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www.fellowshiphistory.org
Introduction
The Police/Law Enforcement
Professionals Fellowship of Rotarians was inaugurated by Rotary
International in October, 1994. The Founding Executive Committee
consisted of Sergeant Geoffrey Little, Rotary Club of (then)
Wollstonecraft, Sydney, Australia, Sheriff Mike Milas, Rotary
Club of Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA, and Sergeant Robert
Schottlander, Rotary Club of Fonthill, Ontario, Canada.
At the time, the Fellowship grew
to in excess of one hundred correspondents.
The Fellowship looks forward to
your "Expression of Interest" either in the form of a letter,
fax or email and is open to all Rotarian Serving and Former
Serving Members of Police and Law Enforcement, including those
who have been accorded 'Honorary Membership' of a Rotary Club;
are the recipients of a 'Paul Harris Fellowship' or have served
as a member of a Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team from anywhere
in the world to anywhere in the world.
As a Rotarian, Honorary Rotarian,
Paul Harris Fellowship Recipient or existing or Past GSE Team
Member, you are already a 'Nominal Member' of Polepfor.
'Associate' Membership is open to the 'Friends of Polepfor'.
PLEASE NOTE: To
be a Member of Polepfor, an Email Address is essential.
OBJECTIVES of
The Police/Law Enforcement Professionals Fellowship of Rotarians
(PoLEPFoR)
The Objectives of the Fellowship
are to promote the fraternal ties which exist within Police and
Law Enforcement, and to engage in Professional and Cultural
exchanges, with a view to enhancing the work of Rotary and
Police and Law Enforcement, locally, nationally and
internationally.
The Fellowship continues to
promote the ethic of "Service Above Self"' through the concept
of 'Community Based Policing' and Vocational Excellence.
The Vocation of Police and Law
Enforcement is world wide, diverse, and covers a wide spectrum
of respective duties and responsibilities. Professional
interaction is limitless and should be looked upon as another
weapon in the international armoury of Law Enforcement. Polepfor
supports the work of INTERPOL, United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations, and other National and International Law Enforcement
Agencies.
The Fellowship Web Site is now
linking up with approved Police and Law Enforcement Web Sites
around the world to provide a facility for members to expand
upon your Vocational, Cultural and Social interests within and
without Police and Law Enforcement.
LATE BREAKING NEWS!!
The Polepfor Team have recently
discovered the value of being associated with Rotary
International's new Facebook website, Linkedin and Twitter.
Whatever we may think about these more 'personal' sites, you
will find (as your Chairman has found) that the networking
opportunities just amongst Police and Law Enforcement is
phenomenal, not to mention a whole new constituency who are
either Probus Members, Rotarians, Rotaractors and/or 'friends'
of Rotary which includes the 'sons and daughters' of Rotarians
who only now, are finding out about the value of Rotary.
What started off five years ago
with one guy out there endeavouring to keep in touch with his
classmates has now become a new International Forum for us all.
Check out the Polepfor Group on
Linkedin and start to explore a whole new world out there.
Photo from the 2005 Chicago
Convention
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