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Professional Development

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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POLICE WORLD Vol 63 No. 3, 2018