All details in Part 1, with the exception of date and place of birth, occupation & employer,   will be published in the directory of members unless a request to the contrary is received. If you do not wish your telephone number published, please say so in the telephone number box.

• Please enclose your membership fee with the completed application form.  All cheques/postal orders/money orders, must be made payable to PICA of GB.

• Passport sized Photo must be enclosed with Application.

• Overseas applicants must not pay by personal cheque unless payable    in Sterling.

• Serving officers should apply their station stamp in Part 2 of the form, and do not require a reference.

• If you are not a serving police officer you must provide a reference before  your application is considered. It must be a current member of  this Association or a serving police officer who has known you personally for a reasonable time and can confirm you are a genuine collector of police insignia.

Details provided on this form will be stored in a computerized data retrieval system for the purpose of maintaining membership records, production of the membership directory and  printing of address labels for the distribution of official literature. Objections to such storage   must be made in writing to the Chairman.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 [UK only]

8, Foxon Lane Gardens, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5SN. ENGLAND.

Thank you for your enquiry about our Association. Allow me to tell you something of PICA of GB. The original idea was to try to gather all genuine collectors of police insignia and to create a central register in order to contact one another for trading etc.

Since that time, we have grown from that original idea into an organised association whose members are interested, not only in badges, but also in the history of the police forces from whence they came. In January 1975 a two page ‘news sheet’ was published and this has grown into a fully illustrated magazine, published three times a year. A full list of members and their collecting interests is also published annually and distributed free to members. The Association has its own tie, tie tac, and other distinctive items, as well as a stock of badges and other items which are available for sale to members according to a set procedure.

 Please note: cash is acceptable in Sterling, Euros or $US. We do accept Paypal, but that will incur an administration fee of 5%

Subscriptions are due on the 1st January each year and MUST be paid by the 1st of February at the latest. All money is paid into the Association’s account, and is used solely for the printing and postage of the magazine and other allied expenses. All officers and committee members are unpaid and devote much of their free time for the benefit of the Association. In order to minimize costs an SAE is appreciated when writing to committee members about PICA matters.

I hope this has told you a little about us. Our membership continues to increase and I feel sure that you will be able to benefit from becoming a member of the UK’s first police collecting and historical association.

I enclose an application form with this letter. Applicants living in the UK should pay by means of cheque, postal order or money order. European applicants can pay via Girocheque, payable at the British Post Office Giro Centre, other applicants should submit payment in Sterling, made payable to PICA of GB, NOT to an individual.

     Please read carefully the notes on the back of the application form. I look forward to receiving your completed form in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Collman

PICA Membership Secretary