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On and Off Duty

CPA member recognised in the 2021 New Year’s Honours List
Reverend Glynne James, Principal Police Chaplain for South Wales, and the first Police Chaplain in Wales, was recognised in the New Year’s Honours list with the British Empire Medal (BEM) for dedicating more than six decades of his life to serving his country and community…
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Why Christmas by Allan Spencer
On almost every page of any diary a festival, celebration, or day of activity or remembrance will be marked in some way. Indeed there are annually in excess of 120 days designated as times of specific religious significance applying to most faiths and beliefs in addition to a multitude of other ‘days of significance’ noted throughout the year in one way or another…
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Pray 4 Your Police (P4YP)

Part of our vision is to see ‘an active and growing Branch of CPA in every Police Service in the UK’. Let us pray particularly where Forces have no active Branch, indicated in red and especially where there is no single point of contact (SPOC). Print, and pray every day!
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Reports

Our 2020 Annual Report has been delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic and associated restrictions. Since March 2020 we made a decision to remain fully operation during this difficult period and have been blessed with continued growth during this unprecedented time. This will be reported upon next year. CPA is a National Voice for Christians in Policing and we honour the inspirational vision of our founder Catherine Gurney OBE. Our charity operates in the majority of Police Service areas across the United Kingdom. This report looks back over 2019 and during that year we saw new branches launched and a sustained growth in new members, friends and community partners.
Lee Russell
Executive Director

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This document provides a step by step guide to help faith communities to engage with the police and to focus their passion for helping others in such a way to support the police and to find long term solutions. It is for neighbourhood police teams who feel they are fighting these challenges alone and struggling to find solutions and for faith groups who want to help but don’t know where to start.

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It was always the practice, in the early days of the Christian Police Association to hold the annual gathering at Exeter Hall in the Strand, London. Many well-known speakers were invited to participate, among them the famous Baptist preacher C. H. Spurgeon. He spoke to CPA on more than one occasion but his first visit was in 1890 when he gave as his title ‘Why should a policeman be a true Christian?’ As the Gurney family business was shorthand writing, it is hardly surprising that such talks were fully recorded and many appeared in the CPA magazine. The message that follows appeared in the On and Off Duty magazine for June 1890.

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