07/11/2001
NI Policing Board meet for the first time
The first meeting of the new Northern Ireland Policing Board has taken place in Belfast.
Replacing the Northern Ireland Police Authority, the 19-strong Policing Board met on Wednesday November 7 at their offices in Clarendon Dock.
Professor Desmond Rea chairs the board, which is made up of 10 members from the Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP and the Democratic Unionist Party, and nine independent board members.
Although entitled to nominate two members to the board Sinn Féin refused to do so on the basis that the Policing Act failed to fully embody the proposals set out in the Patten report.
Addressing the board on Wednesday Professor Rea said: “As we look forward to the challenges ahead it would be remiss not to reflect on the significant contribution made by the RUC and by so many police officers down the years. It would be remiss not to remember all those officers who lost their lives and their family circles. It would remiss not to remember all those soldiers injured and who continue to carry the scars.”
The board’s vice chair, Denis Bradley, said the meeting “heralded a new beginning for the police”.
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who addressed the meeting, said: “I welcome this morning's meeting of the new Policing Board. I see it as another very positive step in terms of the transition of policing and the development of policing in Northern Ireland.”
The first batch of between 260-300 PSNI trainees - selected on a 50-50 Catholic Protestant basis - began training on Sunday and are expected to be on the streets by spring 2002. (AMcE)
Replacing the Northern Ireland Police Authority, the 19-strong Policing Board met on Wednesday November 7 at their offices in Clarendon Dock.
Professor Desmond Rea chairs the board, which is made up of 10 members from the Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP and the Democratic Unionist Party, and nine independent board members.
Although entitled to nominate two members to the board Sinn Féin refused to do so on the basis that the Policing Act failed to fully embody the proposals set out in the Patten report.
Addressing the board on Wednesday Professor Rea said: “As we look forward to the challenges ahead it would be remiss not to reflect on the significant contribution made by the RUC and by so many police officers down the years. It would be remiss not to remember all those officers who lost their lives and their family circles. It would remiss not to remember all those soldiers injured and who continue to carry the scars.”
The board’s vice chair, Denis Bradley, said the meeting “heralded a new beginning for the police”.
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who addressed the meeting, said: “I welcome this morning's meeting of the new Policing Board. I see it as another very positive step in terms of the transition of policing and the development of policing in Northern Ireland.”
The first batch of between 260-300 PSNI trainees - selected on a 50-50 Catholic Protestant basis - began training on Sunday and are expected to be on the streets by spring 2002. (AMcE)
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