Twenty members of the Royal Gibraltar Police's Armed Forces Support Network got together for a commemorative photograph ahead of this year’s Remembrance Sunday.

The officers in this photograph served previously with the Royal Navy, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, HM Royal Marines, the Royal Military Police, the Parachute Regiment, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Air Force.

The RGP and British Forces Gibraltar signed the Armed Forces Covenant in Gibraltar in November 2021, committing to work together to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the armed forces community.

The pact was in recognition of the value that serving personnel, both regular, reservists, veterans and military families, contribute to our business and our communities. 

In October 2023, the RGP was presented with the United Kingdom’s Defence Employer Recognition Scheme “Silver Award.”

Superintendent Paul Chipolina, the RGP Armed Forces Lead, said: “Members of the armed forces community possess a breadth of skills and experience which, when harnessed, can be used to continue delivering the best possible service to Gibraltar. Equally, we acknowledge and look towards supporting the needs of the armed forces community, whether as colleagues, members of staff, victims or offenders of crime.

“The RGP's Armed Forces Support Network I currently lead, assisted by Police Constable Karl Moody, is committed to supporting resident veterans and visitors who might interact with police for any number of reasons. Equally, we're working alongside UK policing colleagues with similar networks, principally with Greater Manchester Police, to help influence other organisations in pledging their support to our armed forces community. 

“One project we’re currently working on and very much looking forward to is the ‘Pillars of Hercules Challenge,’ which will see some of us, alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue and Lancashire Constabulary, ascend Gibraltar and Jebel Musa within the same day (5th April 2025) to raise funds for several military and police veterans’ charities.”

The RGP encourages local organisations across Gibraltar’s public and private sectors to work with us by pledging their support to armed forces personnel, their families, reservists and veterans.