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Cutlure Corner

Cultural Competition Winner Reflections on Policing I am delighted to announce that Rob Stenhouse from Region 4 has won the Reflections on Policing competition and a book will be winging its way to him. Below is an extract from his piece. Please look out for further competitions. W e fill the gap as the world’s greatest coordinators . Not particularly inspiring I know, but true! When you look at the things we do as police; we problem solve! be it domestics, firearms events, street altercations, public safety, missing children, Riots, Road Traffic Collisions etc. everyone, and I mean everyone looks to us to coordinate the actions to get the right people to the right place to solve whatever issue it happened to be. That’s why we are first to get the blame for anything that goes wrong. Usually because WE didn’t coordinate every action conceivable to fix whatever the

problem was. So how does this affect us? Well, we become naturally adept at taking charge of everything. However, the one thing we all share is our richly light sense of humour!

Oral History Project update I thought it was time to update you on the progress of the Oral History Project which has been running for several months. I have been working closely with the National Archivist Phillip Powell and Brian Kennedy to bring the project to fruition. I think it is vital we record our history so that others have access to it. Brian Kennedy has been available to produce video interviews from members and successfully completed 9 at the last Members Day. There are 3 pocket memos available to any Branch or Region so that you can record a short 5-minute interview with members. If you want to have one of these then please e mail Sean at vphannigan@ipa-uk.org . Possible questions and instructions are included.

Members Day 15 December 2017 Sean Hannigan the Vice President looking after Culture would like to remind you to put the date in your diary for the 2017 Members’ Day on Friday 15 December 2017, at IPA Uk HQ.

M embers Day will follow a similar format to last year where the Archives were opened and examined using the great skills of Phillip and Vivian Powell. Brian Kennedy was also in attendance to complete IPA video records to add to the Oral History Project. For further details, please email Sean on vphannigan@ipa-uk.org or telephone him on 07828 261174 .

POLICE WORLD Vol 62 No. 2, 2017

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