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Public order trained police officers were called to quell an outbreak of disorder at the recent A.G.M of the Spamford branch of the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO).
Violence broke out when a new member proposed that the annual Christmas lunch should take place at a local curry house, as opposed to the Spamford Golf and Country Club where the event has been held for the last twenty three years.
NARPO chairman Reg Bresslaw said ' The use of A19 to retire officers has brought in some young members with radical ideas. If we are not careful we will end up going to Prague on the piss instead of Eastbourne for our summer break.'
'The golf club has always looked after us and the staff will even chew our food for us if we ask them.'
Mr Bresslaw, who has been the branch chairman since his retirement in 1967, does not condone the use of violence but described the atmosphere in the room as 'ugly' before the vote took place.
Officers arriving to separate the two rival groups were greeted with a hail of Werther’s originals and at one stage a mobility scooter was set on fire and sent towards the police lines.
Chief Inspector Hendon Bailey-Brown, who was the bronze commander for the operation said, 'In keeping with my role and rank I stayed well away from any danger but from what I am told things only calmed down when someone told them Countdown was starting shortly and they began to disperse.'
A date for the next meeting has yet to be decided but it is hoped that tea and biscuits will be provided and there will be a presentation from a company demonstrating the latest developments in stair lifts.
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