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Gimborn Practicalities My trip to Gimborn started with a flight from the UK to Dusseldorf, a word of warning though, Ryanair have created a new Dusseldorf aka WEEZE which is a 90 minute bus journey from the real Dusseldorf airport in the opposite direction from Gimborn. I recommend flying into Cologne as this is closer. O n my arrival on the Saturday I took a bus from outside the airport to Cologne where I was picked up by taxi and taken to Gimborn. Although the course was not due to start till the Monday morning I was welcomed to stay the extra days at minimal expense. The lecturers were a mixture of senior police officers as well as professors and senior academics from around the world such as: May-Britt Rinaldo , Superintendent, Gothenburg, Sweden (Evidence based policing) Alexander Murray , Chief Superintendent, Birmingham (Evidence based policing in the West Midlands UK – Academy and Practitioners Working Side by Side – Challenges Concerning Development and Implementation) Dr. Fiona Brookman , Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales (Working in Collaboration Between the Academy and Police to Enhance Major Crime Investigations) Henry Kopar , Police of the Netherlands (Policing Today and Social Media’s Impact on the Police Service Assignment and the Societies’ Speedy Request for Results) Andreas Bachmann , Oberstaatsanwait, Katharina Dinchel, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Match – Fixing – The Bochum Case) Dr Timothy Coupe , Cambridge University (Solvability of Burglaries in the Perspective of Evidence Based Policing) Mary Doyle , Orebro University CAPS – Centre for Criminological and

10 Region Brandenburg Exchange Over the past few years 10 Region has assisted with the training programmes of German police officers by arranging their attachment for two weeks with Essex Police. This established a professional relationship with Brandenburg IPA Section Germany. B randenburg is the area that surrounds Berlin i.e. the famous Brandenburg Gate landmark. Brandenburg is an area in its own right, which is policed separately from the actual city. whilst with Dirk as his guide and host. I have it on good authority that Tim managed to try every beer available! He was also given a guided tour around the ex- residence of Joseph Goebbels, the infamous Nazi propaganda chief.

Brandenburg IPA invited one of our officers to sample the ‘Brandenburg Policing Experience’ the opportunity was seized by new IPA member Detective Sergeant Tim Marshall. Tim is an experienced Essex Police DS who is currently attached to a specialist sexual offences team at Shrub End Police Station, Colchester. Tim was greeted by officer Dirk Wandt Both were around 6’5 tall, with large builds and matching bald heads. They must have made an awesome sight together! Whilst there Tim enjoyed many aspects of local policing, beer and food! He was involved with The Special Intervention Group, River Police, Shooting training, Bomb/IED disposal Team. Tim also gave a presentation on Essex Police to a group of German Officers. He also made an official IPA presentation to a chief officer of the training premises where he was located. Tim had a chance for socialising whilst he was there and managed a ‘whistle-stop tour’ of Berlin

Such was the success of his visit that he has already been invited back to attend an aircraft show next year. And all this happened because of the IPA…! Steve Hunt, 10 Region Secretary

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Ger 1 being shown something in back of van

Psychological Research Security and Legitimacy – Presentation of a Study About the Question Whether and to What Extent Police Officers, Security Guards and Police Volunteers Create Feelings of Safety Among the Citizens.

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POLICE WORLD Vol 61 No. 1, 2016