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Defensive Tactics Group
Keith Sinclair
The Defensive Tactics Group is a special interest section of the I.P.A. and has the aim of
exchanging training and experiences in field of self-defence between officers from different
countries. This year we have the following events planned.
March 21 - 25th – Belgium
The IPA-DTG has made contact with Belgian officers who have formed an IPA-DTG group in
Belgium. The Belgium group have arranged an inaugural course on the 22nd to 24th of March
this year in Mechelen. Belgian officers have already arranged to attend COPS 2016 (see below).
June 2nd - 6th – Poland
The twentieth annual COPS course will be held near Wroclaw in Poland. There will be some
four days of training under instructors from Sweden and the U.K. This event comes highly
recommended for quality of training and friendly atmosphere.
October 10t h - 14th – Germany
Sgt Bob Stenhouse has organised an international seminar at the IPA conference centre at
Gimborn in Germany. The title of the seminar is “Policing the community while protecting
the protectors”. The seminar will be a mixture of lectures and hands-on training sessions.
Trainers from Sweden and the U.K. will be teaching.
Please contact me on 07768044981 or on
should you need any more details regarding any of the above.
IPA Liverpool &
Merseyside,
TWO foreign Trips
for 2016.
1 Trip to Cork
15th to 19th September 2016
Further details available from the organiser Julian Dearden,
email
2 Trip to Vienna
1st to 4th December 2016
Further details available from the organiser Stephanie Williamson,
email
Bill Gee, Chairman, Liverpool & Merseyside IPA
Sussex Branch held
their AGM in Burgess
Hill on the 25.02.16
Adrian Boniface was presented with a meal voucher for him and wife
Sheila at their favourite restaurant the “River Breeze”, Littlehampton.
The young and good looking bloke at the back
is me, Dave Stamp, the current Chair of the
branch, and the even better looking woman is
Marilyn Martin, who is the incoming Branch
Secretary. Marilyn has arranged for flowers
to be presented to Sheila Boniface, who
unfortunately could not be at the meeting.
In his time Adrian has held just about every
office at branch and regional level.
Motorcycle Tour of
Scotland
Some members of the Motorcycle Group are doing a tour
to Scotland in the summer.
They are intending to do The North Coast 500.
Dates will be set so they do not clash with any other event that
they have planned for the year but have not yet been fixed.
Please contact Roy Edwards for further details.
Update your
contact details
Secretary General, Pete Connolly, invites all members of the
IPA Section UK to review and update their own individual and
personal information on IPA central records.
Pete advises that “IPA Section UK communicates regularly
through the medium of email. Staff at IPA HQ, and the Regional
and Branch Secretaries use the IPA Memberbase to circulate
information by email”.
People often change their email addresses due to work or
personal circumstances. It is imperative that you ensure your
details are amended
Any person who does not have a password for their personal
account may request one from the staff in Fox Rd by email on
All requests will be dealt with in due course as
office staff prioritise their work loads.
Please see inside front cover for more information.
IPA News
19 POLICE WORLD Vol 61 No. 2, 2016