PRESS RELEASE
DCI Paul Hurley speaks at Samaritans AGM.
22 January 2010
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hurley, the Senior Officer, who investigated a cluster of suicides in the Bridgend area of South Wales, will be the guest speaker at Cheltenham Samaritans AGM on Friday 22 January 2010. Also in attendance will be Cheltenham MP Martin Horwood and Cheltenham Samaritans' Patron, Lord Jones accompanied by Lady Jones.
The 46th Annual General Meeting of the Cheltenham & District branch of Samaritans will take place in the Frances Twyford Room in Victoria House at 7.30pm on Friday 22 January 2010. During the business meeting four new trustees will be elected and the positions of Treasurer, Secretary and Publicity Officer will be filled.
Following the business part of the meeting, DCI Hurley will address the volunteers and guests and share some of his experiences of responding to the cluster of suicides in the Bridgend area of South Wales and as a skilled hostage negotiator. Graham Tandy, one of the trustees of Cheltenham Samaritans said "We are very fortunate to have such a respected and acclaimed speaker at this event".
During the evening refreshments will be served by members of the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans and Valerie Nicoll, Chair of Cheltenham Samaritans, will be receiving a cheque for £13,000 from the Friends on behalf of the emotional support charity.
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Notes to editors
DCI Paul Hurley has 25 years Police service. He has served as a Police Officer in Gwent Police, Bermuda Police and South Wales Police.
Paul has extensive experience of policing in proactive and reactive roles, community policing, covert policing and serious crime investigations.
Paul has performed the role as a Detective in every rank and is currently an accredited Senior Investigation Officer (SIO) in the South Wales Police, Major Crime Investigation Team. His core business is the investigation of Murder, Manslaughter, Terrorism, Kidnap and Extortion and Product Contamination.
He is the Senior Investigation Officer, who investigated a cluster of suicides in the Bridgend area of South Wales and is one of the South Wales Police, Hostage Crisis Negotiators.
It is the aim of Samaritans to make emotional health a mainstream issue. Samaritans' vision is for a society where fewer people die by suicide because people are able to share feelings of emotional distress openly without fear of being judged. Samaritans believes that offering people the opportunity to be listened to in confidence, and accepted without prejudice, can alleviate despair and suicidal feelings.
Samaritans is a registered charity, founded in 1953, which offers 24-hour
confidential emotional support to anyone in emotional distress. The service
is offered by 16,800 trained volunteers and is entirely
dependent on voluntary support. Across the UK, you can call Samaritans on
08457 90 90 90 (1850 60 90 90 in the Republic of Ireland) email jo@samaritans.org,
write to Samaritans at Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA, or if you
are deaf or hard of hearing use the single national minicom number 08457
90 91 92. Log on to www.samaritans.org for more information. Calls from
BT will be charged at up to 4 pence per minute at all times. A call set-up
fee of 3 pence per minute applies to calls
from residential lines. Mobile and other providers' charges may vary.
For further information about this press release or to learn more about Cheltenham Samaritans please contact Graham Tandy, Publicity Officer, Cheltenham Samaritans, Victoria House, Back Albert Place, Cheltenham, GL52 2HN (Phone: 07777 683 448 or email: publicity@cheltenhamsamaritans.org)