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

Vol 63 No.4 2018

Keeping You Informed 4 Keeping You Informed Clive Wood, President of Section UK 5 World Congress 2018 Pete Connolly, Secretary General Section UK Professional Development

Editorial Neil Hallam e-mail: mail@neilhallam.com Deadline for article submission for Vol. 64 Edition 1, 2019 is 16 November, 2018 . Dispatched January 2019.

Spotlight on the Defensive Tactics Group (DTG) 6 Police Street Survival Training course – IBZ Gimborn Chris Duncombe 7 Defending America – The Defensive Tactics Group Crosses the Atlantic Ken Pennington 8 Street Gangs to Organised Crime Neil Hallam Editor Cultural Corner 11 Gimborn’s first Writer’s Seminar – I know nothing about writing Neil Hallam – Editor I’m a writer too Mike Baker, South Wales Branch Members’ Day 12 All aboard the Skylark Denis Hunt, South Wales Branch Feature Articles 9 Twinning with Section Ireland Denis Hunt, Secretary, Wales Region 9 IPA nights at the Tower of London Clive Wood; President of Section UK 10 International Youth Gathering Sean Hannigan 12 Have you seen my Classic Car? Denis Hunt, Secretary - South Wales Branch 13 An Inspector Calls Mike Vince, Thames Valley Branch 14 Visit to Holyhead by Ghiora Szabo of Section Israel Bill Rogerson MBE, North Wales Branch 50th anniversary IPA Voralberg, Austria Richard Lock Sussex Branch 15 Golfing at Blairgowrie / Derbyshire Long Service Yvonne McGregor; Section UK VP 16 - 17 Nottinghamshire UK Branch 60th Anniversary Celebration Gurmit Kaur, Nottinghamshire Branch 17 The IPA circle of friendship continues to grow Tony Berrington, Nottinghamshire branch. 25 Volunteers in Policing / Volunteer police cadets; celebration day at House of Lords Fred Rankin, Leicestershire Branch Police volunteers award evening Tony Collins, Chairman of Leicestershire 26 Gibraltar Section welcome Avon & Somerset Colin Girdlestone and Sue Read 28 What a difference a day makes – The IPA Executive supports the UK C.O.P.S Survivors Weekend and Lawride Clive Wood; President Section UK 28 Paul gets an Iron Butt Paul Owen, Motorcycle Special Interest Group 29 Much more than “24 hours from Tulsa” Jim Bayliss, Central Scotland 18-24 News 27 Competitions WIN one of these books published by David Tetlow & Richard Allen 30 Classifieds 31 Diary

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A guide to Region numbers 1 - Scotland Region 2 - Northern Ireland Region 3 - North of England including Isle of Man Region 4 - Wales Region 5 - Midlands Region 6 - Central and West London Region 7 - South & Southwest including the Channel Islands Region 8 - East Anglia Region 9 - Northern Home Counties and North and Northwest London Region 10 - Essex and East London Region 11 - Southern Home Counties and South London Region In Section UK, the membership comprises serving and retired Police Officers, Special Constables and members of Police Staff employed by a Chief Constable or other appropriately designated Chief Officer of the Police Service. The Section has a unique mixture of police personnel who are still serving, retired, or in some instances, who have voluntarily resigned from the police service. For details of who can join Section UK, go to www.ipa-uk.org/Join-Us Joining the IPA is FREE* and annual renewal is £28. Visit the website to learn about our promotional offers. To apply either visit www.ipa-uk.org or request an application form from the general enquiries team *terms and conditions apply.

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Cover Photo International Youth Gathering Next deadline 16 November 2018 for publication January 2019

POLICE WORLD Vol 63 No. 4, 2018

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ISSN No: 0032-261X