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22/11/2001
Policing Board to commission policing emblems
The Northern Ireland Police Board is to commission its own designs for the new police symbol for the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The board agreed to take into account ideas proposed this week by Secretary of State John Reid after it discussed the issue for the first time on Wednesday November 21.
The legislation under which the RUC changed to the Police Service of Northern Ireland this month gives the board the power to come to an agreement on the new service’s emblems.
Board chairman Professor Desmond Rea said: “This was never going to be an easy issue to resolve. The Policing Board represents a broad church of opinion and that is one of our strengths. It also means that on subjects such as this members of the board are likely to hold very different views.”
Prof Rea said that they had decided to set up a small working group to deal specifically with the design of the new emblem.
The Northern Ireland Secretary’s draft emblems were immediately rejected by the Democratic Unionists and the Ulster Unionists.
The board has also asked Dr Reid for more time to consider the issue, stating the current 14 December deadline is too restrictive.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included the new code of ethics currently being drafted. The board also agreed to press the secretary of state for £44 million in extra funding in order to supplement next year's police budget.
The Policing Board has replaced the Northern Ireland Police Authority and will work to oversee the new service and can hold the chief constable to account.
The Ulster Unionist Party, the nationalist SDLP and the Democratic Unionist Party all nominated members to the board in September. Sinn Féin refused to take their seats. (AMcE)
The board agreed to take into account ideas proposed this week by Secretary of State John Reid after it discussed the issue for the first time on Wednesday November 21.
The legislation under which the RUC changed to the Police Service of Northern Ireland this month gives the board the power to come to an agreement on the new service’s emblems.
Board chairman Professor Desmond Rea said: “This was never going to be an easy issue to resolve. The Policing Board represents a broad church of opinion and that is one of our strengths. It also means that on subjects such as this members of the board are likely to hold very different views.”
Prof Rea said that they had decided to set up a small working group to deal specifically with the design of the new emblem.
The Northern Ireland Secretary’s draft emblems were immediately rejected by the Democratic Unionists and the Ulster Unionists.
The board has also asked Dr Reid for more time to consider the issue, stating the current 14 December deadline is too restrictive.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included the new code of ethics currently being drafted. The board also agreed to press the secretary of state for £44 million in extra funding in order to supplement next year's police budget.
The Policing Board has replaced the Northern Ireland Police Authority and will work to oversee the new service and can hold the chief constable to account.
The Ulster Unionist Party, the nationalist SDLP and the Democratic Unionist Party all nominated members to the board in September. Sinn Féin refused to take their seats. (AMcE)
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