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INSIDE Presidents Message
Fraternal greetings to all members of the Ukrainian/American Police Association. Over the past year, our association has been evolving from a local organization to a membership roll that includes other cities in the United States, Canada and abroad. Most of our members have learned of our association as a result of our organizing and participating in the 1994 Kyiv Law Enforcement conference. For me, it was heart warming to see the genuine welcome and acceptance of our association throughout the ranks of law enforcement in Kyiv and other cities. With this experience behind us, I believe that a major goal of the association should be to continue building our relationships with law enforcement in Ukraine. The resulting bonds such a professional and fraternal exchange would be a rewarding experience. During General Alexander Ischenko's visit with us in December of 1994, he suggested the possibility of having our police members visit their parents birth place cities in Ukraine and start relationships with the police in those areas. If there is an interest on your part, please contact me and we?ll start the process. I am especially proud of our associations involvement in the coordinating and planning of the upcoming ten city U.S. tour of Ukraine?s Interior Ministries Song and Dance Ensemble. One of our goals is to promote cultural and personal exchange?s between Independent Ukraine and the west. A continuing goal for 1996 is to bring law enforcement
officers of Ukrainian heritage together for the exchange of ideas and contacts.
Membership enrollment and participation will determine our future success.
I encourage our members to spread the word of our association and to contribute
with comments and suggestions. We heartily welcome contact from our members
outside the Chicago area. Please contact us with your thoughts.
I wish all our members good health and look forward
to a growing relationship.
Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble: The Ukrainian/American Police Association extended
an invitation to the Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble of the Interior
Ministry of Ukraine, to engage in a concert tour of cities in the United
States of America with large populations of Americans of Ukrainian heritage.
This tour will begin in New York City on 20 October 1995 and end in Chicago
on 2 November 1995. The performance scheduled is:
The touring ensemble comprised of musicians, dancers, chorus and support personnel will total 71 citizens of Ukraine. Lieutenant General Edward Vadymovych Fere, first deputy minister of the Interior of Ukraine, will head the tour, with the assistance of Colonel Vasyl Iakovych Didyk. The commanding officer of the artistic director, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Mykhaylovych Cherepakha will lead the ensemble. The tour will be coordinated by Col. Ihor Rakowsky, of the Ukrainian/American Police Association and by Maestro Volodymyr Luciw, cultural representative of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine. Choral group leaders in various cities, as well as members of the Ukrainian American Police Association will assist in the organizing effort. The song and dance ensemble was formed in Kyiv on June 22, 1992. The purpose of this ensemble, as conceptualized by Major General Oleksiy Hryhorenko, Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Druzenko and artistic director Lieutenant Colonel Roman Cherepakha, is to promote Ukrainian nation building. By tying the Ministry of the Interior, which provides national police and fire services in Ukraine, to Ukrainian culture, it's negative image from the Soviet era is changing while the process of cultural rebirth is gaining a powerful ally. Under Lt. Col.Cherepakha's overall direction, choirmaster Valeriy Kachnov, ballet master Mykola Khriapin and orchestra director Vasyl Antonov, have created a truly professional ensemble of music, song and dance. Their wide-ranging and exciting repertoire has garnered them recognition throughout Ukraine, and first place at the international competition, ?Slavic Bazaar? of 1994, held in Bialorus. The participants of the first and second International Law Enforcement Conferences, held in Kyiv since independence, were treated to spectacular concerts by the ensemble. We look forward to seeing them repeat their superb performances on American stages, for American audiences. Despite the generous financial support offered
and the positive ticket sale projections , a financial shortfall is expected.
The cost of transportation, lodging, meals, insurance, rentals and support
services connected with such a project are enormous. We appeal to all who
would like to see more progress in Ukraine's law enforcement circles and
in it's cultural renaissance, to attend these concerts and to donate any
reasonable amount to:
International Police Association: In June 1995, the International Police Association conference was held in Chicago. This coincided with our sponsoring Anatoly Hryschenko, a colonel with the police academy in Kyiv, on a ten day tour of Chicago and New York. As part of Col. Hryschenko?s visit he was assigned by the Minister of Interior to research the possibility of Ukraine?s militia members to join the International Police Association. The ministry is looking into different ways of extending communications with other western nations. The I.P.A. is very active in Europe in facilitating contacts and exchanges of information between various police agencies. Col. Hryschenko and our association were warmly welcomed by Howard Rogers, the president of the United States Section. All of the officers of I.P.A. were very helpful in making it possible for Ukraine to be sponsored by the United States as an independent section of the I.P.A. Col. Hryschenko was asked to address the convention during the opening ceremonies which he did admirably, in uniform and with the Ukrainian flag. Much interest was generated by the other delegates at the convention as they continually sought out Col. Hryschenko to trade patches or exchange business cards for future contact. International Police Conference --Kyiv 1995 The following is a portion of a letter from Bohdan Huzar to President Nehoda describing this years police conference in Kyiv. The Conference was titled "Combating Organized Crime in Bank, Credit and Financial Systems" . It was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from September 12-14 1995. The conference was the second annual international conference sponsored by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The conference program was shorter than last years program. Tuesday, September 12 was devoted to registration, opening remarks by Yuri Vandin, First Deputy Minister of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, a concert and a reception. Wednesday and Thursday, September 13-14 were full working days at the conference. Even though the working portion of the conference lasted only two days, it was a full two days. Twenty three countries participated in the conference. Armenia, Belarous, Bulgaria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and the United States. On Wednesday, September 13 the participants were given a choice of going to a soccer game (Dynamo played a match in Kyiv) or seeing a performance at the Kyiv opera. Both events were held in the evening. Unfortunately I was not able to attend either event. On Thursday, September 14 the participants were given a tour of the National Bank of Ukraine. As most of the membership knows, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a new hierarchy. Minister Volodimir Radchenko has been replaced by Y.F. Kravchenko, Deputy Minister Alexander Ishchenko has been replaced by Yuri Vandin and so on. But one familiar face remained among the crowd. Vasyl Didyk, Chief of the Analytical Center, Ukrainian Academy of Internal Affairs was at the Conference as moderator. He helped organize the conference and the cultural events and, in my opinion, made the conference a success. Hopefully, the recommendations that were made
to the Organizing Committee will be taken to heart and hopefully some of
those recommendations will be passed into law.
Police chief fired after crime surge: (IntelNews) Odessa police are losing the war on crime and the numbers prove it, reported the Odeskie Izvestiya May 25. As a result heads are beginning to roll, the first of casualty being Colonel Oleksandr Kopylov, who was the boss of the Arstiaskiy Regional Police Division until April. Kopylov lost his position shortly after the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs set up an oversight unit within the Odessa Police Department. All crime statistics are up over 1994: crime overall by 8 percent, theft by 14 percent and robbery by 12 percent. By
comparison, in ex-Police Chief Kopylov's district over the same period
crime increase by 11 percent, theft by 18 percent and robbery by 20 percent.
This is, according to the report what cost Kopylov his job.
Anti-crime campaign successful: (IntelNews/Unian) Law enforcement officials arrested
over 8,500 suspects and investigated 30 murders in a 13 day anti-crime
campaign, the Internal Affairs Ministry press centre reported. A total
of 28 rapes, 243 robberies and 1,279 cases of embezzlement of state and
private property were investigated during the campaign. In addition, the
Kyiv railway police raided a train and arrested a group of suspects from
the area of Moscow who were charged with a murder in Kyiv.
Elections for new officers will take place at the next general meeting.
Members are invited and encouraged to submit
to us articles or news clips that may be of interest to our members. We
would like to start a letters to the Editor type of thing, but we need
your assistance to do this.
For members of the association, UAPA has the
following items for sale bearing the association emblem. All items are
dark blue in color with our emblem done in blue and gold.
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