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in thiS iSSue

4 SCienCe On the Street
Dave Blocksidge looks at how the media colours events

9 POSt inCident mAnAgement Hello!
Mr PIM talks
12 mOney tAlkS Welcome to the first edition of TOP

Advice on how to protect your financial future
cover, a magazine for Firearms
14 FeAture Officers. Three and a half years ago Mick
Burke (Vice Chair) and myself sat in a
Lands End to JOGs charity bike ride
small office and discussed how we were
16 mOtOring going to organise and run the Police
Firearms Officers Association. We agreed
Mark Williams tests the new fleet addition
that if we could get to 400 members we
20 60 SeCOnd intervieW help officers and their families, albeit in a small way. Today the
would be able to run the Association and
Simon Chesterman opens up to TOP cover
PFOA membership stands at some 3500 officers and continues
22 ArOund & AbOut to grow daily. We are proud at what we have achieved and will
continue to enhance the support services we already provide. I’m
Focus on Thames Valley Police
determined that this members’ magazine is engaging, informative
24 A vieW FrOm AbOve and relevant. That’s why we’ll happily read any contributions
you’d like to make, so please send in those photos, letters and
Introducing Canon David Wilbraham
26 heAlth & FitneSS suggestions for articles.
This is a poignant time for all of us in Policing. The murders
of our two colleagues, Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, will
Maximise your fitness in minimal time
29 rideOut be etched in our memories forever. The PFOA will do all it
can to support Greater Manchester Police whilst they come to
terms with what has happened. This year saw thousands of you
Find out about the PFOA Trackday
30 COunSelling & PArAdigmAtiC join together to provide armed security for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, which were an amazing success. These events,
COAChing SuPPOrt
literally from one end of the scale to the other, demonstrate quite
Our experts explain the support we offer clearly that having Firearms Officers is an essential part of modern
our members day policing, providing reassurance 24/7 for our unarmed
colleagues and the public.
32 lAW & regS Stay safe, and thanks for all that you do.
Why firearms offices need protecting too!
36 hiStOry

Read why Henry Stevens was awarded the
George Cross mArk WilliAmS eDitor

TOP cover meet the teAm

Our regular columnists
hOW tO COntACt uS mark Williams editor
the police Firearms officers association steve howson post incident management
po Box 116, march, cambridgeshire pe15 5Ba Dave Blocksidge science on the street
t 0845 543 0163 Ben lacey pFoa support
e info@pfoa.co.uk scott ingram law and regulations
www.pfoa.co.uk Justin conway health & Fitness
the pFoa cannot accept any liability for losses incurred by any person as a result of a default David Wilbraham Force chaplain
on the part of an advertiser in ‘top cover’.
© the police Firearms officers association 2012 stephen smith history
registered charity in england and Wales no. 1139247 Mick Burke rideout
company number 07295737
thanks to gJa photography for cover picture www.gjaphotography.co.uk graphic design by www.creativewell.co.uk