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MEET THE TEAM
Our regular columnists POLICE FIREARMS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
Mark Williams Editor
RECON OUTBOUND GYM BAG
Steve Howson Post Incident Management
Dave Blocksidge Science on the Street
Scott Ingram Law & Regulations
Justin Conway Health & Fitness
David Wilbraham Force Chaplain
XBT A4 FLASHLIGHT
Steven Smith History
SEE PAGE 21
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George Hay, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Welcome to TOP COVER Edition 7. When we started the PFOA back in 2009 it was very
much focused at that time around the experiences we had encountered around supporting
HOW TO CONTACT US principal officers following a police shooting. I made no secret of the fact that my personal
The Police Firearms Officers Association experience came from being the Fed Rep for Neil Sharman and Kevin Fagan following the fatal
PO Box 116, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 5BA shooting of Harry Stanley back in 1999. The memory of them, my colleagues and friends, being
arrested for murder in 2006 will stay with me for the rest of my days. It cut through me, heavens
T 01354 742444 only knows how they really felt that day. The recent news regarding E7 has left all of us ‘shell
E info@pfoa.co.uk shocked’. But, however we feel about this situation, we, you, as professional firearms officers
www.pfoa.co.uk and Commanders will ‘crack on’ and do what you do best, looking after and protecting society
against armed criminals and terrorists. We now, more than ever must have faith in the judicial
system, and await the jury’s verdict. You can read more on the E7 decision, and an interesting
The PFOA cannot accept any liability for losses incurred by any article by Lincs CFI Stu Brown in this magazine.
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‘Top Cover’ We have been very busy over the past few months. Membership continues to grow weekly
and has been boosted recently after the decision of the Defence Police Federation to bolster
its support to its members by funding their membership to the PFOA, without putting their
Registered Charity in England and Wales No. 1139247 subscriptions up! The PFOA Ball was another great success with all and sundry having a great
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night and raising lots of money.
© The Police Firearms Officers Association 2014 This edition looks at the launch of a new recruitment agency by an ex police firearms officer
and her friend, as well as more Science on the Street from Dave Blocksidge, looking at rapid
decision making. We continue with our firearms history article and look at some of the support
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