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Keeping you informed

Keeping you informed It seems like only yesterday I was writing this article to inform you of my delight in being appointed new President for the Section. It struck me that it’s about 100 days since I was appointed.

In America they set great store on the likely success of a President’s term of office by reviewing his first 100 days. I said that I wanted to meet as many of you as possible and I’ve been very lucky to attend a number of events where I have been able to do just that.

W e have now held our first full NEC meeting. The sheer volume of work meant that we had little time left for my planned development session but we did identify some issues to face including recruitment and retention, member benefits, and our home at Fox Road in Nottingham. No quick fixes here but work is progressing well. You may know that we now have a Young Members Forum chaired by Martin Turner (BTP). Together with a small group of colleagues he is now actively developing opportunities to support wider recruitment of younger members. Section UK hosted the International Youth Gathering with young people from around the globe joining us. The event was led by Vice President Sean Hannigan and I was delighted to present him with a Presidential Award at the farewell event in Nottingham. I know I have been heavily advertising the professional development opportunity Street Gangs to Organised Crime which was hosted recently at Leicestershire Police HQ. I’m pleased to say it was a tremendous success. Full to capacity, and I was really pleased that we were joined by colleagues from so many other sections. I was delighted to meet so many of you, with over 100 members attending the Region 5 motor racing event at Mallory Park, where I presented the Peter Goodwin Memorial Cup to the winner of the IPA sponsored race. An excellent day and another fantastic member benefit. The following Sunday I tried Clay pigeon shooting at the annual event hosted by Region 10 in Essex. Not as easy as it looks, but it was good fun. There really is something for everyone in this association.

as soon as we have made a decision. My thanks to Region 1, Region 2, and Region 7 all of whom have strongly developed friendship weeks planned for 2020. I’m sure it will be an excellent year but there is much work to do before that. Next week I’m off over to Gimborn to co-host a seminar on Organised and Gang Related Crime with our Polish colleagues. There are some excellent opportunities for professional development or personal interest, and remember that Section UK supports attendance at Gimborn with a £200 bursary every other year and many regions provide a travel grant on top of that. Full details of the seminars for 2019 are available on the website. So the first few months have been extremely busy. It always seems the only thing I’m short of, but can’t buy, is time! Thanks as always for your support. Clive

I have also just returned from my first World Congress which was held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Our Secretary General Pete Connolly reports later on this event. Sadly, whilst we were in Rotterdam we learnt of the death of our London Reception Officer Bob McCormack. Many of you will have known Bob and the excellent work he gave to the Association. He was awarded Honorary Life Membership at this year’s NCM in Scotland. We were delighted to hear that Arthur Troop Scholarships were awarded to three members from Section UK. Well done to Simon Hensley, Jonathan Clark and Mark O’Donoghue. All will receive over €2000 to attend their chosen seminar. We look forward to hearing all about their adventures. I should perhaps mention that those applicants who did not secure an AT Scholarship will, if they wish, be entered for the Lincoln Award which was launched last year and sent Martyn Linton to America to develop his understanding around gang culture. We were also pleased to receive a Certificate of Merit on behalf of our former President Mick Luke presented by the International President Pierre- Martin Moulin in recognition of Mick’s work for the IPA. Well done Mick! Our Section UK website also won an award. To keep you updated with some of the plans for 2020, we remain in close contact with a cruise company to deliver an ‘IPA around the UK’ cruise. Thank you to those who have registered interest in the event. We have received one offer from the company that did not completely meet our needs and I asked what other itineraries they may be able to offer. I will, of course, keep you informed

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POLICE WORLD Vol 63 No. 4, 2018