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Foyle MLA condems 'complete disregard for community' following attack on police officers

SDLP Policing Board member, Mark H Durkan MLA has condemned an attack on two police officers in Strabane as wholly unacceptable. The targeted bomb attack which occurred overnight in the Mount Carmel Heights area resulted in damage to a patrol ...

18 Nov 2022 at 17:33

Local News

Durkan expresses concern for trafficking victims

SDLP Policing Board member Mark H Durkan has stated that greater efforts are needed to protect and support victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in Northern Ireland. It follows a major operation to target human trafficking this ...

22 Nov 2022 at 16:33

Northern Ireland

Policing to undergo ‘dramatic changes’ next year due to reducing budget

The structure and operations of the PSNI are to undergo “dramatic changes” next year due to its reducing budget, the Northern Ireland Policing Board has heard. Chief Constable Simon Byrne outlined “deep worry” about being able to ...

06 Oct 2022 at 15:37

Northern Ireland

Cost-of-living crisis ‘could fuel increase in theft and domestic violence’

The cost-of-living crisis is likely to lead to an increase in crimes such as theft and domestic violence, the PSNI’s Chief Constable has said. Simon Byrne also updated the Policing Board on the budgetary pressures facing the ...

04 Sept 2022 at 12:33

Northern Ireland

Long shares police chief’s ambition to increase officer numbers

Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long said she shares the chief constable’s ambition to increase police officer numbers. Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has described current PSNI officer numbers as “dangerously low” and said ...

19 Nov 2024 at 17:07

Northern Ireland

Police chief raises prospect of giving officers pay rise without funding secured

Northern Ireland’s police chief has raised the prospect of him introducing a pay rise for his officers without securing the money to fund it. Jon Boutcher acknowledged that such a step could prompt a formal sanction for ...

07 Dec 2023 at 17:41

Northern Ireland

Pressure on officer numbers has broken PSNI workforce, Boutcher says

Pressure on officer numbers in policing in Northern Ireland has broken the workforce, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said. The region’s top police officer said he wants to see PSNI numbers rise to 8,000 over the ...

17 Sept 2024 at 14:57

Northern Ireland

Police set to ground one of three helicopters in response to ‘bleak’ budget

The police are set to ground one of their three helicopters as part of a cost-cutting response to a “grim” and “bleak” budget, the chief constable has said. Simon Byrne told the Northern Ireland Policing Board that ...

01 Jun 2023 at 15:15

Derry News

PSNI Officers accused of sharing images of suicide vicitms

SDLP Policing Board member Sinéad McLaughlin has said further allegations about PSNI officers sharing images of suicide victims are extremely concerning. Two families have now come forward with allegations around ...

27 Jul 2022 at 15:33

PSNI warns dissidents may attempt attacks on police on Easter Monday

Police in Northern Ireland have warned of the potential of dissidents launching attacks on their officers in Derry on Easter Monday. Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said the force has received “strong” ...

06 Apr 2023 at 19:22

Northern Ireland

Nothing off table in dealing with road deaths ‘epidemic’, police chief says

Nothing is off the table when dealing with the “epidemic” of roads deaths in Northern Ireland, Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said. A senior officer also told the Policing Board that speed enforcement was ...

02 May 2024 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Dissident republicans claim to possess leaked police information – PSNI chief

Dissident republicans claim to be in possession of information about police officers circulating on WhatsApp following a data blunder, Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable Simon Byrne has said. Hundreds of ...

10 Aug 2023 at 18:06

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