summer 2011 city police pensioners newsletter

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PENSIONERS’ NEWSLETTER

SUMMER 2011

INSIDE...

Reduced pension !

Work longer!

Less benefits!

The new Commissioner

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Pensioners down under

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Bill White

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Rob Jerrard

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Alan Francis

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Brian John Bown

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CID update

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The Senior Brigade

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AND MUCH MORE !

C I T Y O F L O N D O N

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Summer 2011

Welcome to the Summer 2011 issue of the Pensioners‘

Newsletter.

Sadly, more of our colleagues have passed away since

Christmas and once again our thoughts go out to family and

friends left behind.

New names appear on the ‗Senior Brigade‘ list which is grow-

ing all the time, and perhaps it is a true sign of old age when

you start to recognise names that join the list. (Although not

as much of a sign as it must be when you actually find your-

self on the list of course).

The City has a new Commissioner, a new Commander and

along with the rest of the police service a new and smaller budget. Officers are going to have to

work for longer, under more scrutiny for less money.

Isn‘t it good to be a pensioner?

I hope you all have a great summer,

Best Wishes,

Chris Pearson (Guest Editor)

(Front cover cartoon—courtesy of PC Chris Berry of the CNC)

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For more snippets of information re-

garding the City of London Police,

including photos, stories, video and

generally catch up with old col-

leagues and friends go to;

www.citypensioners.co.uk

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Adrian Leppard is City of London Police's new Commissioner. Commissioner Leppard, joined the City from the Kent Police where he was Deputy Chief Con-stable. He now heads the country's lead force in economic crime. He will be overseeing the force's specialist crime investigations, many of which have national significance. He will also en-sure the City Police has a strong team in the run up to the Olympics and throughout the chal-lenging CSR period ahead. The Chairman of the City's Police Committee, Simon Duckworth, said: "I am delighted that Adrian has accepted the post of Commissioner. He brings a wealth of rele-vant experience from both the Kent and Surrey forces. Members of the Police Committee look forward to working with him in maintaining the Square Mile's reputation as a safe place in which to do business, live and visit." Commissioner Leppard is responsible for all policing matters in the City of London. The force concentrates on three key priorities: economic crime, counter terrorism, and community policing. Mr Leppard joined Surrey Police in 1984 and has enjoyed a varied career. He served as a BCU Commander at North West Surrey but has spent most of his service as a detective investigating a broad range of criminality and gaining specialist experience in hostage negotiation, intelli-gence and covert operations. As a Senior Investigating Officer he has led investigations into homicides and other serious crimes, including a contract killing 'Commatteo Murder' which resulted in the largest covert in-vestigation ever undertaken by Surrey Police. More recently as Assistant Chief Constable in Kent he led the investigation into the 'world's largest' £53 million Securitas robbery. He has extensive experience of developing crime reduction strategies and was also instrumen-tal in formulating the Kent Police response to Neighbourhood Policing. He has received three Chief Constable's Commendations throughout his career and in 2001 completed a Masters Degree in Business (MBA). He was appointed in December 2007 to the post of Deputy Chief Constable in Kent Police and since that time he has led the force re-structuring and collaboration programmes. His former command roles within Kent included Assistant Chief Constable with responsibilities for Special-ist Operations and more recently Area Operations. Adrian Leppard said: "I feel honoured to be offered this prestigious appointment within the City. We face a challenging period ahead but I am confident that the City of London Police will re-spond to these challenges, working with the City Corporation and our partners we will continue make the City a safe place to live, work and visit."

The Commissioner



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London Memories

Alan Francis

When I left school in 1945, age 15, I went to work in a bank at 54 Parliament Street, SW1,

opposite the Cenotaph. I was interested in Cenotaph activity and in particular noted that military

bands accompanying marching contingents always stopped playing, to show respect, when

passing this memorial.

On joining the beloved job in 1950 I was posted to Cannon Row Police Station where I saw

even more Cenotaph activity, such as State occasions, and linings of the route by HM three

services. Having completed my National Service, the activity of the RAF and their Central Band

was of particular interest and on one State occasion it was the role of the Royal Air Force to line

the route in Parliament Street/Whitehall. At the conclusion the RAF Band formed up and the

command was given to march off. The RAF Central Band started the march then stopped play-

ing as it passed the Cenotaph. At this precise moment the Metropolitan Police Band, with con-

ductor Roger Barsotti, not hearing any activity from Whitehall, struck up to march to New Scot-

land Yard from Horseguards Avenue. Alas the police band played at a much slower pace and

the whole RAF parade was thrown completely out of step. It was a damn shame and I felt sorry

for the RAF. In those days the police band also used to march and counter-march during the in-

terval at Spurs home matches.

At Cannon Row there were many men who had fought in WW2 and had been decorated for

bravery. I liked to talk to them in the ‗early hours‘ and learn of their experiences. My duty officer

was Inspector Albert Martin, GM, father of the three well known Martin brothers who later served

the City Police so well.

In the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, there is now a new 4th floor exhibition of Victoria

Crosses and George Crosses sponsored by Lord Ashcroft (who has paid large sums to collect

these awards). This exhibition is gently and beautifully displayed-well worth a visit. Some brav-

ery citations are inspiring.

Another emotional (3rd floor) exhibition is about the holocaust, visited reverently by many thou-

sands, including Jewish people. I was telephoned by an early morning breakfast TV and radio

programme asking if I would attend their studio at 6 am in Grays Inn Road to talk about the Blitz

‗through the eyes of a schoolboy‘. They offered to send transport but I settled to meet the chauf-

feur at Blackfriars Station, getting the 5 am train, something I hadn‘t done since the Snow Hill

days of policing Smithfield Market!

We must have had one viewer, for I was then asked to go to the Jewish Deaf Society in Hamp-

stead to talk about the Blitz through a special microphone. The Jewish audience mainly had

hearing aids. After the talk three people came forward to speak, from the audience of about 30.

One had been a tank commander in WW2 and deafened by a hit on his tank. The next was a

fireman during the Blitz in London and deafened by a bomb as he fought a fire and the third was

a lovely lady who had given birth to a daughter in a maternity hospital at Bishopsgate North

when there was a direct hit. She was re-united with her new born daughter, both rescued in


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the street. It was a humbling experience and I came home on the train knowing this had been a

memorable morning.

As of interest there were two local sports fields and pavilions at Wembley near where my brother

Robin and I lived; one owned by Abbey Road Building Society (later Abbey National) and the

other by the shoe firm Lilley and Skinner. Both sites were taken over by the Auxiliary Fire Service

(AFS) and manned by brave guys who went to the City nightly in London cabs equipped with tow

bar and each towing a water pump. Each site had about 20 pumps with crews of five and whilst

Londoners were in air raid shelters they were fighting fires. London experienced 57 consecutive

night-raids. Having been bombed-our Robin and I stayed temporarily near Watford from where in

October 1940 one could see London on fire-the sky-glowed red-a sight one cannot forget.

Finally, after ‗D‘ Day, the V1s and V2s started (2419 and 517 respectively reached London) and

the last rocket fell on 27th March 1945, as our troops over-ran the sites. This rocket killed a lady

aged 34, the last of over 60,000 air-raid victims to be killed, who was given a military headstone

in Orpington All Saints Church cemetery.


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Summer down under. Sandy Pelling

I guess we all have at some time or another received strange invitations, but the card from Peter Murray (PC mid 1950s) inviting us to a country race meeting, was unique. Some of you may know that Peter has a company that supplies veterinarian products; hence the photo of Peter‘s face on the horse‘s rear end. But then only Peter would think of that.

Dick and I, Jock and Edna Garry, joined Peter and friends at the country Balnarring race course where Peter‘s Company,‘Allfarm‘, had a marquis. It was the middle of summer and the weather was scorching. The food, wine, and company were great, but I think our horses are still running. Better luck next time.

We met again in May at the Portsea hotel. This time we managed to have a full turnout of

Victorian members including Ann Merry and her son Michael, who travelled down from Mildura. A most welcome guest was Stan Newell‘s wife Joyce, who now lives near Melbourne. Joyce was particularly keen to attend and extend her thanks to all COLPASC members for the plaque that was donated by them for Stan‘s favorite bench at the Sandford cricket club, a small village outside Crediton Devon.

We are pleased to hear that Joyce is keen to come to our future lunches. If there is anyone else coming this way, let us know. Any excuse for a lunch or dinner.

Dick and I are still members of the IPA and recently an ex Met copper joined; we won‘t hold that against him. But it turns out he is the cousin of WPC Paula Kent who many of you will remember. It‘s a small world.

Clockwise from left, Peter Murray, Sandy &

Dick Pelling, Michael & Ann Merry, Keith &

Gill Cronchey, Joyce Newell, Barb Dodds,

Edna & Jock Garry

Jock, Dick and Edna Garry at the races



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Letters

Dear Sirs,

Mrs B.A. Christie - Widow of ex PC C389 J.A. Christie (Mounted Branch)

I enclose a photo taken last week (early March 2011) of my mother Mrs Bertha Christie which I

hope you will include in your next Pensioners‘ Newsletter. As you will see, she has reached the

ripe old age of 100 and received a communication from the Queen. Bertha and Jock lived for

many years in Ferndale Court and I am sure a few pensioners will recognise their names.

Many thanks,

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Frances Charman

Copthorne,

West Sussex.



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Brian John Bown

Brian was born on 23rd

July 1937 in Forest Gate, East London. He joined the City of London Po-

lice as a cadet in 1954. In 1956 he passed out from Police College as the top student and then

commenced life as a PC on his 19th Birthday.

Brian‘s natural ability as a thief taker and detective was spotted early and he quickly moved from

uniform to C.I.D and eventually on to the Fraud Squad where he spent most of his career. He

was awarded the Police Good Conduct and Service Medal after 22 years. He retired in 1985 as

a Detective Chief inspector.

Brian had a deep interest and love for anything related to the City of London and this was recog-

nised when he was awarded the freedom of the City in 1975. This was something of which he

was particularly proud (although he never took the opportunity to drive sheep over London

Bridge).

When Brian retired in 1985 he and his family moved to Guernsey in the Channel Islands, this

was his wife Pauline‘s home and a place which he had always enjoyed visiting.

Brian died peacefully with his family around him on 13th January this year. He was a devoted

family man and is survived by his loving wife Pauline, sons Kevin and Andrew, daughter Sarah

and granddaughter Francesca.



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Ex PC 633E William (Bill) White

It is with deep regret that we have to report the death of our oldest pensioner and head of the

‗Senior Brigade‘ Bill White, who was 98. Bill passed away on 21st May this year. He was present

at the Summer Luncheon in 2010 (see below) and sent a letter of reply to Alan Nuttal‘s query

‘Can Anyone Help‘? In February this year.

Letter from Bill

Dear Mr Nuttal

Pensioners‘ Newsletter Winter 2010

‗Can anyone help‘

In answer to your letter in the last issue of the Pensioners‘ News Magazine, I too have got one of

the same photographs, although a year later in 1936 when I attended the Training School at

Snow Hill Police Station.


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The doors you see are the back doors of the Old Bailey yard where we used to do our marching

and drill. The Sergeant in front is no other than Sgt Bruty who looked after us and the Inspector

was Mr Hill. After the start of the War he was put in charge of the City of London Civil Defence

Volunteers and took over old ‗C‘ Division Station of the Minories. In charge there was Bob Shiers

and three WPC‘s for training and equipment of the Volunteers. I know this because my wife, a

WPC, was also training.

At this time of course we were young single men and had to live in Snow Hill Police Station. The

antics we had, to get past the front office and up the stairs to our rooms after 10 o‘clock at night,

was something to see.

Yours sincerely,

Bill White

PC 633E (former Armourer)


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WILLIAM BENJAMIN WHITE

Picture attached taken in 1937 at Princes St by Bank

Born 1st October 1912 in Hackney, London, Bill had a long and

distinguished life. He died on the 21st May, in Chichester Hospi-

tal, after a short illness. He was, at that time, Great Britain‘s old-

est living Olympian, having shot in the 1948 Olympics after the

1939-45 war, in Britain and again in Helsinki, in 1952.

His early life in London led him to join the RNVR in 1931, and he

was based at HMS President on the Thames Embankment. He

was a City of London Ordinary Seaman and spent evening ses-

sions at HMS President, often training and drilling for two hours

every day. His part-time naval service continued until 1936,

when he joined the City of London Police.

1939 saw the outbreak of war and, serving in a ‗reserved occu-

pation‘, he continued in the City of London, as a uniformed pa-

trol officer. He frequently worked at armed posts. During the

Battle of Britain and the London Blitz, a strict blackout policy was

enforced. On a dark winter evening, as German bombers ap-

proached the city, a street light could not be extinguished by

normal means. A senior officer at the scene instructed Bill to ―put that light out‖ and Bill did so,

with a single shot from his pistol.

In 1942, the tide of war changed and Britain was launching more intensive bombing raids into en-

emy territory. Many of those who were in reserved occupations, including police officers, volun-

teered for air crew duties, and so Bill joined the RAF and was given the rank of Flight Sergeant,

and a seat in the rear gun turret of a Lancaster Bomber. He described the experience as lonely,

cold and isolated, there being little communication with the rest of the crew, and little chance of

escape. The gun pod was small and parachutes had to be left in the body of the aircraft. His

Flight Log is a fascinating insight into the life of an air crew member. It records his promotion to

Pilot Officer, his transfer to the Mitchell Bomber and his missions, listing individual times, dates,

aircraft types, pilot names, his duties, e.g. tail gunner, and targets, described as: Brunnen Ger-

man flack position or OLPE Germany, marshalling yard, or Mechelen, heavy gun position, etc: a

brief and factual record of events, any of which could have ended in a horrific death. He com-

pleted 55 bombing missions and made three forced landings, all with combat damage and, on

one occasion, with a full bomb load, because of release mechanism malfunction.



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A recent conversation about this was later to fascinate a modern day guide, conducting a tour of

the Wellington Bomber that is still being restored at Brooklands aircraft museum. The Wellington

in question was recently recovered from the depths of Loch Lomond and found to be complete

and barely damaged. On a personal visit to Brooklands with family, he overheard the guide ex-

plaining the workings of the tail gun position, Bill, with his customary good manners, politely in-

formed the guide that, in fact, the methods described were unworkable, and that, although the

description was ‗by the book‘, the gunners had to devise a method which actually worked. The

guide stated that he was grateful for Bill‘s information. It was known that modifications to opera-

tional procedures had been made, but the guides did not know their precise nature until Bill

pointed this out.

At the end of the war, Bill returned to the City of London Police and was appointed as the force

Firearms Instructor and Armourer at Bishopgate Police Station. For approximately twenty years

after the war, there was no other police range in London authorised for large calibre pistol; most

ranges being certified for .22 calibre rifle only, so the City of London, in the person of Bill White,

provided instruction and facilities to many organisations, such as the Metropolitan Police Special

Branch and such-like. He also hosted other government organisations, which required privacy/

secrecy, in order to test equipment under design, or being demonstrated.

Many famous names were Bill‘s guests. One, the late Michael Bentine of ‖The Goons‖ fame, who

was a competent and experienced pistol shot, had just returned from a period of instruction, by

the famous ‗Fairbairn and Sykes‘ in Shanghai. Greatly enthused by his new-found skills, he pro-

ceeded to demonstrate the latest techniques to Bill. Completing his shoot, he challenged Bill to

equal it. Bill not only shot faster, but impressively, more accurately than the aghast Michael Ben-

tine, who never mentioned the Fairbairn and Sykes methods again.

Bill White was a prominent member of the PAA shooting section committee and encouraged par-

ticipation in competition shooting amongst City of London Police officers, who supplied many win-

ning teams, individual champions and record holders. Nearly every major pistol competition in

the UK, from the fifties until the late nineties, had a City of London police officer or retired officer,

in medal positions. His help and encouragement were with me for over forty five years of interna-

tional shooting, as well as in my current position as GB Olympic Rapid Fire Coach for the 2012

Olympic Games. Kate Huey MP arranged through the British Olympic Association for him to be

invited to attend the 2012 Olympic Games as a VIP guest. He was aware of this and was enor-

mously pleased at the prospect.

Retiring in 1972, he was employed in a sensitive security position and lived in Kensington, where

he had responsibilities for the safety and security of high profile refugees residing in government

safe houses. I provided him with short-term back-up relief and, at some time during that period,

we looked after displaced royalty and persons who were important to the security of this country.

This was a very demanding job, but Bill fulfilled every expectation and became a personal friend

of many.


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He changed his home address frequently in the following years, before finally settling in the po-

lice retirement accommodation at Yapton. He quickly found a shooting club, to continue his

shooting career and, in his mid-nineties, was still able to shoot good scores from a single hand,

and without any aid to vision.

In the mid-sixties three police officers were shot and killed in a car in Shepherds Bush, by Harry

Roberts, who was army trained in survival techniques, and who went on the run for several

months. Because of the embarrassing press reports of the inadequate response by the police,

the Home Office set up a special committee to deal with the training and arming of police firearms

officers. Firearms experience within the committee was questionable, with the exception of Bill

White, Colin Greenwood and perhaps one or two others. For example, a senior officer was ap-

pointed because he had the experience of having shot a murderer through a letterbox. The officer

queried his appointment, but there was no other in his force with any experience at all. Some

members of the committee were suspected of having a vested interest in supplying pistols, am-

munition etc. Bill was the first and only full-time firearms officer on the committee and he also

gave a lead in respect of training.

.As a result, the army training of police firearms officers was introduced by the Home Office and

courses were started at the SASC depot at Shorncliff. Police officers from many forces brought

guns ranging in type from 455 revolvers to tiny 32 pocket pistols, most of which were harvested

from firearms seized by police. I remember Bill explaining to a very embarrassed senior NCO that

‗fire and movement‘ across open ground was not a police practice and that many of the guns in

use would not hit a target that was one hundred yards away.

In the early seventies, the Commissioner of the City of London Police, Colonel Young, was

posted to Northern Ireland, to reconstruct the policing infrastructure. This led to the disbanding of

the B Special police group and the arming of the Royal Ulster Constabulary with semi-automatic

weapons, one of the many matters on which Bill White gave advice. The subsequent elevation of

terrorist threat on the streets of the UK has brought about an evolution of equipment and tactics

which, in Bill‘s day, would have been unimaginable. We now have a huge multi-million pound

anti-terrorist industry, range complexes, protective equipment, advanced technology in surveil-

lance, modern firearms, specialist vehicles, and a very significant demand on man-power.

Bill was a very kind, honourable and gentle man, who never spoke harshly or dismissively to any-

one, but always had a friendly and accepting nature. Reminiscing over his many years, the worst

thing he would say was ―Mr So and So was a tartar‖, but he spoke fondly of his friends and asso-

ciates throughout all ranks in the City of London Police, and his enormous pride in the City. His

wife, Babs, was a young policewoman when he met her, and they lived most of their active life in

the City of London Bishopsgate Police Station. After losing his wife a few years ago, he contin-

ued to live in police pensioner‘s accommodation at Yapton, where he was totally independent un-

til very recently, when he became less mobile and was unable to drive. In his illness, to his very

last days, he was comforted and cared for by his family and close friends. They did a good job

and he remained at peace with the world to the last.

Hugh Hunter


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Colleagues who have passed away this year.

Ex Chief Inspector Derek Warren 05.12.10

Ex Detective Chief Inspector Brian Bown 13.01.11

Ex PC 673D Iwan Spencer Lloyd (Taff) 02.02.11

Ex PC 268B David Wright 18.02.11

Ex PC 474E James Frederick Gargate 21.02.11

Ex PC 427C William (Bill) Edgar 22.02.11

Ex Chief Superintendent Edward (Ted) Aggar 28.02.11

Ex PS 23B Francis (Ted) Stubbs 02.03.11

Ex PS 8B Ronald James Goldson 10.03.11

Ex PC 416B William (Bill) Collins 26.04.11

Ex PC 633E William (Bill) White 21.05.11


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Letters

January 2011

Hello to all the hardworking Welfare Office Staff.

Is it really 2011? What happened to 2010? I had fully intended to lose half a stone, learn to tango,

write a novel and run in the London Marathon...well, perhaps not! I shall have to try and fit them

into my 2011 schedule.

Following instructions, I am returning the Contact details form which I was asked to complete. I

did, for a moment, wonder whether I should fill in the ‗Date Joined‘ with the date Jack and I were

married. I have always had a slight suspicion that girls who were engaged to City Coppers were

quietly vetted to make sure they were respectable and, once married and living in Ferndale

Court, a list of rules and regulations was issued – a copy of which is enclosed. How present day

brides would have coped with it I can only surmise.

Thank you for the Newsletter which I always enjoy reading. I was pleased to note that Wanderlust

is still wandering around the globe. I do keep my eye on the news from abroad to see if he has

been in any international incidents but perhaps Mrs W has at last managed to curtail his more

frivolous habits...or perhaps age has caught up with him? And I‘m sure Mrs Gold‘s experience

with chimney sweeping was not a one off—for a small fee, Sam the Assistant Steward would

oblige by tying a rope around half a brick and dropping it down the flue!

I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Commissioner and the City Police for the lovely

Christmas present and to wish them and all of you a very peaceful, healthy and successful New

Year. Also, I was delighted to meet Yvette at the Summer Luncheon and look forward to seeing

her again this year.

Sincerely,

Mrs Vera ‘Wingco’ Burrell



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Pensions - Jan Hatt

Dear Karen,

Request to circulate a petition to the City Police Pensioners I am a City Police Pensioner, War-

rant No 10561, who retired in November 1993. I am writing to prevail upon your good will and

request that you circulate the petition, below, via: (a) e-mail, and (b) your Newsletter to all City

Police Pensioners concerning the re-instatement of our police pension increase figures in our

annual letter from Charlie Partridge, the Pensions Manager, in the Chamberlain's Dept at the

Guildhall. Yours sincerely, Jan Hatt107 The LindensLoughtonEssexIG10 3HU Tel No +44 (0)20

8508 5895

Dear former colleague,

Petition to the Pensions Manager in the Chamberlain's Dept at the Guildhall to re-instate the

cash figures in the annual Police Pensions Increase letter. Many of you will have been retired

from the job sufficiently long enough, or will have retired in circumstances, to merit annual index

linking to your City Police Pension. Those of you who are in this position will no doubt have re-

ceived this year's annual pension increase letter from Charlie Partridge, the Pensions Manager

at the Guildhall. The letter contained a new blue newsletter about tax codes, tax bands and al-

lowances, pay dates, etc. All very laudable, no doubt; and whilst it informed you of a 3.1% in-

crease, it failed to give you the most essential piece of information of all - your revised 2011

pension in terms of actual cash per annum!

This information has been provided every year for the last 17 years of my retirement (except

2010 when there was no increase) and I see no reason why it should be curtailed now. How on

earth are you meant to budget for the year ahead if you do not know your gross pension fig-

ures? Or indeed, if you are being paid the correct amount each quarter! I found it so extraordi-

nary that I complained to Claire O'Malley at the Corporation Pensions Office on 020 - 7710

8539. She said that they are not going to provide this information any longer. I protested in the

strongest possible terms that this was ridiculous. It is the equivalent of working for an employer

and not being told your annual remuneration! She said that you could work it out yourself. I re-

plied if that was that easy, then why can't you do it at the Guildhall! Or, she said, you could re-

quest a "PR" letter (which I guess stands for a Pension Review letter) and this will quote your

new annual figures. I opted for this letter to be sent to me. I suggest that you do so too.

I am very annoyed at this development. We all worked long and hard for our pensions; and for

them to fail to inform us of the full details of our new pensions is a gross discourtesy, in my opin-

ion. Michael Clements (ex Pc 749) has been in touch with Claire O'Malley, as above, and she

has indicated that the cash figures will be re-instated next year if sufficient pensioners request it.

If you are happy to do so, please send the Petition, 1) by e-mail to: char-

[email protected] 2) or by post to: Charlie PartridgeThe Pensions Manager-

Chamberlains Dept.City of LondonSt Alphage House2 Fore StreetLondon EC2Y 5DA Increase

letter I am a City Police Pensioner, Reference No: (Insert Warrant


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In reply

Pensions Increase Letters 2011

I am aware of the concerns with regard to the fact that the Pensions Office did not produce an individual letter detailing the cash sums that result from the application of Pensions Increase this year. This decision was made in light of difficulties experienced in the production of individual let-ters in recent years and in particular the last year they were produced in 2009. The introduction of the information on Pensions Increase supplied in the recent Newsletter was intended to compen-sate for this change.

I apologise for any inconvenience this change has caused and I am aware of the request to peti-tion me for a reversal of this action for next year. Indeed we have already received several emails from those who have joined this petition.

I have asked my colleagues in the pay team and Claire O‘Malley from the pensions payroll team to work together next year with the aim of producing cash statements in addition to a Newsletter.

Finally, I would like to thank those who provided positive feedback in response to our first News-letter.

Charlie Partridge

Pensions Manager

LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 2011

SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER

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ROB JERRARD’S BOOK CORNER

At times it is difficult to cast one‘s mind back to 1998 when the Manuals in this form were first

published. There have always been manuals in one form or another and I can recall Baker &

Wilkie, which were a set of four, followed by the Manual of Guidance which was renamed The

Police Promotion Examination Manual (PPEM). The PPEM were produced by the Home Office

and updated (loose-leaf) by the Central Planning Instructor Training Unit at Harrogate. As the

Legal Research Inspector when seconded from the City I was involved in this. Looking back

the Baker & Wilkie were a much better size for the pocket.

The task was then taken on by Blackstone Publishers who are now part of Oxford University

Press. The manuals are produced in partnership with the National Police Improvement Agency

and Oxford.

The object of the manuals are to provide the law, uncomplicated and accompanied by key-

notes, case law examples and procedures to take full account of PACE codes of practice and

human rights.

It has to be said that a thorough reading of them should provide sufficient knowledge to pass

the Police promotion examination.

The contents of the Crime Manual, Volume 1, will give students a grounding of the principles of

criminal law and covers, Homicide, Drugs, Firearm Offences, Offences Against the Person,

Sexual Offences, Child Protection, Theft, Fraud, Criminal Damage, Offences Against the Ad-

ministration of Justice and Public Interest and Immigration to list them briefly.

There are some interesting offences which my generation of Police Officers did not have to deal

with, eg reprogramming mobile phones, which is contrary to an Act of 2002, others are voyeur-

ism, Sexual Offences Act 2003, and Assault on Providers of Emergency Services, contrary to a

Statute of 2006. Of course looking through the manual many of the offences remain the same,

or at first glance they do, which is why the law is such a vibrant living subject, eg the Street Of-

fences Act 1959 (Loiter or Solicit in a street or public place for the purpose of prostitution is now

‗as amended by the Police and Crime Act 2009‘) and includes males.

The moral of this Review is therefore if you are studying for promotion (luckily I am not) it pays

to be up to date and in this instance know that the term ‗common prostitute‘ ( See http://

www.rjerrard.co.uk/law/articles/pros.htm has been removed and the word ‗persistently‘ has

been inserted.

The law changes every year and if you study for Police promotion you really must have these

manuals, but they would still be of use if you are retired from the police but still work within the

Criminal Justice System.

Blackstone’s Police Manual 2011

CRIME

One of a set of four (4)

Edition: 2011

Format: Paperback

Author: Paul Conner

ISBN: 978 0199591206

Publishers: Oxford University Press

Price: £17.99

http://www.rjerrard.co.uk/law/articles/pros.htm

http://www.rjerrard.co.uk/law/articles/pros.htm


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Summer 2011

Snow Hill Admin Luncheon Club 2011

For ―The Piggy‘s‖, 2010 was a good year.

The charities we supported in 2010 were Macmillan Cancer Support, British Heart Foundation,

Little Haven Children‘s Hospice and Cancer Research UK. Our donations for the year came to

£549.00 bringing the grand total donated to £7,681.

On behalf of all the charities I would like to thank all the members for their continued support

At our Christmas lunch we were pleased to welcome Alan Maclennan and Bob Ashton and look

forward to seeing them at future lunches.

For all of you reading this entry in our magazine, which ever division you were stationed at, I

would like to extend a warm welcome if you would wish to attend the luncheon club. It is a special

way of meeting old friends and colleagues, enjoying good food, excellent wines and beers, hu-

mour in the City Police tradition, and at the same time giving an enormous amount of help to

some very worthwhile charities.

The lunches are held four times a year at ―Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese‖ Fleet Street,

The remaining dates for 2011: Tuesday 6th

September & Tuesday 6th

December 2011

Our September Lunch will be in honour of “Help the Heroes” charity.

2010 Attendees : John Aitkin, Dave Ashley, Bob Ashton, Geoff Ashton, John Ayres, Ian Bartlett,

Eddie Botham, Harry Bastable, Fluff Bryan, Eric Cattermole, Sam Coster, John Cubbon, Ken

Dodsworth, Jim Foran, Alan Francis, Bob Hennessey, Lionel Goddfrey, Tony Herbert, John Lan-

caster, Eric Lock, Colin McIntosh, Alan Maclennan, John McLeod, Peter Miller, John Ormes,

Ernie Plum, Wally Unitt, John Rew, Phill Seymour, Martin Spencer, Ron Tompkins, Tony Wallis,

Brian Whittington, Stan Wiseman

For any further information please contact me on my mobile or email address. Mobile: 07939499905 email: [email protected]

Mike Surgett

Hon. Secretary.

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ASSOCIATION OF EX CID OFFICERS

The awful weather we had in December 2010 is now a distant memory but the day of our Annual Reunion Lunch at the 1

st Battalion Grenadier Guards

Mess at Wellington Barracks was a particularly bad day. However, de-spite the really rough weather with planes, trains and buses cancelled and roads blocked we had over 90 sit down to lunch, although this was still 70 short of those who had planned to attend. Chairman Fred Simmons was snowed in down in Kent (as many were) so Tim Hillier took over the role of Chairman in Fred's absence and did a great job - particularly entertaining the guests on the top table. Sir John Dellow CBE., DL., John Beadle, President of the Metropolitan Police Ex

CID Officers Association, Brigadier Martin Roberts OBE., Royal Corps of Signals and our new City Police Commander Ian Dyson were those guests who did make it. Commander Dyson re-sponded to the toast to the City of London Police and gave us an update on events in the City, including details of quite severe budget cuts. However he was very upbeat about the future of the City Police and particularly the unique expertise the Force had in dealing with fraud and the threat of terrorism. The Commander comes from a 'job' family; his father who is now in his 80s was a PC in the Met for over 30 years. Alan Goodman was his usual self and proposed the toast to the guests - with plenty of 'tongue in cheek' humour to which Sir John Dellow responded - remembering some of his early years in the City - and beyond. In 2009 we raised over £2,000 for the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards 'Soldiers in Afghanistan' fund and this time our joint collection was for the Royal College for Defence Medicine (Selly Oak) and the Police Rehabilitation Centre at Flint House. Barry McKay spoke quite movingly about the work being done at Selly Oak to care for our service men and women severely injured in conflict zones. We raised £900. Despite the weather, those that did attend certainly enjoyed themselves, the bar was quite lively and later on Petty France saw several old colleagues making their way rather unsteadily towards the tube at St James Park! The Annual Reunion Lunch this year is being held on Tuesday 1st November 2011. We have brought the event forward to avoid any repetition of the bad weather last December. This year the Lunch is being held at the Victory Services Club, Seymour Street, W2 2HF. We are very pleased to have secured this venue and in particular the Carisbrooke Hall at the VSC, a spacious and grand location with its own bar and fully in keeping with what we require for this special event.

The City Police and our Association have lost some good friends over the past year and we re-member them all. We are grateful however to Pat Rice the former Commander in the City who was a great supporter of the Association and who is now Chief Officer of Guernsey Police. Mr Rice attended Brian Bown's funeral in Guernsey in January in full uniform, together with Roy El-sey, Peter Ralph and Jean Keeble, who took the City drape. The feedback from all those who at-tended, including Brian's family was that for a short while on a Thursday afternoon a small beat in a churchyard in Guernsey belonged to the City of London Police.

We were very pleased that our new Commissioner Adrian Leppard MBA has agreed to undertake the role of President of our Association. Mr Leppard attended our Spring Buffet in the Wakefield Mess in May and met many of our members and spoke some encouraging words about the fu-ture of the City Police and our Association. .



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There was a good turnout and the evening was enjoyed by all, it was particularly good to see two of our octogenarians Bill Webster and Ron Enston looking so well.

We have two members in New Zealand, Morry Radden and Doug Bird and I'm pleased to say

that both were in touch and are safe and well following their tragic earthquake

Since retiring, Frank Hooley has become a qualified Battlefield Tour Guide and has offered to lead a Battlefield Tour for Association members, which hopefully will take place in early 2012.

The Association is still going strong with 168 members in this country and abroad, but alongside the great fun we do have at our social events, there is a serious side to the Association where we do remember those colleagues we hear of who may not be too well, with get-well gifts and re-membrances for those sadder occasions – an everlasting tribute to Peter Toy whose death in 1994 triggered the formation of this Association.

Jim Jolly

Secretary

Testing the water?

At the last COLPA/NARPO meeting there was a discussion about the old

City of London Police Annual Christmas Dance. Do you remember—

Barrington House and then in the West End. Could it be revived???

Thought I would test the water. This coming December, Saturday 10th, I have booked 40 places

at the Metropolitan Police Sports Club, the Warren at Hayes in Bromley, Kent.

The booking is provisional and can be more or less depending on demand, providing we get in

quickly as it is very popular.

This year will be similar to last year;

Black Tie Dinner

4 course including coffee, cabaret and dancing.

7pm for 7.30pm - Finish at 12.30am

The meal is always excellent and the decor and atmosphere first class.

Cost £38

I would ask if you are interested, please contact me to provisionally book. I will contact you about

October when the Warren have finalised things, for payment and confirmation.

Ken Dodsworth

Contact me on [email protected] or the old fashioned way on 0208 3097270


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Summer 2011

ROB JERRARD’S BOOK CORNER

Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2011

Edition: 2011 (book with all supplements)

Format: Hardback

Author: David Ormerod and The Right Honourable Lord Justice Hooper

ISBN: 978-019958927-2

Publishers: Oxford University Press

Price: £265.00

Publication Date: October 2010

Review

As always Blackstone’s Criminal Practice continues to fulfil its designed purpose, that is to assist

all those who work in the field of criminal justice.

The expression ‘time flies’ comes to mind when you consider that it is the 21st edition of a book I

have never been without, twenty-one years of referring to it and relying on it must prove its pedi-

gree.

As with last year’s edition, my copy this year came with the First Supplement, which contains the

Criminal Procedure Rules having effect from 4 October 2010 and Sentencing Guidelines as at 1

August 2010. It is possible to visit the Blackstone’s Criminal Practice 2011 companion website at

www.oup.com for free monthly updates and if you register you will receive a free quarterly news-

letter the first of which comes with the book upon purchase.

Some of the new material incorporated into this edition, include, the wide ranging provisions of the

Coroners and Justice Act 2009 affecting aspects of substantive law, procedure and sentencing, in-

cluding new partial defences to murder, extended special measures for witnesses, witness anonym-

ity orders, and a new Sentencing Council; the Policing and Crime Act 2009 which, inter alia, intro-

duces new offences relating to prostitution and new powers in relation to proceeds of crime; the

Crime and Security Act 2010 which introduces a new regime for the retention of DNA data; the

Bribery Act 2010 with new offences including those governing corporations and bribery overseas;

and the revision of the Criminal Procedure Rules. There are also the scores of developments intro-

duced by secondary legislation including yet more controlled drugs added to sch. 2 to the MDA;

and the important changes introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Mandatory Life Sentence:

Determination of Minimum Term) Order 2010 (SI 2010 No.197).

This edition contains new cases including the first cases from the new Supreme Court. Included are

Horncastle (hearsay) [2010] 2 WLR 47 and Mendez (joint enterprise liability) [2010] EWCA Crim

516 and Sheppard and Whittle (jurisdiction) [2010] 2 All ER 850.

Once again a substantial work, well presented and worth investing in for another year.

http://www.oup.com

Summer 2011


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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’

80 or over on 21st June 2010 Age Pensioned Rank

Walter Stapleton 95 01/07/76 Ass Commissioner

William Gallafent 92 31/08/76 PS 93E

Philip Coppack 91 30/05/78 Det Chief Supt

Eric Ellwood-Wade 90 28/04/75 Ch/Insp

Frederick Butterfield 89 01/06/76 PS 75C

Frederick Chamberlain 89 20/09/76 PC 700E

Sidney Smith 89 02/10/79 Ch/Supt

George Fell 88 04/10/82 PC 172B

Cyril Breeze 87 17/09/79 PC 658D

Stanley Geale 87 01/07/77 Insp

Laurie Lacey 87 23/01/78 PS 27E

Kenneth Short 87 10/05/76 Ch/Supt

John Aitken 86 23/12/76 PC 274B

Ernest Jordan 86 03/09/79 PC 678D

Ronald Edrupt 85 21/04/81 PC 645D

Marcus Kirkwood 85 21/11/84 Det Ch/Supt

John Leppard 85 01/11/82 Det Ch/Insp

Donald Bull 84 01/03/78 Insp

Leslie Hollett 84 03/09/79 DC 458E

Francis McPherson 84 01/11/76 DC 723E

Gordon Muffett 84 13/06/83 PS 104C

John Thacker 84 04/07/77 PC 477B

Charles Torrance 84 06/02/78 PC 606D

Gerald Wallace 84 06/02/87 Det Insp



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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’ cont inued


William Webster 84 21/02/77 DS 912E

William White 84 31/08/84 PC 709E

Denis Edwards 83 28/08/84 PC 460E

Ronald Enston 83 17/08/83 DS 921E

Andrew Graham 83 05/10/83 PC 420C

Richard Johnson 83 13/04/78 PS

Ernest Jones 83 01/03/78 PS 108E

Geoffrey Lorton 83 21/03/83 Insp

David Pronger 83 05/09/83 PC 644E

Ronald Scriven 83 05/11/73 PS 78E

John Sherlock 83 01/07/83 PC 468E

Donald Smith 83 29/02/84 Ch/Supt

Robert Wilson 83 18/02/84 PC 445E

Albert Garry 82 22/12/84 PC 237E

Edward Hughes 82 14/09/83 PS 94D

James Miller 82 28/01/85 PS 61E

Stanley Roberts 82 01/09/83 PC 453E

Ernest Thomson 82 29/10/84 DCI

Ronald Westgate 82 29/10/84 PC 192E

Leonard Wilson 82 28/02/83 DS 904E

Thomas Angus 81 18/01/85 PC 483E

Roy Barron 81 24/09/84 PS 99C

Anthony Batson 81 01/10/76 PC 429E

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Ron Buckland 81 14/11/83 Ch/Insp

Michael Golden 81 28/01/85 DC

Douglas Cooper 81 01/10/87 PC 411E

Royston Elsey 81 18/03/85 D/Supt

Peter Emeny 81 01/12/82 DS 939E

Alan Francis OBE 81 01/02/78 Ch/Supt

Roland Gilbert 81 10/06/85 PC 640E

Michael Golden 81 28/01/85 DC

Derek Hall 81 21/05/79 DS

Eric Newton 81 01/07/78 Insp

Dennis Pratt 81 20/01/86 PS 79E

Terrance Sandy 81 05/09/83 Ch/Insp

Joseph Allen 80 01/11/83 PS 71

Roy Bender 80 05/09/83 PC 642D

Joyce Chandler 80 07/08/74 DC 21E

Brian Cramp 80 23/07/84 PC 452E

Royston Davis 80 27/10/80 PC 373A

Brian Fisher 80 08/09/80 Supt

Eric Gladman 80 23/01/87 Insp

Many congratulations to the ‗new‘ boys who have recently made the senior ranks!!!

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Joseph Heathorn 80 08/05/84 PC 361E

Alan Holverson 80 16/08/82 Insp

Clive Jackson 80 02/08/82 Det/Supt

James Mason 80 30/01/86 PC 386E

Francis Mcafee 80 01/04/85 PC 238E

Frank Mills 80 23/03/87 PC 261

Thomas Morgan 80 03/09/84 DC 175E

Harry Rafferty 80 02/09/85 Insp

Lionel Seymour 80 06/08/82 PC 125C

Thomas Simpson 80 25/01/82 PS

David Sparkes 80 07/11/83 Ch/Supt

Keith Thomasson 80 24/09/84 PS

Ray Uwins 80 20/08/84 PS 16B

Jack White 80 06/09/82 PC 166

David Wallace 80 30/07/84 Insp

Many congratulations to the ‗new‘ boys who have recently made the senior ranks!!!

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