Police World Edition 1 2015

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4 POLICE WORLD Vol 60 No. 1, 2015
An Update from the NEC
Working on
your behalf
Welcome to the latest edition of
Police World which I hope you will find
informative and a reflection of the
variety of activity on offer throughout
the UK and internationally. As always
feedback is important to us so please
let us know your views.
A VIBRANT IPA is what
we as members aspire
to achieve for our
Association.
In our endeavour’s to
succeed it is vitally
important that the IPA
activity we choose to
undertake, be that as a
participant on an event,
office holder or on the
professional exchange
programme for example, reflects the activity you as
members want in the first place. I therefore urge
you to communicate any ideas or thoughts to your
committees and assist where you can.
To enable this success, we need members to
then support the activity that National, Regional
and Branch Committees are putting together for
2015 and beyond. This will help identify the IPA
as a happening association and deliver rewards for
those who participate and recruit others who have
the sudden realisation of the benefits of becoming
a member.
For those of us who have been members for a
considerable time there has been recent change
but I see that as a positive. The challenge is not to
stand still but keep growing and not rest, with the
aim of adapting to whatever is put in front so that
all members feel the full benefit of IPA membership.
I truly value your continued membership in the
Association and will do all I can to ensure it meets
your requirements.
A very warm welcome to all the new members who
joined us in 2014. I sincerely appreciate the fact
that you have selected our association to join and
urge you to become involved, taking any opportunity
you can to enjoy what the IPA has to offer, which
is vast, and covers a whole multitude of potential
activity for all ages.
I am passionate in my quest to try and deliver our
recently refreshed mission statement to you during
my tenure as President and keep us vibrant for
many years ahead as highlighted in the ‘working on
your behalf’ article which details some of the plans
already in place.
Lastly on behalf of all the NEC and staff at
headquarters can I wish you a happy and
prosperous 2015 and look forward to engaging
with as many of you as I can on our journey to keep
Section UK at the forefront of the IPA family.
Best wishes and have fun.
Mick Luke, President
Some topics remitted
for wider debate.
What do you think?
‘That a graduated membership
fee be offered, the first year free,
the second at half price and the
third and thereafter at full price
for new members’
? ?
FREE*
Membership Offer
To mark the year in which IPA was
founded, that is 1950, the Association
is giving away FREE* membership to
the first 1,950 people who apply after
1 December 2014.
Places are available on a first come, first served basis
to serving and retired Police Officers, Special Constables and
members of Police Staff employed by a Chief Constable or other
appropriately designated Chief Officer of the Police Services.
There’s no catch to the offer. On receipt of a fully completed
application form the enrolment process is completed. An annual
membership card is issued giving the holder full IPA membership
entitlement.
Visit:
InternationalPoliceAssociation
SectionUK
SECTION UK
SECT ION UK
JOINTODAY
Tomark the year inwhich IPAwas founded, that is1950, theAssociation is giving
awayFREE*membership to the first1,950peoplewhoapplyafter1December2014.
Placesareavailableona first come, first servedbasis to servingand retiredPoliceOfficers,
Specia ndmembersofPoliceStaffemployedbyaChiefConstableorother
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oliceServices.
InternationalPoliceAssociation
SectionUK
SECTION UK
SE CTIONUK
JOINTODAY Tomark the year inwhich IPAwas founded, tht is1950, theAssociation is giving
awayFREE
*membership to the first1,950peoplewhoapplyafter1December2014.
Placesareavalableona first come, first servedbasis to servingand retiredPoliceOfficers,
SpecialConstablesandmembersofPoliceStaffemployedbyaChiefConstableorother
appropriatelydesignatedChiefOfficrof thePoliceServices.