02/11/2001
RUC Chief Constable to stand down
RUC Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan has confirmed that he is to stand down.
Sir Ronnie made the comments on Friday, just two days before the RUC becomes the Police Service of Northern Ireland, heralding a new era of policing in the province.
At midnight on Sunday November 4 the RUC changes its name as part of the reforms brought in as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
In post for five years, Sir Ronnie said he would be standing down in the “not too distant future”.
He said that he thought Sinn Féin would eventually back the new policing arrangements that have been implemented in an attempt to make the policing of the province more acceptable to all those in Northern Ireland.
Dismissing claims that the move marked a disbanding of the RUC, Sir Ronnie said Sunday represented a “landmark” in terms of change for the police force.
He said that the members of the RUC, those who would form the Police Service of Northern Ireland, “deserved normality more than any other body of men and women in this society.”
He indicated that he would not be heading the force for much longer, but that with several senior officers due to retire and others in the running for chief constable posts elsewhere, the timing of his replacement was yet to be determined. (SP)
Sir Ronnie made the comments on Friday, just two days before the RUC becomes the Police Service of Northern Ireland, heralding a new era of policing in the province.
At midnight on Sunday November 4 the RUC changes its name as part of the reforms brought in as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
In post for five years, Sir Ronnie said he would be standing down in the “not too distant future”.
He said that he thought Sinn Féin would eventually back the new policing arrangements that have been implemented in an attempt to make the policing of the province more acceptable to all those in Northern Ireland.
Dismissing claims that the move marked a disbanding of the RUC, Sir Ronnie said Sunday represented a “landmark” in terms of change for the police force.
He said that the members of the RUC, those who would form the Police Service of Northern Ireland, “deserved normality more than any other body of men and women in this society.”
He indicated that he would not be heading the force for much longer, but that with several senior officers due to retire and others in the running for chief constable posts elsewhere, the timing of his replacement was yet to be determined. (SP)
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