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POLICEWORLD
Vol 59No. 3, 2014
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is the goodandkindpeople I have come toproperly know
andof the friendships that havebeen cemented.
However, seekingelection to theNEC is about farmore.
Mymotivationwasborneout of abelief that I couldmake
apositive contribution. (While I canpromise that I was
notmotivatedby self- interest, it seems selfish tonow
admit that ahappy if unforeseen consequenceof joining
theNECwas that itmademy transition into retirement
from thePolice somucheasier than I hadanticipated).
I trust thatmy time servingon theNEChasbeenof some
benefit to theAssociation. I amnot onewhobelieves
in legacies, and forme therewill only ever beone
legacy that shouldbe celebrated in IPAand that is
Arthur Troop’s. That said, inmy reflections over the
past six years, I think thisNEChaveembeddeda
number of innovations that weare justly proudof (for
moredetails see:
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reflects-on-his-time-in-office-as-section-uk-president
Sowhy am I leavingofficenow?
I can say Imadeanhonourabledecisionwhen I stood
for President in2011. That isnot the sameas saying it
was the right thing forme; I havenever coveted the role.
I didhowever believe that I had something tooffer and
theofficeof Presidentmaximises theopportunities for
influencing strategy.
The roledemands ahigher profileand visibility andmy
age is apersonal consideration forme. Had I chosen to
standagain, I wouldbe62 in three years’ time. Pauline
and I still haveother as yet unrealisedambitions, and
want toachieve themwhileweare relatively fit andable.
Lengthy travels and servingon theNECare incompatible.
I amnot disappearing. Paulineand I will continue to run
the IPAHouse inScotland, and I intend tobecomemore
involvedagainat Branch.
I will be forever grateful for having theopportunity to
serveasChair of 1Region, SecretaryGeneral and
thenPresident of SectionUK. I am grateful to you, the
members for your forbearanceand your continuing
commitment to volunteering.
I believe that inMick Luke youhaveaPresident you
can trust to listen to youand support you.Whereas I
havedescribed that I didnot haveall thenecessary
attributes to fulfil thewider roleof President, you can
be confident thatMickhas.
As youmight expectmy closing comment and greatest
thanks are for Pauline for everything that shehasdone
to supportme inmy time inoffice.
BusinessandPleasure inColchester,
Essex, 2014
It ismy pleasure toprovidemembers
thisupdateon theprinciplebusiness
meeting in theSection’s calendar.
TheNCM this year washostedby
10Regionat theCrownePlazaFive
LakesHotel near Colchester.My
first duty onbehalf of theNECand
delegates is to thankSteve Jennings,
MikeStanbury, SteveHunt and theentireorganising
committee for their hardworkorganising theevent.
It was pleasing toplay host tomore international
guests thannormal. Dr AldoCarriola, VicePresident
of Section Italywas theprincipal guest of SectionUK,
andweweredelightedby thepresenceof Declan
O’Byrne (NEC, Section Ireland) andhiswife Janicewho
attendedas guests of 2Region, andKeesSal and
JohannaSchotanus (SectionNetherlands). Notable
by their absence this year wereStephenandDiane
CrockardwhohavenotmissedanNCM in22 years!
Unfortunately Stephen’s commitments tohis roleas
Assistant International SecretaryGeneralmeant he
had tobeelsewhere.
TheNCM itselfmay beaoneday businessmeeting,
but in truth thebusiness is conductedover twodays,
with less formalmeetings of theRegion Treasurers,
Secretaries andChairs and the correspondingNEC
representatives takingplaceonFriday. It is also
true that thesemeetings allow formany things tobe
agreed inadvanceof the formalmeeting. It was very
heartening tohaveoneof our international guests
complement the friendlymanner inwhich these
meetingswere conducted.
As for theNCM itself, theNational Treasurer FredBoyd
was first on the floor for theNEC. Inexplainingour
expenditureplans for next year Freddeliberatedwith
delegates on thedifficultieswithmanaginga limited
budget against themany competingdemands. Council
unanimously approved the financial reports.
Onbehalf of theNEC, VPRonnie
Dukes proposedestablishing
aSectionwide lottery. This too
receivedunanimous support.
(Seepage20).
VPMarkKernohan thendebated
withCouncil the recent significant
increases in costsassociatedwith
thedistributionof PoliceWorld.
After consideringanumber of
options, delegatesmandated
Markand theNEC toadopt aprogressive
approach to cost reductionwhilemaintaining the
current quarterly cycleof PoliceWorld.
Only oneproposal fromRegionswas put toa vote,
namely theproposal from6Region that the London
ReceptionOfficer (LRO) role shouldbeanational
appointment. Thiswas agreedonly after the removal
of references toanagreedbudget. It was accepted
that thebenefits of it beinganational appointment were
that NEC could, with support of the ‘London’ Regions,
establishandoverseeadministrativeprocesses and
makebetter useof thedata.
A footnote to thisdebate is that the LondonRegionswere
not seeking subsidies fromNational funds to support
receiving visitors to London.What theywere seeking
was very amodest out of pocket expenses for the LRO
amounting tonomore than£80 - £100per annum.
Questions of financewill however bediscussedonly once
theprocesses areestablished to the satisfactionof the
LondonRegions andNEC.
Variousmembers of theNECand thepast President
SteveConnor contributed topresentations anddebates
on significant IPAevents or significant issues impacting
upon IPA, namely:
Highway50 - Charity driveacrossUSA in2015 (www.
iparoute50.org) Consortium for Street Children charity
supportedby IPA internationally (streetchildren.org)
Recruitment andRetentionStrategy, Independent
Development and LearningExchangeProgramme, and
theWorldPoliceandFireGames at Belfast 2013.
The latter was accompaniedby theexcellent video
producedbyBrianKennedy from2Region. The video can
be viewedonour website:
TheMillenniumShield is awardedby theNEC for
outstanding contribution to theSection. It isnot awarded
every year, but theoutstandingnominee this year was
the IPAWPFGOrganisingCommittee fromRegion2,
Northern Ireland. To rapturous applause, CaroleSpence
and thoseof her colleagues on theorganising committee
present, were invited to the floor toaccept theaward
from Tom.
Thiswas in turn followedbyKeesSal presentinga
certificate to Tomonbehalf the International President,
PierreMartin-Moulin.
With themeetingnearing completion, TomCrozier
addressedCouncil for the last timebefore standing
down. Tom’s address toCouncil was verymuch in
keepingwithhis ‘reflections’ as reportedonpage4.
Then followed theelections– the results of whichare
evident onpage7. PhillipPowell wasunanimously
re-appointed to the roleof National Archivist, andBob
McCormackwas appointedas LondonReceptionOfficer.
Tomduly handedover toMick to concludeproceedings.
TheNCMweekend isnot all about business. The
attendanceof somany partners and friendsmakes
for a special fewdays of social interaction. This
weekendwasnodifferent.
It alsoprovides theopportunity to formally
recogniseand reward service to theAssociation.
Weweredelighted that DCCDerekBenson from
Essex Police joinedus as guest of theorganising
committeeat our informalmeal onFriday night.
The final event of theweekendwas theGalaDinner.
In their concluding commentsbothMickand
Tom thankeddelegates for theprofessionalism
demonstratedover theweekend, and for the real sense
of friendshipand respect that characterised thebusiness
meetings. Thiswas later endorsed ina letter fromKees
Sal - to read it visit:
and-10-region-congratulated-on-ncm
I gladly echo those comments.
Dave Taylor
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