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Working on your behalf 4 - 5 Section UK President Mick Luke’s Welcome inc World Congress in Bulgaria Mick Luke Professional Development 7 Young Police Officers’ Seminar Mike Allen 8 Young Police Officers’ Seminar Tracey Ward A DI and a PCSO give their personal experiences of the YPOS 9 We are Berliners Steve Hunt 10 Region ‘internship’ for student German Police Officers from Brandenburg. Cultural Corner 11 Cultural bursary awards E calendar update Oral History Project… On Time Members Day 15 December 2017 12 RAF Scampton Roy Edwards IPA Motorcycle Group 12 “Who’s keys? Queen Elizabeth’s keys“ Pauline Osborne, Thames Valley Branch Feature Articles 13 Sun, lakes, mountains and … Vespas? Steve Bretherton Cambridgeshire branch 14 1st International Police Women’s Conference in Romania Jaspreet Athwal Nottinghamshire Branch 15 Memories of my Father Glyn Bull, Leicestershire Branch, The WWII battle for Monte Cassino 16 UK Police Memorial Ian Whitfield, John Moores University 17 Simms international police collection and folk museum 29 Honeymoon in Iceland Birmingham Branch Chair Andy Gregory News 18 -27 National News A round up of the news from Section UK 28 Competitions WIN one of these books published by Pan Macmillan and Book Guild. Contents

Police World The magazine of the International Police Association, Section UK Editorial Neil Hallam e-mail: mail@neilhallam.com Deadline for article submission for Vol. 63 Edition 1, 2018 is 23 November, 2017 . Dispatched January 2018.

Vol 62 No.4 2017

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A guide to Region numbers 1 - Scotland Region 2 - Northern Ireland Region 3 - North of England including Isle of Man Region 4 - Wales Region 5 - Midlands Region 6 - Central and West London Region 7 - South & Southwest including the Channel Islands Region 8 - East Anglia Region 9 - Northern Home Counties and North and Northwest London Region 10 - Essex and East London Region 11 - Southern Home Counties and South London Region In Section UK, the membership comprises 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 Service. The Section has a unique mixture of police personnel who are still serving, retired, or in some instances, who have voluntarily resigned from the police service. For details of who can join Section UK, go to www.ipa-uk.org/Join-Us Joining the IPA is FREE* and annual renewal is £28. Visit the website to learn about our promotional offers. To apply either visit www.ipa-uk.org or request an application form from the general enquiries team *terms and conditions apply.

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Cover Photo: Phil Barnes and Steve Bretherton in the Austrian Alps for the Mittelkarnten Branch 30th anniversary friendship week Back Cover Photos: Montage of Section UK members enjoying diverse police transportation Next deadline: 23/11/2017 for publication January 2018

ISSN No: 0032-261X

POLICE WORLD Vol 62 No. 4, 2017

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