Media Release – Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Afghanistan

The following statement was issued by Tom Stamatakis, President of the International Council of Police Representative Associations (ICPRA), regarding the ongoing humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan.

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Letter from EuroCOP President Calum Steele to Mpho Kwinika General Secretary Independent Police Union of South Africa

Click here to read the letter from EuroCOP President Calum Steele to Mpho Kwinika General Secretary of the Independent Police Union of South Africa.

Press Release – ICPRA Calls for a Global Effort to Document War Crimes Currently Being Committed in Ukraine

The International Council of Police Representative Associations (ICPRA) has issued a rallying call for every police force in the world to assist with the documenting of evidence to assist with the prosecution of war crimes being committed in Ukraine.

To …

Police Federation of Australia Launches National Awareness Campaign on Police Officer Mental Wellbeing

In 2017, the Police Federation of Australia secured a $1 million-dollar grant from the Proceeds of Crime Account (POCA) (Section 298) to fund a National Awareness Campaign on Police Officer Mental Wellbeing.

Two key elements of the campaign were a …

Media Release: International police community raises concern regarding arrest of South African Police Union President

OTTAWA – The International Council of Police Representative Associations (ICPRA) has written to the South African Police Minister, the Hon. Bheki Cele, to express their concern regarding this weekend’s arrest, in Pretoria, of South African Police Union President Mpho Kwinika, …

No Easy Thing to Address the Burden of the Past

Mark Lindsay, Chair, Police Federation for Northern Ireland

There’s an entire generation in Northern Ireland for whom the ‘Troubles’ were something that happened before they were born. They never woke up to the latest news of appalling terrorist actions or the misery they left in their wake.

It’s …

Australian Police Week 2018

Fiona Wade, Senior Adviser, PFA

The upcoming ICPRA conference will be part of the PFA’s inaugural Police Week in September 2018.

Bookended by the Wall to Wall: Ride for Remembrance and National Police Remembrance Day; the event aims to draw the policing community together to …

Flexible Working Arrangements for Police Officers in Australia and New Zealand

Mark Burgess, CEO, Police Federation of Australia

In October 2016, the PFA commissioned a comprehensive survey investigating Flexible Working Arrangements for Police Officers in Australia and New Zealand. The survey was completed by over 11,400 officers 16.5% of all Australian and New Zealand sworn officers. This is …

Garda Representative Association Wellbeing Survey 2018

Garda Representative Association

This Report makes for startling reading. Dr Fallon concludes that over a quarter of our membership may be suffering from either Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or a variant of this condition and that organisational, structural and working deficiencies may be …

Police Tackle Firearms Data Gap

Chris Cahill, President, New Zealand Police Association Police Tackle Firearms Data Gap

The Police Association and Police National Headquarters (PNHQ) both want to improve the official recording of firearms incidents in New Zealand.

Both the Association and the PNHQ know there are almost daily reports of criminal incidents involving firearms in New …

Dealing With The Past Is Next Big Challenge

Mark Lindsay, Chair, Police Federation for Northern Ireland Dealing With The Past Is Next Big Challenge

Dealing with the past can often impact badly on the here and now, and nowhere else is that more the case than Northern Ireland.

Legacy is a potentially toxic issue. Since the 1998 Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, which was …

Dangerous Spate of Ramming Assaults on Police Cars in New Zealand

Chris Cahill, President, New Zealand Police Association Dangerous Spate of Ramming Assaults on Police Cars in New Zealand

The Police Association is disturbed at what appears to be a growing trend of offenders deliberately ramming police officers and their cars, after five ramming incidents occurred in the space of a few weeks in early May.

“These incidents seriously …