Police World Edition 3 2014

International News

New IPAHouses RevealedatHouse Managers’Meeting InApril, the IPAHouseManagersMeetingwasheld inGreece, Athens. 12 Sections participated including: Romania, Sweden, Israel, Germany, Finland, Poland, Ireland, France, Denmark, Portugal, Cyprus andGreece (Hellas). ThreeSections announcednewhouses. SectionCyprushas opened its first IPA house in Larnaka. SectionGreecepresenteddetails of their new IPAhouseon Ios, whichwasbuilt by IPAmembers themselves and IPARomania introduced itsnewhouse in Lipova, Transylvania. A further house is currently under

Details of all international events canbe foundon-line: www.en.ipa-iac. org/online-diary/en_diary-events.htm GERMANY SectionGermany -Waldshut-TiengenMotorbike Tours - IPA VerbindungsstelleWaldshut-Tiengenbranchhas organised3motorbike tours1−3August, 6−9August and3−6September. For details contact: fricker-kuster@gmx.de SectionGermany - CharityCycle Tour - inBavaria, Germany11−16 August. Threedifferent entry groups areavailable: RacingGroup (Road) approximately120 - 140kmper day, Biker group (bike , touringbike) about 90-110kmper day, Family group (bike , touringbike , roadbike) about 60 - 80kmper day. Contact: harald.betscher@kabelmail.de or josef.schoen@ipa-wiesbaden.de SectionGermany FriendshipWeek - Potsdam toMunich7−13 September. For programmedetails visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/ Event-Catalog/Friendship-Weeks GREECE SectionGreece - 1st InternationalWomenPoliceOfficersMeeting to takeplace1−5October inHeraklion, Crete. For programmedetails and booking visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog ITALY Section Italy - Region Tuscany50thAnniversaryCelebrations 9 - 16November. Participantswill alsohave thepossibility to takepart inanaudiencewithPopeFrancesco inRome12November, 2014. Deadline for registration: 30 July, 2014. Contact: o.anania@alice.it or losangelo929@hotmail.it MALTA SectionMalta - 50thAnniversaryDynamic Tri-GunCompetition 16 October. Visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Sport MONACO SectionMonaco20thAnniversary 18 to22November. For programme details visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog/Friendship- Weeks NETHERLANDS T he32thannual LoJackWorldPolice Indoor Soccer Tournament in theNetherlandswill takeplace6−10October, 2014. This event has the full support of the IPA in theNetherlands. Visit: www.wpist.nl Contact: info@wpist.nl SWEDEN 1st IPASweden International Cycle Tour will takeplace in the southof Swedenon23August. Visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Sport SRI LANKA SectionSri Lanka40thAnniversary FriendshipWeek6−15November. Theweekwill include tours of someof themost interestingplaces in the country including: City of Colombo, PinnawelaElephant Orphanage, DambullaCave, Templeona rock, PolonnaruwaAncient City, Kandy Hill Capital, NuwaraEliya, ThewalledCity of GalleandYalaNational Park. For programmedetails visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event- Catalog/Friendship-Weeks USA The2014USNational DelegateConferenceandFriendshipWeek will takeplaceonboard theNorwegianGem cruise line4−11October. Formore information go to: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Friendship- Weeks or contact: Steve@ipa-usa.org OTHEREVENTS The International PoliceExecutiveSymposium (IPES) Conference will behostedby theBulgarianPolice27−31 July at a resort inSofia. Therewill bemany informativepresentations, includingone session that will highlight thebenefits and successes of the International Police Association.More information is availableat: http://ipes.info/ XXI IPAWorldCongress2015 - It hasbeenannounced that theCyprus Sectionwill host theXXI IPAWorldCongress in Limassol Cyprus from12 −18October, 2015and it will be followedby aFriendshipWeek from18 to25October, 2015. Formore information visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event- Catalog/Event-Catalog/IPA-Conferences

construction in Lepsa, oneof themost beautiful areas of Romania, whichwill beopenedby theendof 2014. A videoof themeetinghasbeen produced - to view visit: http://youtu.be/TpPNqzgmD5E

For details of all IPAHouses visit: www.ipa-iac.org/ content.php?pageId=2

IPAMeet with Europol InMay, RobOut,member of the International Commission for External Relations (ERC), andKeesSal, International Professional Commission (IPC) Chair, hadameetingat theEuropol Headquarterswith Jelmer Visser, Headof theDutchdeskof Europol. They discussed theorganisation of the IPAand its strategy of achievingmorebalancebetween leisureand professional activities. Amongst other topics surveyedwas thepossibilities of improved cooperation between IPAandEuropol. They alsodiscussed IBZGimbornand the possibilities for Europol toorganiseawareness training regarding the roleand structureof Europol inandoutsideof Europe. Europol is theEuropeanUnion’s lawenforcement agency andhandles criminal intelligence. Theheadquarters of Europol is located in TheHague, theNetherlands. Guillaumewas givena freehand to realisehis ideas. He said, “Regarding the way I came to compose the jazz version, I startedby learning the classical versionby heart inorder tohave theharmonic structureof thepiece inmy head. I thenput swing into the rhythmandaccelerated the tempo, whilegiving free reign tomy imagination. Then, once themain ideas of thepiecewere there, I practiced the same version several times inorder togain clarity and confidence in the sequenceof themusic. I have toadmit that I hada lot of fun.” Want tohear it?Visit: http://ipa-iac.org/content.php?pageId=51 All Jazzed UP! Did youknow that there isanew versionof the IPAhymn? Last year, International President, PierreMartin-Moulin, askedGuillaumeMoix, a youngand very successful pianist, to comeupwith twopiano versions of the IPAhymn.

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