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Professional Development

A demonstration in Amiens with reinforcements from the equistrian unit

Germany Our second Crossing Borders visit was to Germany. Andreas engaged us with a fascinating overview of German law enforcement, with its 16 States and various Federal Policing teams. He revealed that in every member state the police have their own laws, meaning custody times differ across states for example. Phillip gave us a unique insight to training and recruitment of Police in Germany. A three year basic training course means that over 2,600 new officers attended university this year, to be awarded a BA Degree upon completion. Phillip explained that retention & recruitment of police officers in Germany was more challenging now than in recent years, a theme picked up in the questions at the end. Ollie concluded our visit to Germany by sharing some crime statistics and current crime trends.

USA Our final event in 2021 saw us travelling to the USA. We were hosted by Joe Johnson (USA IPA President). Joe navigated us through the labyrinth of Federal, State, County, Local and Tribal policing departments, astounding us that over 17,000 law enforcement agencies currently exist in the USA. Greg spoke about Peer Support & Resilience, bringing the subject to life with his extensive knowledge and deep understanding of the material. Greg shared plenty of tips and examples during his presentation. He inspired us about the value of looking after ourselves and others, especially given the nature of police work. We all left the Zoom call with a host of thought provoking, and highly useful strategies to try out. Joe closed our visit to the USA with a dynamic presentation about Safety on the Street. Supported by useful presentation slides, Joe was able to convey to us the real dangers of ambush in many situations. Joe described to us the tactics they use to reduce risk, such as Vehicle Sectorisation, and the ABCs of cover techniques. Join us for our WINTER 2022 Crossing Borders Series, in January, February and March 2022. Details to be advertised shortly. If you’d like to be a part of a future IPA Crossing Borders series, and help put together a short presentation about your area of business, then please get in touch with Alex Williams on email London-north@ipa-uk.org

Football match policing at the Stadium de la Licorne

The Covid pandemic had seen burglary offences reduce to an historic low for example, whilst the fabrication of vaccine certificates reminded us of the ever changing focus of policing.

Cross border cooperation in policing criminal biker gangs

Section UK partners with ILET Network for Member Benefit VP Martin Turner is pleased to announce that Section UK has joined forces with the International Law Enforcement Training (ILET) network, to share resources and obtain a fantastic member benefit. I LET network shares our vision of service through friendship . Making Continuous Professional Development, training, learning and sharing of knowledge open to all Law Enforcement professionals across the world, for as little cost as possible. Section UK has negotiated the lowest possible rate for its members to access this enormous learning resource for 12 months at just $21, a saving of around $130 dollars. Members can join here (please do not share this link outside of Section UK) using their IPA membership number www.iletsummit.com/2021-VIP-PASS_Checkout-IPA-UK-EXCLUSIVE This will register you as a member of the network for 12 months, and enable round the clock access to all materials, recorded lessons, seminars and resources. Members will also be able to share their own learning, skills or expertise with colleagues from across the globe. If you would like to sample ILET prior to signing up, then you can register for the FREE International Summit. Several UK IPA members are contributing to this 2nd event, which attracted over 15,000 participants from 70 countries last year. For more information, please visit their website at www.iletsummit.com For any questions, please get in touch - vpturner@ipa-uk.org

POLICE WORLD Vol 66 No.4, 2021

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