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PoliceNewsThe Voice of PoliceInternational guests shareinsights into policing issuesShort presentations from international guestsfrom Australia, Denmark and South Africabrought this year’s three-day Conference toa close.Association President Greg O’Connor thankedall international observers for their attendanceand hoped the “shared insights” from theconference would benefit their respectiveassociations when they returned home.Police Federation of AustraliaThe Police Federation of Australia is intalks with the Australian New ZealandPolice Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) and theAustralasian Police Professional StandardsCouncil about getting a more unifiedapproach on Police education and trainingbetween the two countries.To achieve this, the two bodies are looking atdeveloping a Police Practice Standards Model(PPSM).The model could see police officers certifiedto work in both New Zealand and Australia.Western Australian Police UnionAn annual sporting event, which honours fourAustralian police officers who died in a planecrash 10 years ago, has honoured NZ policeofficer Senior Constable Len Snee, who waskilled in the Napier siege last year by namingits junior trophy in his honour.The main event is held annually betweenrugby teams from Australia and New Zealandand is colloquially known as the Bloody SlowCup (not quite the Bledisloe Cup but the WestAustralians reckon it is just as exciting).Liquor bans put in place in some of the moreremote towns in Western Australia havemade a huge impact on crime in the area.Offenders who breach the liquor bans cannow be banned from pubs, clubs and casinosfor five years and if they breach the ban theyare liable to do jail time.Mandatory sentencing for an assault on apolice officer, which was introduced in Junelast year, has seen the number of assaults onpolice drop dramatically.Police Association of TasmaniaThe Association is working hard to bridge thewidening communication gap between itsyounger and older police officers. It is alsolooking to come up with ways to tackle theissue of police pursuits.Something that is working well for police inTasmania is a new clamping system. It works314December 2010by clamping the wheel with a solid front plate,which cannot be dismantled by removing thewheel.Police Association of South AustraliaThe Association is still waiting to enterinto an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.Negotiations were delayed due to federalelections. The Association is hoping anagreement can be reached shortly.The Association is following the New ZealandPolice Association’s arming debate with greatinterest and hopes to see a good outcome forits Kiwi colleagues.Queensland Police Union of WorkersThe Queensland Police Union of Workersis happy to have mandatory sentencing forthose who assault police.Queensland has an armed Police force.While Queensland police officers have beensubjected to vicious assaults, especially inthe north west of Queensland, firearm relatedincidents do not compare to New Zealand’sPolice statistics.The Union has suggested to the Governmentthat there needs to be better co-operationbetween different states in relation toinformation sharing and is keen to see thisextended to improved information sharingbetween New Zealand and Australian Policejurisdictions.Police Association of NSWThe Association thanked the New ZealandPolice Association for the thoughts and wellwishes it received after the death of DetectiveConstable Bill Crews. Special thanks wereextended to NZ Police Association DirectorCraig Prior, who attended the funeral.Over the next year, the Association plans tolook at the issue of frontline policing. It wantsto see more of New South Wales’ 15,000police officers back on the beat.Victoria Police AssociationThe rewrite of the Police Regulationsrepresented a significant victory for theAssociation over the last 12 months.The Association has also been fighting foran Independent Crime Commission for sometime. With elections pending, the Governmentmay well make good on election promisesthat the Commission should come intoexistence. The Commission would meanaccountability not only for police, but also forjudges, politicians and for local governmentofficials.Try our 5 minute quizOkay, morning or afternoon tea break has arrived.You have your cuppa in hand and you and yourcolleagues could do with a quick brain workout.So appoint your quizmaster and have a go at thesequestions. The answers are under the quiz (upsidedown, no peeking!).1. What was the name of the USSecretary of State who recentlyvisited New Zealand?2. How many strings does a bassguitar usually have?3. In which country is Mount Everest?4. You’d eat one and may feel coolbut walk across the other andfeel hot. Only one letter of the alphabetseparates their spellings.Half a point for naming each one.5. In snooker, what is the colour ofthe last ball potted?6. How many rings are there in theOlympic Games symbol?7. What NZ author wrote the book“Mr Pip”?8. In which organ of the body is thecerebrum found?9. What is the capital city ofCanada?10. Which planet is fifth from thesun?Scoring: 0-2 – Hmmn, room for significantimprovement (perhaps next month). 3-5 Not bad,better luck next time. 6-7 – Good effort. 8 – Verygood. 9 – Excellent. 10 – Wipe your nose, take abow and go to the top of the class Einstein.Answers: 1.Hillary Clinton. 2. Four. 3.Nepal. 4. Dessert and desert. 5. Black. 6.Five. 7. Lloyd Jones. 8. The brain. 9.Ottawa. 10. Jupiter.