police world Edition 3 2013

IPA News

New IPA House A NEW IPA House has been opened in Inchigeelagh, West Cork, Ireland. This house looks to be in the ideal location for an outdoor break with walking, cycling, kayaking, fishing and golf on the doorstep. There are some great Summer 2013 rates in Section

Social Welcoming Group to form Rod McNeil, Lothian and Borders branch Chair, has told Police World that his branch plans to form a Social Welcoming Group consisting of branch members. Rod said, “Last year we had nearly 200 visiting IPA members and their families to our area. It is great fun and extremely interesting to meet people from all parts of the world, who share or have shared our profession, and to entertain them.” The idea for the Group is for them to meet and greet or attend functions when we entertain visitors. Anyone interested in joining the Group should contact Rod via: lothian- and-borders@ipa-uk.org Defensive Tactics Attracts New Members The recently formed Defensive Tactics Special Interest Group (SIG) is drawing in new members from across the globe. Group secretary, Rob Stenhouse reports, “We recruited 11 members very quickly, 6 of these were not IPA members and have joined specifically so they can join the SIG. At least nine officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary have expressed an interest in joining.” Rob is also in contact with Section Sweden regarding the establishment of a Defensive Tactics SIG in their country. They too have enrolled members to IPA because of their specific interest in Defensive Tactics. To find out more about the SIG, visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Defensive-Tactics SIG News

Ireland which start from 15 euro per night and 300 euro per week. For non-members: rates start from 25 euro per night and 400 euro per week. More detail on the NEW House will be available soon at: www.ipaireland.ie Other Section Ireland accommodation is available in Cork, Galway, Sligo and Wexford. For more information contact the Section Ireland National House Secretary, Eamonn McCarthy: housesecretary@ipaireland.ie Or for bookings for the IPA House in Dublin contact Noeleen, Breda or Noel via email: ipairish@gmail.com 1 and 2 Region Compete for Cups 2 Region Northern Ireland Golf Society has been visiting Region Scotland to play golf for well over 30 years. As a result this annual event, first instigated by the Society secretary Stanley Hanna, has developed strong friendships between the two Regions. In June 1979 Stanley was killed by terrorist action. As a memorial the Stanley Hanna Memorial Trophy was created to be contested by the two Regions. Dickie Simpson has competed for the trophy nearly every year as he has attended the last 27 consecutive years. Players from Northern Ireland also compete against the Ministry of Defence Police for a second trophy called the Perpetual Salver. There are also a couple of other individual competitions - the Scottish Cup awarded for best strokeplay and the Ulster cup for best stableford. No player can win more than one prize allowing several players to get their hands on the silverware. The Stanley Hanna trophy was competed for at the Thornton Golf course in Fife and was won by Region Scotland. The winning team was Alex Brown, Andrew Girdwood, Ross Mitchell, Sharon Boath, Andrew Mather, Alan Harley, Paul Hogan and Jim Westwood. The Northern Ireland team was Tommy Hutton, Gary Canavan, Harry Walton, Mark Kernohan, John Templeton, Maurice Fleming, Bob Barr and Dickie Simpson. The Perpetual Salver was played this year at the Erskine Golf Club on the banks of the River Clyde. Although players initially dealt with an extremely wet start things soon brightened up as the day went on. The greens were in excellent condition and some very good scores were achieved. The MoD team were victorious on the day but friendship was the overall winner. The Scottish Cup was won by Alex Brown and the Ulster Cup winner Ross Mitchell - both from Scotland. Jim Bayliss , Region Scotland

Danish Police Officer Visits Kent

Kent branch has recently played host to Peter Olsen, a Danish police officer, from Køge. Peter contacted Tom Witney, Kent’s Secretary,

Peter Olsen (centre), Tom Witney (right) outside Kent police station

and a visit to Kent Police Headquarters was arranged. The visit, which took place in May, included visits to The Firearms Training Unit, hosted by Nick Budden, a tour of the Officer Safety Training Unit, hosted by Rob Foreman and a visit to the Crime Scene Unit, hosted by David Bellamy. The visit was supervised overall by Tim Bayford. Peter was impressed with all he saw and was very grateful to his hosts. In the evening, coincidentally, Kent Executive Committee was holding an ‘open meeting’ at the home of branch Chair, Mick Abbott. Peter and his partner, Natasha, were invited. Peter took an active part in discussions and it seems no matter where in the world IPA branches are, similar issues are shared.

To view more pictures from this event visit: www.ipa- uk.org/Stanley- Hanna-Cup

Maurice Fleming presents the Stanley Hanna Cup

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