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Police chief warns of ‘tough choices’ due to budget shortfall

Northern Ireland’s chief constable has warned of “tough choices” to be made as a consequence of the police budget allocation. Describing a “precarious budgetary situation”, Simon Byrne said PSNI officer numbers may reduce from 7,000 to 6,000 by 2025....

03 Feb 2022 at 15:56

Local News

PSNI could lose 1,000 officers if budget not resolved

Chief Constable Simon Byrne has expressed concern about the PSNI budget going forward. Mr Byrne was speaking during a visit to Derry's Strand Road Police Station on Thursday afternoon. Speaking to Derry News, he warned the PSNI was only going to be ...

23 Jun 2022 at 16:33

Local News

Tribunal: ‘Difference of opinion’ among top police on moving Derry police chief after Covid cover row

There was a difference of opinion between the most senior officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland about moving a commander from Derry following a row over working practices during the pandemic. Former chief superintendent Emma Bond had ...

16 Jan 2023 at 15:33

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 maintain the ...

06 Oct 2022 at 15:37

Northern Ireland

Police chief says violence against women will not be tolerated

PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne has said the force is sending a message that violence against women and girls will not be tolerated as he launched its first action plan for policing the issue. The police force said that women and girls are ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Ireland

Hundreds of officers will be brought in to police Biden visit – Byrne

Hundreds of specialist police officers from England and Wales will be needed in Northern Ireland as part of a massive security operation during a visit by US President Joe Biden, PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has said. Mr Biden has ...

16 Mar 2023 at 11:23

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 force ...

04 Sept 2022 at 12:33

PSNI leadership pressed for ‘full response’ following data breach

The leadership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been urged to give a “full response” following a major data blunder. PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne cut short a family holiday to return to Belfast to answer ...

11 Aug 2023 at 15:14

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 future PSNI ...

01 Jun 2023 at 15:15

Northern Ireland

Diverting officers to investigate past crimes a ‘tension’ for PSNI, says chief

Diverting police officers from frontline duties to investigate Northern Ireland’s troubled past creates a “tension” for the PSNI, chief constable Simon Byrne has said. Mr Byrne said that while his force was shrinking in size ...

28 Jun 2023 at 13:37

PSNI Chief Constable seeks to reassure representative groups after data blunder

Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable Simon Byrne has sought to reassure staff and officer representative groups after a major data breach earlier this week. The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s leadership was earlier ...

11 Aug 2023 at 20:53

Senior officer restates belief that New IRA shot off-duty detective in Omagh

A senior police officer has repeated his belief that the dissident republican New IRA carried out a gun attack on an off-duty detective in Northern Ireland. Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan made the remarks to ...

02 Mar 2023 at 13:02

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