two members of the DTG who covered a cross section of essential skills used by Close Protection Operatives in the civilian profession, such as hard and soft unarmed combat techniques, explosives searches, planning, basic protection driving, foot drills, venue protection, anti-surveillance and then finished off with a live exercise. The course was devised because three of the members had recently finished my Security Industry Agency (SIA) close protection course together and all felt like we needed a bit more CPD training before they felt comfortable in the role. Especially as they are all looking to go into the business. Only two could make the first day but this was expected and was used as a planning day. Probably the most important part skill of the CPO is planning. As we know about the 6 P’s, if you can plan it, you can prevent it! The idea is to never get involved in becoming a bodyguard in the first place, avoid an incident whenever possible. So, we drove around the Chester area, planning and plotting. Saturday morning was a meeting venue where we knew we’d get a decent brew. We were joined by four others making a team of six. This is about the right size for a civilian protection team, so very realistic. We started straight away by demonstrating some basic convoy driving techniques as we drove to a local University. We met up with their Self Defence Club and did a couple of hours unarmed defensive tactics under the guidance of one of the DTG Instructors. The techniques differ from normal self-defence because you are not protecting yourself but protecting your VIP (The Principal). You give the illusion that you are being polite or it was an accidental knock. Obviously, there are a few more explosive techniques in there but not too much. Although the Instructor always made them hurt! After that we drove up to an Industrial Estate and carried out vehicle drills such as pick ups, drop offs, ambush drills and convoy driving (within what the law permits i.e. not what the police would have you do!). Then it was off into a town centre to carry out live protection drills in public. Trying to blend in without causing alarm whilst dealing with attacks on the Principal. The guys started off a bit tense but then nicely relaxed into it. Anyone who’s carried out surveillance will verify what an exhilarating experience this is.

Sunday was an excellent exercise in vehicle searching (another key skill of the CPO) in which the instructor had planted several bombs in my car. The team found MOST! of them, worryingly enough. I’m glad they were dummies (the bombs that is!). Then it was a quick briefing before heading out on the exercise. We used two of the team’s wives to act as role players and I must say they should have been nominated for the Oscars. We picked one of them up from a very prestigious Hotel in the centre of popular tourist City on a busy Sunday morning with a full security team, no one even raised an eyebrow. Then we drove in convoy to a retail outlet village. It was manic, with thousands of people and roads blocked off and nowhere to park, which made it a very difficult arena to work in. The team worked wonderfully well even with the number of unplanned events that happened. It worked a treat. Finishing off at the retail park we then drove back to the city for a business meeting in a plush Café. Both the wives met up for a business meeting and they enjoyed afternoon high teas whilst being protected by the team. From there the girls took the team on a 10 minute dash around city and tested both their fitness and ability to keep pace them, to coin a phrase ‘she was like a burglar on her toes’. We picked them up by car and returned to the final venue. Everyone had switched off and was discussing the day, it was brilliant. As we turned into the street the principal was ambushed. Everyone out, in reverse, off. A great finish! So, that was the end of the course. We debriefed the weekend, had a brew and exchanged stories of the day. It was great fun, action packed and immensely interesting. We will be running it again next year if you’re interested. If you don’t feel up to being a CPO then think about being a role player for us. For more information on the IPA-DTG please contact the Secretary, Chairman or any of the team.

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Teaching at Gimborn, a first timer’s experience Martin Turner , 9 Region In my short time with the IPA I have tried to make the most of it, so headed off to Germany at the end of March 2018 to visit a colleague I met at Gimborn in late 2017. I was lucky enough to visit the regional Police School and the local Police HQ. This consisted of an amazing lunch at the training school’s canteen, a tour of the grounds, driver training centre, shooting ranges and, the highlight, Police dog puppy rearing centre. T he tour to the Police HQ included visits to custody , CID, uniform, vehicles and so on. It always amazes me the vast amount of similarities with policing all over the world, but also the massive

differences in some processes, procedure and equipment. The question of armed policing / Taser use always comes up. A delightful evening in a local Brauhaus with Beer and German delicacies followed of course! The next day I made my way to the IPA Conference Venue at Gimborn Castle via train and pick up in a brand new minibus. Here I met Kyle Hardcastle, another Section UK member from the Met Police. Together we headed to the castle, Kyle to prepare his presentation and I to enjoy lunch in the Schloss Hotel next door. After lunch Kyle presented to the mostly Scandinavian students on the ‘Understanding Terrorism’ seminar, while I watched and took note of things I would remove from my own presentation to avoid duplication. Kyle’s input was very interesting and the students seemed to take it all on board. That evening it was time to enjoy the Turmbar (Tower Bar) and share some delicacies from Norway and Denmark. New friends were made, old friends reacquainted and many a patch/email addresses exchanged. On the Friday morning I had probably the toughest slot of the week on a Gimborn seminar. Some students didn’t make the 9am start and many others were rather bleary eyed and sore headed! I gave my presentation

to the class and answered some questions as best I could. It was a novel experience taking a class at Gimborn and not sitting in the audience. It was all too soon time to return to the UK, laden with various ‘goodies’ from Scandinavia and with many new contacts in countries such as Pakistan, Malta, Greece, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand and Australia. This is what being an IPA member is all about and I can’t recommend it enough!

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National Council Meeting 2018 Pete Connolly MBE, Secretary General. The 2018 National Council Meeting (NCM) 2018 was hosted in the Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, Scotland. T here were elections for President, with Clive Wood the only candidate. Steve Bretherton (8 Region), Spike Elliott (3 Region) and Harvey Whittam (7 Region) offered themselves up to contest the Progress was reported on the Oral History project along with plans to digitise written records in the archives at Fox Rd. Sean is seeking volunteers to assist in this. Sean then played a digitised recording of Arthur Troop himself. Sean is keen that all items in the archives are catalogued and made available to our members.

election for the VP post. New Vice-President Steve Bretherton was delighted with his election and that his motion regarding the ‘three-year rule’ was passed. The change to this rule will allow us to be more flexible when considering rule changes while preventing repeated attempts to change a rule. Steve said, ‘I’m proud to have been elected as a vice-president and I look forward to taking on the work of the Professional portfolio. I suspect that I’m going to be very, very busy for the next three years’. President’s Address Mick told Council of his pride in being President of the No1 Section, however, with other commitments to meet the time was right for him to stand aside. Mick then went on to deliver his address, using the theme of ‘The Highlander’. His address finished to a standing ovation. Report by Treasurer Fred Boyd Fred presented the annual report to NCM. It was a pleasure to report a surplus for the third successive year. It is the intention of the incoming NEC to allocate a large portion of the surplus to forthcoming projects i.e. IYOS in 2019, our 2020 programme throughout the year to celebrate our 70th Anniversary, Section UK are hosting World Congress in 2025 and our project for the development of the Coach House at Fox Road. Motions and Debate Debate took place around Associate Membership, which Council accepted and passed to resolution. The amended motion affords discretion to Regional Committees in granting Extraordinary Membership to spouses of deceased members. Report by VP Yvonne McGregor Yvonne represented Section UK at many events. She commented on recent attendance at the Sweden NCM, where Office Bearers are not permitted to read their reports (which are included in their NCM Agenda pack) and generally only report verbally on matters that have taken place after their reports were written. Other points of interest that Yvonne reported to Council included the refurbishment of the Coach house. We await the approval of the planning application for a 2-bedroom apartment. Report by VP Sean Hannigan A challenge coin has been delivered, in partnership with the Police Roll of Honour Trust (PRoHT) to raise money for the charity. Sean distributed batches of the coins to all NEC members and each Regional Chair to aid and facilitate local sales of the coins. Sean spoke about the events he has championed at Gimborn with more to come, on themes requested by members.

Report by VP Clive Wood Clive outlined some of the projects he has been involved in, which included the refresh of professional information on the website, a refresh of the Recruitment and Retention strategy, The ‘Cyber-Crime’ Professional Seminar and the upcoming ‘Gangs’ Professional Seminar. Report by Secretary General Pete Connolly Pete thanked staff and colleagues for their support during the last year. This had been an interesting year of challenges, with the GDPR bringing lots of work in recent months; Pete thanked Steve Bretherton and Steve Connor for their work in assisting with the review of the Constitution. On a sad note, Pete commented on IPA complaints that do not always resolve in friendly terms. Pete asked that we try to focus on the IPA as a friendship organisation. Young Member Forum Martin Turner has been networking with members of the Section who are ‘young’ in age, ‘young’ in police service or ‘young’ in IPA membership. The YMF currently have six members with diverse policing experience, from locations around the UK. They will continue to work on this project to stimulate ideas for growth. Presidential Awards Presidential Awards were made to: • Sam Olphert, No2 Region, for his constant support at all levels and his volunteer within the section. • David Stamp, No11 Region, for his constant work on behalf of the Section at branch and Region and contributions on behalf of the Section. • Brian Kennedy, No2 Region, for his excellent contributions as Publicity Officer and support to No2 Region and the NEC. • Fred Rankin, No5 Region, for his unstinting volunteerism over a long career in the IPA. Date and Venue of Future National Council Meetings The 2019 event will be hosted at Coombe Abbey, 7th to 9th June 2019. Clive Wood got into the spirit of things, wearing a knight’s costume, to highlight the medieval banquet’ theme for Saturday night entertainment.

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“ 21-50 to Headquarters! ” Mike Chappell , Cornwall Branch A 1:26 scale model of a 1955 Buick Century police car joins my collection of US State Police, County Sheriff and City & Town Police Department patches. I have always had a fascination for the United States law enforcement structures and agencies and as a young Devon & Cornwall police constable; I travelled to Florida back in 1979 and spent time with the City of Miami Police Department. It was quite an experience! Yes, I witnessed the City of

From the earlier time spent in Miami to the later period in Texas, I was in awe of both the cars and the incredible range of equipment and technology packed into them, something I never witnessed during my own police career starting in Devon and ending back home in Cornwall. The lack of volumes of paperwork in the States also impressed me! My other interest is 1950s films and TV series and my favourite is the 156 episode ‘Highway Patrol’ produced from 1955 to 1959 in which the late, great Broderick Crawford drove the gas guzzling, powerful 1955 Buick Century. In his acting role as Police Chief Dan Matthews, Brod’s signature line was to growl his call sign ‘21-50 to Headquarters’ in a voice almost reminiscent of the meaty engine sound of the police car he drove. The ‘55 CHP Buick Century was one of 270 such cars built especially for the California Highway Patrol. They were special Buicks, but not exactly Buick Specials, because they mated the base Special two-door sedan body and chassis, which normally carried a 264-cid 188-hp V8, with the larger, 322-cid 236-hp engine of the more expensive Century, Super and Roadmaster models. Production Specials carried three Buick trademark portholes on the front fenders while the more upscale models featured four, as does the Model 68. For those film buffs (or should I say ‘anoraks’ like me?), all 156 ‘Highway Patrol’ episodes now appear to be in the public domain and so may be found on ‘You Tube’ and similar websites but are also available on DVD. Like so many from Cornwall and of Cornish heritage, I have an American side of my family and a cousin is an officer in the one of the Californian Fire Departments with his department running the paramedic ambulances as well. But that’s another story!

Miami PD handle incidents involving firearms and yes, I was asked how a police officer could ever be expected to enforce the law unarmed! Thinking back, all we had were wooden truncheons and they were only ever used as a final resort! My own was only ever used to gain access to houses where the occupants had not been seen for various periods of time – with the usual mixed outcomes! Many years later and whilst in Texas, I met up with the Chief Officer of Woodville Police situated in Tyler County, the Tyler County Sheriff and an officer of the Texas Highway Patrol responsible for highways in the Woodville area. All three were sharing breakfast in the motel in which I was staying and it was fascinating to share a brief conversation with them.

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Missionary work in Region 20 Michigan, Section USA Ken Davies , South Wales Branch

In October 2017 I sent an IPA Travel Form to Section USA, to notify them that my wife Susie and I would be in Michigan for the month of December and into January 2018, and that I would like to make contact with members of the IPA. It appears that they only have about 44 members in Michigan and most of them are in the Upper Peninsula which is a few hundred miles from North Branch. They call this area ‘The Thumb’, the reason being that Lower Michigan is shaped like a mitt (Glove) and North Branch is situated almost in the

centre of what would be the thumb of the mitt. O n leaving Detroit Airport one of our bags was left at the curb by mistake, requiring our return to retrieve it. Back at the airport Susie was told that the police had the bag and that their sniffer dog had sniffed around it. At the office, a police officer came towards her and said “Mrs Davies have you come for your bag? Surprised that he knew her name, he said “we opened the bag and saw some of your husband’s IPA business cards” Offering some to him he replied, “that’s OK we took a few of them”. I have been a Reserve Deputy for Lapeer County Police for 10 years and my old warrant card was out of date and did not comply as they now have a new Sheriff, Scott McKenna. I contacted Lieutenant Andy Engster, who I knew very well when he was a sergeant. He said ‘Ken you are in blue so you are welcome to tie up with any of his officers’. An appointment was then made for me to meet the new Sheriff.

At the police office in Lapeer we met with Andy, and I presented him with a No 4 (Wales) Region pennant and a few pin badges. You would have thought I would have given him the world. In return he presented me with a new design Lapeer County baseball cap which is part of their uniform and a patch for their Special Response Team. At his request I explained to Andy the workings of the IPA internationally. I was under the impression that we could possibly form a Branch in Michigan and if that was the case, we in South Wales or Region 4 would consider a twinning with them. I then met the Under Sheriff Jeremy Howe and also Sheriff McKenna. Following a presentation of our Wales pennant, South Wales Police helmet plate and a few other badges he suggested that he would pass them through to his son who was a collector. We then talked about policing in the UK and about the IPA, which I imparted the same information all over again. It was obvious that he was very interested in the Association and how it

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Cutlure Corner

Members Day 2018 It was fabulous to see Gurmit Kaur and Andre Bak invite over 20 of their Branch to Fox Road with partners to receive 20 Year Certificates. What a brilliant way to celebrate Members on Members Day.

could benefit his officers. During the course of our meeting I explained that I had previously been sworn in by his predecessor as a Reserve Deputy. Sheriff McKenna then said it would be his honour to swear me in as Reserve Deputy Sheriff once we had concluded our meeting. Following our lengthy conversation I was invited with a number of officers into another office where I was asked to raise my right hand and repeat after him the oath of a Reserve Officer of Lapeer County. What a proud moment that was and the feeling that he put into the oath. The occasion was fantastic and you could feel the mutual respect between the Sheriff and his officers. I then spent time on patrol with Deputy DeWayne Gilley, or Gilley as he is known, who is a patrol officer for the whole of Lapeer County. Gilley and I hit it off straight away and I attended numerous calls with him, including one to arrest a person involved in a robbery of a petrol station the night before. As a matter of safety I had to remain in the car as Gilley and a second officer didn’t know if the suspect was armed or a violent person. As it was he came out like a lamb and was placed in the other car to be conveyed to the Sheriff’s Office to be questioned about the robbery. I was greatly impressed by the respect of the public towards the police and the comment that was made more than once, “Thank you for your service”, and not just said but was meant. Those remarks were also referred to me, making me think back to my time as a Special, trying to remember if that had ever been said to me. I was also assigned to work with Gilley on a second occasion, again patrolling the whole of Lapeer County. On this occasion we again attended a variety of calls, including a drugs search at a premises, false house alarms, a warrant authorising us to enter a neighbouring area of jurisdiction to collect a prisoner due for court appearance the following day and also a warrant to transfer a female with violent mental issues into Lapeer County Hospital. This latter case was both physical and humorous. Following what turned out to be a quite physical restraint of the lady and with the assistance of a second officer, she was placed into our vehicle and transferred to the hospital. During the journey she started to calm down a little, saying she knew me and that she wanted to buy us both dinner. Lunch time on duty. In the States they like to see police officers eating in establishments and most times only charge a minimum, or free at the discretion of the manager. During the meal time a number of people came to speak to us, thanking us for everything the police do and for the food gifts that Lapeer officers make to those that have fallen on bad times. It is great to see the respect that the general public have for the police in the USA. Again, a great day with Gilley and I look forward to the next time when we travel to Michigan and I’m able to go out on patrol again, make new friends and see how far they have progressed in joining and forming another IPA Branch. You may be asking yourself how did Ken become a Reserve Deputy Sheriff of Lapeer County, USA? Well many years ago I was a member of an organisation called The International Reserve Police Officers Association and at the time my step-daughter was in charge of the Reserve programme and when we were in Michigan for our conference all the police officers (including myself) were sworn in as Reserve Deputy Sheriffs. Mine was extended because I had met Susie and when we got married we were in Lapeer 2 or 3 times a year… My status remained until the Sheriff retired last year.

Gurmit

I have contacted IPA Section USA for them to make contact with Sheriff Scott McKenna to see if a Branch can be formed in Lapeer County and all the surrounding jurisdictions and possibly even the State Police of Michigan.

Andre

S carborough Branch under Chris Charlton had a celebration meal which is becoming an annual event in their calendar. Members Day 2018 is already well under so why not get involved and hold an event or come to Fox Road and join other Branches and Regions there to celebrate Members.

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Culture Corner

Another chance to read our Founder’s book Kevin Troop who has attended the last two Member Days at Fox Road has some very exciting News to share with our members.

K evin said “I am very pleased to announce I have agreed to have the book about my Father’s own IPA Journey Service Through Friendship available in an e book format. There will also be a re run of the original book, but these will be limited to 200 during the first book run. I met Sean Hannigan in Lincoln 2014 where we shared a car ride back to Fox Road and we have become friends over the intervening years. I am keen to support this venture and look forward to meeting you all at Fox Road in 2018” Further details will be announced in the next Police World edition and for further information please e mail vphannigan@ipa-uk.org or call Sean on 07828 261174

Member Journey and the IPA Oral History Project

Sean Hannigan wanted to give an update on The Member Journey linked with the IPA Oral History Project and work of the National Archivist Phillip Powell to pull together the threads of what makes the IPA what is and answer the famous JFK question put into Section UK IPA terms…..Ask not what Your IPA can do for you, but what You can do for Your IPA. T he Oral History Project is developing at pace. Through the professional skills of Brian Kennedy nearly 20 IPA members

have been video recorded and had their own IPA history recorded. Regions have also made audio recordings of members using pocket memos which are still available for this use. Coupled with this a mobile scanning unit has been purchased to enable scanning onto a stand-alone computer with a 3-terra- byte capacity of IPA documents, photographs and even IPA memorabilia. The project will eventually culminate in a data base of audio, audio-visual and documents which will be accessible by any IPA member. However much more work will need to be completed before the data base can go live and the time frame for this is about 3 years. If you wish to avail of the mobile unit or more importantly help with scanning documents from the IPA Archive at Fox Road, then please contact Sean on vphannigan@ipa-uk.org or give him a wee call on 07828 261174

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IPA SWEDEN 60th ANNIVERSARY Yvonne Mcgregor , VP Throughout the World, IPA Sections are continually celebrating Special Anniversaries. This year, Section Sweden celebrated their Diamond Anniversary in Malmo, Sweden. Our President, Mick Luke, was unable to attend and after some debate with other Members of the NEC, I was fortunate to be the one celebrating with them. O ur first full day dawned with beautiful blue skies and we headed into the city to explore it a bit further. Most of On Friday morning we went on a conducted tour of the city. Our guide was excellent, giving us the history of the city and he was both interesting and humorous. In the afternoon I joined other members on a back stage tour of Malmo Opera House, which has one of the largest stages in Europe and has three smaller theatres inside.

the centre is pedestrianised, but this does not exclude bicycles, of which there are many, and they were a bit of a hazard. A beautiful city with several parks and a canal. Unfortunately all the shops were closed as it was a Public Holiday in Sweden. After registering with the organisers I attended the IPA National Executive Meeting, accompanied by Connor O’Higgins, the newly appointed President of Section Ireland. I was delighted their president, May-Britt Rinaldo announced they were to conduct their meeting in English for the benefit of some overseas visitors. It is a non-election year so proceedings were quite short. David, along with two Swedish friends, had gone out for a beer in the glorious sunshine. Without knowing where they may be I wandered around the centre and miraculously found them in the Lilla Torg area, a square full of pubs and al fresco dining areas. They got quite a shock when I sat down beside them. I think they are still trying to fathom out how I found them! Over dinner that evening there was a chance to make new friends and reacquaint with old friends. We met up with Owe Nordin who has supported my Branch friendship ceilidh weekend since we started it four years ago.

Friday evening was on the programme as “Courtship/Mingle” so we just had to attend. There was a Prosecco reception and with 20 Section representatives in attendance, we all duly presented Section Sweden with gifts. On behalf of Section UK I handed over a Pennant and also an engraved Quaich, a Scottish friendship cup, and in true Scottish tradition I filled it with whisky which I shared with the President. Saturday was to be a canal boat tour but, unfortunately, the Captain didn’t turn up so we had another walking tour along by the canal. This was through the former big ship building area which now has new housing and shops. A coffee stop in an indoor market saw a crowd of people round the handmade chocolate stall. It was delicious. We had a leisurely afternoon and prepared for the Gala Dinner. David had been requested to wear his IPA Tartan kilt, which he duly did. The official Toast Master, Ivan, looked very smart in his Formal Dress uniform and everyone was very impressed when he used his ceremonial sword to remove the cork from a bottle of champagne. During dinner each Section was gifted a commemorative tray from IPA Sweden. Obviously a lot of thought had been put into the gift as it was light and easily packed for flying home. After dinner I didn’t see much of David as he was in demand to have his photograph taken, particularly by the women. I didn’t hear him complain at all. Sunday we had a late flight back to Edinburgh so we set off for another walking tour of Malmo. This time we walked through the parks, following the canal and headed for a well-known Malmo landmark, the Turning Torso, the tallest building in Scandinavia and the first twisted skyscraper in the world. It is a residential building on 53 floors.

A walk along the promenade in the 25 degree sunshine was so relaxing. After 4 hours of walking we returned to the Hotel and prepared for our departure back across the Oresund Bridge to Denmark for our flight home to Edinburgh. Many thanks to IPA Sweden for the invitation and for organising a memorable visit to Malmo.

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When you’re big in Japan Clive Wood , President T oru lives in Yokohama and was kind enough to take us around all the sights which included a visit to the local police station. This was very interesting, the best bit for me was the observation floor on the 22nd level where you had excellent views of Yokohama all around. Toru then took us for a traditional Japanese noodle dinner. This was interesting because the noodles are served cold and I explained to Toru that normally in the UK we have them hot. Very tasty though. After quite a late night back to the ship, we were up next morning to disembark and transfer to our home for the last few days which was a very nice hotel in Tokyo. We arrived and were almost immediately met by members of the Tokyo Branch. Akio Uchida and Makoto Yamada spent the afternoon taking us around using public transport to visit the sights of Tokyo including the Emperors Palace which was very impressive. We ended up with dinner and drinks in a typical Japanese eating house where we were joined by Hiroshi Kawahara and Kenichi Hommb. Trying to ensure that we were given the full Japanese dining experience our hosts very kindly enquired if I liked fish? “Of course” I said. I do however normally in the UK have it deep-fried and battered.

I thought I would let you know how I got on with my final few days in Japan. As with the previous stops I had sent in a travel form prior to arrival. Excellent arrangements were put in place and I was met with Helen off the ship by Toru Warigaya the Secretary General of Section Japan.

I was a little unnerved by the raw fish that arrived on ice complete with the full filleted fish held in place by a skewer but I have to say when told how to eat it with either ginger or Wasabi in with the soy sauce it was delicious! Again a late night back to the hotel followed by a very early morning for our prearranged tour with our tour company. Mount Fuji, Lake Ashi and a return trip on the bullet train. The next morning our last in Japan saw an early checkout from the hotel as we were met again by Toru who had kindly offered to take us to see the ancestral home of the samurai Kamakura.

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Macau and Hong Kong Clive Wood , President

A fantastic day including sites such as the Big Buddha (which I have to say was big) and as you will see in the photos we were able to photo bomb a traditional Japanese wedding when Toru asked if we might have our pictures with the bride and groom. We were dropped back to the hotel for 6pm ready for our transfer to the airport and a very long journey home. I have to say, as with all of our experiences, on this trip the IPA hospitality shown to us in Japan was second to none. Our trip was without doubt enhanced by the friendships we made on the trip and the opportunity to gain a wider understanding of so many different cultures. It is a real privilege to be a member of such an excellent association with such fantastic and I suspect unique member benefits.

Those of you who have now signed up for the daily news email might remember I told you about my use of a travel form during a flying visit to Sri Lanka. S ince then the ship has taken us to three stops in Malaysia , one in Vietnam, one in Thailand and a day in Singapore. Following a couple of days at sea we had an overnight stop in Hong Kong. Gifts exchanged we were back on the turbojet ferry to get across to Hong Kong in time to meet vice president Jack Tam who had offered to host us for the evening. Jack picked us up from the ferry terminal and took us to the night market

where we were able to enjoy street food for dinner. Helen enjoyed the plain noodles which she had also enjoyed earlier in Macau! I can safely report there were no ill effects from eating the street food and it was a real change from the food we have had on the ship for the last three weeks! Gifts exchanged we eventually got back on the ship around 10 o’clock in the evening feeling extremely grubby and tired but having had the most wonderful opportunities across two IPA sections in one day. First-rate hospitality and a safe pair of hands in a strange city.

Travel forms having been submitted many months ago Helen and I got off the ship and immediately made our way to the ferry terminal which takes you across to Macau in about an hour. On arriving we were met by Marco Lei, son of the President of IPA Macau Po Lei and the administrator for the section Sammi Cheang. We spent a wonderful few hours being shown around the sites of Macau. We were treated to a fantastic dim sum lunch and had the opportunity to look around some really plush casinos including the Venetian.

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Olympic Duty Andy Amos , Hertfordshire Branch

Not all our members’ travels are wholly social events. A few of our serving members get to travel on duty. H ertfordshire’s Andy Amos recently returned from working at the Winter Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea. He introduced himself at a couple of police stations

while he was there.

IPA Tartan – Orders Being Taken The International Police Association have a Tartan which is registered with the Scottish Register of Tartan. It was registered in 2010. Until very recently it was administered by No 1 Region, Scotland, however at their recent AGM, they agreed for the management of it to be handed over to the National Executive and ultimately to me, as I have responsibility for Supplies.

T here is currently no tartan available and I intend to order a bale if there are sufficient requests for kilts or trews (trousers) or anything that can be tailored. To give you an idea of what is involved, and importantly the cost, I will explain it in more detail. A bale of Tartan is about 120 metres in length and on average, 15 kilts are made from a bale. As a rule men’s kilts require 8 yards of material, rising to 9 yards for girths (waists) more than 42 inches. Ladies and children’s kilts use between 5 and 7 yards, depending on the size of the person and personal preference for the number or width of pleats. I have made contact with a kilt maker in Edinburgh and to have a kilt hand made costs £250 for a gents and £200 for a ladies. There is no obligation to use this particular kilt maker. The IPA Tartan is worn by the Arthur Troop Pipes and Drums from the Netherlands and by some of our own Members. Any member interested in purchasing Tartan or requiring more information, please email me at yvonnemmcgregor@gmail.com To purchase 8 yards of Tartan will cost £150 + p&p. You can then have your kilt made by any kilt maker.

Whisky Anyone?

No 1 Region, Scotland have sourced a Cask of 12 year old Blair Athol Single Malt Whisky. It is bottled at Cask Strength 46.6% ABV I t is now on sale direct from Robertsons of Pitlochry at £50 per bottle + P&P. Robertsons can be contacted by telephone: +44 (0)1796 472 011 or email: info@robertsonsofpitlochry.co.uk The whisky can be delivered world wide with the exception of USA, Canada, Sweden and Russia. There is limited availability and this should become a Collectors item in the future, so early purchase is recommended.

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Campers go to Stratford David Marchant ; Caravan & Camping Group J oking aside, 38 units joined us on a weekend when the ground was so wet that we were concerned that the Rally would be cancelled. This gave us some extra problems in trying to get all the Motorhomes on hard ground. With the help of the wardens and some long power cables we managed to accommodate all the motorhomes on solid ground and with power. The Caravans cause less of a problem. The first day of the rally was quite sunny which helped the majority set up in the dry. The following days were again wet but didn’t discourage members from enjoying themselves. Danny had arranged for a full evening programme for those that wanted, each evening we met up socially in the room that we had hired. Thursday evening started with a very hard quiz, including one question that Danny couldn’t pronounce, he decided to skip to the next question; but there was no way members were going to let him get away with that. Despite his best efforts I don’t think anybody got the answer; having said that if he had read it perfectly I still don’t think anybody would have got it. During the week we also played ‘Shove Halfpenny’. Unfortunately, due to the weather the planned bowls was cancelled. One game that caused a great deal of laughter was the ‘Beetle Drive’ with some very strange looking Beetles! National Vice President Yvonne McGregor came to the AGM and I think it would not be an understatement to say she was surprised to see so many there; around 80 members and partners, representing 20 different branches were in attendance. Some had travelled just for the day, for the meeting, and the Sunday Roast that followed.

This year the AGM was again held at Stratford upon Avon Race course on the last weekend in April. Evidently some geezer called ‘Bill Shakespeare’ had a place in the country here, and did a bit of writing to earn a crust!

Local ‘Geezer’ - William (Bill) Shakespeare

There was nothing untoward at the meeting, Mike our Chairman was re- elected; unusually, due to Dave Ashley standing down we also needed to elect a Secretary. Kevin Hullah was again prepared to be our Secretary; he was warmly welcomed and knows the job inside out. Rather strangely, earlier in the meeting Kevin & Angela had been presented with a clock in

thanks for when he was last Secretary, and to Angela for her work as supplies officer, and her support to Kevin. Yvonne addressed the meeting and gave a national point of view. Following the meeting the Committee met. One thing we discussed was the group’s name which had been raised by a member during the meeting. It was felt that there was no need to change at this point. Following the meeting we enjoyed a rather nice roast dinner with good company, as always. In the evening we had another quiz, again presented by Danny, this time the questions seemed easier; and he could pronounce them all! Monday saw some members leaving but those remaining enjoyed better weather, and a fine Supper in the evening. This also included an exciting game of ‘Higher, Lower’ controlled by Danny ‘Brucie’ Kaye, and ably assisted by Sue ‘Anthea’ Knight. Tuesday saw a bright sunny morning; unfortunately, we were all leaving. Following the usual goodbyes and promises to meet in a field somewhere we slowly drifted away home, all having thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

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Mallory Park Race Day 2018 Come and join IPA Leicestershire Branch, at Mallory Park for a day of competitive motorsport On Sunday 2nd September 2018

There are also facilities for Caravans and Motor Homes within the park. Please note, no animals are allowed within the boundaries of Mallory Park. Information on the British Racing and Sports Car Club events may be viewed on the British Racing and Sports Car Club website In order to avoid disappointment, please contact Leicestershire Branch Secretary, either by phone on 0116 2713632 or by e-mail at bobg874@ talktalk.net for ticket availability. Mallory Park is located in the village of Kirkby Mallory just north of Hinckley, between the A47 and the A447. It is comprehensively signed by the usual brown tourist signs, and the nearest motorway exit is on the M69 Junction 1

Enjoy a day of competitive motor racing, featuring competitive racing with saloons, sports cars and single seaters, including the use of a hospitality suite. For 2018, despite a rise in the cost of putting on this event, we have held our prices at the 2017 level, £5-00 for Adults, 16’s and under free We have 125 tickets available for the event. When they are gone, they are gone, so please book early. In view of the limited number of tickets available, large group bookings cannot be accepted.

NYPD Takes on North Wales Denis Hunt , Secretary No 4 Region

It appears that race relations is a big issue in New York and a succession of Mayors and differing Presidential attitudes often affects policing on the street. In particular, the confidence in the police in a given community seems to be related to the political leaning of those who govern. Mike and his colleagues were most hospitable, insisting that David and I stay and have a meal with them. Gifts and contact details were exchanged and before I knew it darkness had fallen and it was beginning to snow. Time for me to make my way home. It was a lovely evening spent in the company of colleagues from the USA who I now refer to as friends… And isn’t that what the IPA is about?

Following receipt of an IPA Travel Form from Mike Fales, a serving NYPD officer, Gary Fernandes of North Wales Branch got in touch with him to arrange a meeting at Ruthin. Mike and his travelling companions were visiting North Wales during a tour of the UK. Gary takes up the story… David Moore and I met up with Mike Fales, a serving detective in the NYPD at Ruthin Castle in March 2018. Ruthin was an overnight stay for Mike who was on his way from Scotland to Stratford upon Avon. Mike travelled with about ten NYPD colleagues and their wives/partners. The group mainly comprised retired officers so it was interesting to hear the experiences of former officers compared to those presently serving.

Our thoughts are with IPA France Dear friends On 23rd March a hero died as a result of the serious injuries inflicted by the terrorist during the hostage-taking at Super U Trèbes. Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, had changed places with a lady held hostage, his courage, his self- sacrifice, his spirit of sacrifice, demand respect. That night he left to a world that we hope is better, leaving his family, his colleagues, his friends devastated by this tragedy. ALL the members of IPA France, and of the IPA world, mourn his passing and offer their condolences to his family, and to the National Gendarmerie, in this immense sorrow we are at their side. Colonel, you will remain for us all a symbol of courage and sacrifice for our country. Respects… LE SECRETARIAT NATIONAL - IPA FRANCE

Life member of Leicestershire Branch, Alwyn Watson, retired Inspector, passed away on 22nd April 2018. Alwyn was the Holder of a 50 years IPA membership Certificate.

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