Police World Edition 3 2015

Servo Per Amiceko Kevin Silver experiences ‘Service Through Friendship’ on a return trip to Poland D uring 2014, Loreen Glenn from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and I were selected by Section UK to Following a walk on the lake (frozen solid) and an impromptu snowball fight we all enjoyed drinks and cake together in the mountain

Visit to the local Ice hockey champions (MMKS Podhale) in Nowy Targ. Left to right Craig (UK), Garry, (Polish IPA friend) Kevin, Justin (UK) and Matty (IPA Poland)

Matty introduces his UK guests to the local champion ice hockey team MMKS Podhale

restaurant and I was genuinely overwhelmed by the gifts that Mateusz had brought to give me as a guest to his region. Mateusz took us to the local ice hockey rink in his home town of Nowy Targ where we were allowed special access to meet the championship winning team, visit the trophy room and meet the players. After that visit we walked around his home town for sightseeing, ice cream and drinks before being invited into his home to meet his lovely family. Throughout the visit the hospitality shown to us all by the local IPA members was so welcoming and I thank “Matty”, his colleagues, friends and family for making this visit to Poland so special and I consider Matty to be a friend. I now fully understand the phrase ‘Servo Per Amiceko’ which appears on the IPA logo and the often used phrase ‘yours in friendship’ as we really do have friends all around the world. Kevin Silver , Cornwall Branch

attend Warsaw as guests of the Polish Police to celebrate their 95 years jubilee celebrations. Whilst there we met some great people from all over the world and especially from the host country of Poland. One friend made during the visit was Aneta Sobieraj, an IPA member of Section Poland. Aneta heard I was to visit Poland again to ski in Bialka with friends and suggested I should make contact with the IPA representative for the area who she knew (Mateusz Kapolka). In an email to Mateusz I explained I was visiting the area with non-police friends and it would be great to simply say ‘hello’. Mateusz had other ideas! He arrived at our accommodation with another friend, Robert, who could speak very good English and we were soon in their cars being driven high into the mountains where we met with other local officers to share a beer and a glass of Vodka before being driven in a Police Landrover high up to the truly spectacular and beautiful “Mosskie Oko” (Marine eye) which is recognised as one of the world’s most beautiful lakes.

Visit to Morskie Oko (Marine eye) in the Tatra Mountains Poland. Back L to R (Visiting from the UK) Seb, Justin, Joel, Craig and Jarrard. Front L to R Kevin with Matty.

Nowy Targ is so proud of the local ice cream, there is a statue celebrating it!

POLICE WORLD Vol 60 No. 3, 2015

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