Police World Edition 1 2014

?

Crossword & Sudoku In this edition we are giving you the chance to win in our crossword competition a signed copy of The Auxies by Ernest McCall. Enter the sudoku competition and win a copy of Fatal Forgery by Susan Grossey. Solve the puzzles and then send them in. The lucky winners will be drawn out of the hat. Books supplied by Red Coat publishing and Create Space Independent publishing. Send the completed crossword to: Lee Hemmings, Editor, International Police Association, Arthur Troop House, 1 Fox Road, West Bridgford. Nottingham, NG2 6AJ. Please include your name, address and membership number. The deadline for entries is 17 February, 2014.

? Solution Puzzled Across 1 - Underground plant part (4) 3 - Entreating (8) 9 - Court painter to Charles I (3,4) 10 - Royal (5) 11 - Boy (3) 12 - Male duck (5) 13 - Shyly (5) 15 - Barack ___ : US President (5) 17 - Large body of water (5) 18 - The gist of the matter (3) 19 - Love affair (5) 20 - Considerate (7) 21 - Men who cultivated small landed estates (8) 22 - Ancient harp (4) Down 1 - Markedly new (13) 2 - Possessed (5) 4 - Probable (6) 5 - Physics of movement through air (12) 6 - Person who shows no gratitude (7) 7 - 50th anniversary of a monarch’s reign (6,7) 8 - Abnormal anxiety about health (12) 14 - Quivering singing effect (7) 16 - Graphical representation in cyberspace (6) 18 - Attractively stylish (5)

Edition 4 Winners: Congratulations to Maureen Beavis from 11 Region, who sent in the winning solution to the crossword puzzle. Maureen wins a copy of The Cost of Bravery by Allan Sparkes. John Parlatt from 5 Region, wins a copy of R.A.I.D by Tremaine Kent for successfully completing the sudoku puzzle.

About the books The Auxies , is a pictorial history of the Auxillary Division Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) 1920- 1922. This book concentrates on rare photographs - a number of which have never seen before. These photographs depict the men who came to Ireland to help restore order during the troubled times of the early 1920s.

Fatal Forgery: Whilst researching the history of bank fraud, the author came across the story of Henry Fauntleroy, a respected London banker until, in 1824. It was discovered that he had been forging his clients’ signatures on documents in order to sell their shares. Oddest of all, when confronted with his crime, he pleaded guilty immediately – despite the advice of his lawyer, who knew that the crime would lead straight to the scaffold. The story is narrated by Constable (later Sergeant) Plank, and the story follows his career. He is a man of great integrity and humanity who finds himself fascinated by the growth in financial crime – and the opportunity it gives him to pit his mind against the cleverest fraudsters of his generation. Sent to arrest the banker, Constable Samuel Plank is puzzled: why commit the crime at all, when you have plenty of money, and why plead guilty and risk your neck? Plank’s second adventure is already in the making…

POLICE WORLD Vol 59 No. 1, 2014

27