Police World Edition 4 2014

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Treasurer Fred Boyd will cover Regions: 2 and 10. Contact: treasurer@ipa-uk.org Vice President Ronnie Dukes will cover Regions: 4 and 6. Contact: vpDukes@ipa-uk.org Vice President Mark Kernohan will cover Regions: 7 and 11. Contact: vpKernohan@ipa-uk.org Vice President Sean Hannigan will cover Regions: 3 and 9. Contact: vpHannigan@ipa-uk.org Each member of the NEC is available to offer advice or support to the Regional Executive assigned to them. They will also attend at least one meeting of their nominated Region - enabling a more personal contact between Region and Branch members. Interested in meeting IPA members visiting London? London Reception Officer (LRO) for the International Police Association (IPA), Section UK, Bob McCormack has provided some updates to the list of advice given to members visiting London. See: www.ipa-uk.org/Travel-Accomm/ Visiting-London The updates follow a meeting of London Region Members during July. Representatives from Regions 6, 9, 10 and 11 were there to discuss the LRO Role and how the four Regions could better match the huge demand for travel assistance from IPA members visiting London. The LRO is compiling a list of members who are willing to help with visitors. Anyone interested should email Bob on: 6region@ipa-uk.org Please give your name, Region / Branch; Contact point; Serving/Retired; Additional skills, eg languages / knowledge of area.

IPA HQ and Section UK staff, Dave is overseeing improvements to the fabric of the HQ building ready for the aforementioned celebrations taking place in December. Establishing additional working hours for Jo Conway (see page 22) to process the increase in application forms and maintain a good quality of member service, was an important item on Dave’s agenda over the summer. New Mission Statement The National Executive Committee (NEC) has refreshed its mission statement. Since allowing police staff to have IPA membership, the previous statement had become out of date. The new mission reads as follows: 1 . To coordinate and facilitate with all Regions, Branches and Special Interest Groups comprising Section United Kingdom to increase their membership, while 2 . Developing and enhancing the collective experience of members and their families by organising and promoting social activities and professional opportunities, and to 3 . Promote the IPA internally and externally as a first class member focussed and inclusive friendship association. Regional Liaison Announced Following changes to the NEC, there is a change to NEC / Regional Liaison Roles as follows: President Mick Luke will cover Region 1. Contact: president@ipa-uk.org Secretary General Dave Taylor will cover Regions: 5 and 8. Contact: secretary-general@ipa-uk.org It was agreed to create a new 3 tier system to simplify the current structure of International documents. The new system will be defined under the categories: International Statutes, International Rules and Procedures. Motions on Commission members and reassignment of tasks for the International Internal Commission (IIC) were also both carried. After a period of extended discussion the motion to restructure the PEB (now IEB) was passed. In future, instead of electing IEB Vice Presidents, delegates will vote for an International Commission for External Relations (ERC) Chair, an International Professional Commission (IPC) Chair and an International Socio-Cultural Commission (ISCC) Chair. One Chair will then be elected to the post of Vice President in standing. Chairs will select members to work on Commission projects. The motion to expel Section Gabon from the IPA

event for 2014 – the Arthur Troop Birth Centenary celebrations in December.

With guests from many overseas Section attending, it looks to be a fantastic occasion. Section UK will use the event, which takes place in Nottingham and Lincoln, to formally re-name the British Section Administrative Centre to IPA HQ – Section UK. Mark argued for a change of name as BSAC no longer fits the corporate style being applied by other IPA Sections. Fred Boyd Section UK’s 2015 National Council Meeting will take place 4–7 June at Theobalds Park Hotel, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Fred is liaising with the host region – Region 9 – over facilities,

booking arrangements etc. He has been watching closely the interest shown by members in the IPA National Lottery – launched in July. The pot is growing steadily as more members become aware of it. Turn to page 23 for news on lottery winners. To enter the lottery, visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Lottery

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Dave Taylor The Section’s 1st Annual Charity Ball, organised by Dave, was held in June (see page 21). With responsibilities for

News from the World Congress - Potsdam

President Mick Luke and I attended the IPA World Congress in Potsdam, Germany. Below is a report highlighting some of the key points and motions that were discussed and voted upon. The first motion was to increase the Permanent Executive Bureau (PEB) term of office from 3 years to 4 years - this was debated and carried. Following this decision, the motion for no distinction between International Executive Council (IEC) Conferences and IPA World Congress was also carried. There will now be an annual IPA World Congress - with an elective World Congress every 4 years. The change of name from PEB to International Executive Board (IEB) was also carried. A motion to restrict the International President’s term of office was not carried. It was also agreed that a candidate can now only run for one PEB (now IEB) position per elective term.

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was carried. A number of motions, from countries including Greece, Cyprus, Ireland, Israel, were debated and then withdrawn. International President, Pierre-Martin Moulin, had the pleasure of welcoming 3 new Sections to the Association, namely Kazakhstan, FYRO Macedonia and Montenegro. All members present welcomed the new Sections with rapturous applause. The good news continued as Section UK were awarded a website Gold certificate of Merit, for the third year in a row. Fred Boyd , Treasurer

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