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06/03/2002
Flanagan meets Policing Board for last time
The Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan has been addressing the Policing Board and answering questions from board members for the last time.
Sir Ronnie, presenting his last security report to a public meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Wednesday March 6 at their headquarters in Clarendon Dock, said that he was confident that the IRA would make a move to decommission further arms.
However, on a cautionary note he warned that he had no intelligence to suggest that such a move was imminent.
It is thought unlikely that Sir Ronnie will address the Policing Board again in public, however he may be called to answer questions in private.
The meeting was called to agree, among other things, upon the selection process for Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s successor.
After the meeting the Policing Board formally announced that advertisements for Sir Ronnie’s position would be posted on March 15 and end on April 10. They added the selection process should be completed by June this year.
Sir Ronnie was due to retire at the end of February. However the Policing Board asked him to remain as Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland until the end of March, where his deputy Colin Cramphorn will step in until a successor is found.
In his last report to the Board, Sir Ronnie presented figures on current levels of crime and police officers.
Concern has recently been expressed that phasing out the police reserve this year could prove to be disastrous. Anti agreement Ulster Unionists Jeffrey Donaldson and David Burnside have both said the retention of these 3,000 officers was essential considering the current security situation.
However Sir Ronnie said: “We always knew there would be a deficit in numbers this year considering the numbers of officers taking severance pay. We also realised officers would have to work a lot of overtime because of the deficit. However these abnormal overtime peaks are beginning to drop and we are turning a corner.”
In April the first batch of new trainees, around 240, will graduate in April.
They represent the first trainees recruited on an equal Catholic-Protestant basis to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. They graduate on April 5 which is also the day the new service's uniform and badge are to be introduced.
On behalf of the Policing board Chairman Des Rea praised Sir Ronnie for his leadership particularly, he said, not least through the Patten reforms.
“Now that you are coming to the end of your watch we want to wish you the best for the future and are delighted that you are about to embark on a new inspectorate role.”
(AMcE)
Sir Ronnie, presenting his last security report to a public meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Wednesday March 6 at their headquarters in Clarendon Dock, said that he was confident that the IRA would make a move to decommission further arms.
However, on a cautionary note he warned that he had no intelligence to suggest that such a move was imminent.
It is thought unlikely that Sir Ronnie will address the Policing Board again in public, however he may be called to answer questions in private.
The meeting was called to agree, among other things, upon the selection process for Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s successor.
After the meeting the Policing Board formally announced that advertisements for Sir Ronnie’s position would be posted on March 15 and end on April 10. They added the selection process should be completed by June this year.
Sir Ronnie was due to retire at the end of February. However the Policing Board asked him to remain as Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland until the end of March, where his deputy Colin Cramphorn will step in until a successor is found.
In his last report to the Board, Sir Ronnie presented figures on current levels of crime and police officers.
Concern has recently been expressed that phasing out the police reserve this year could prove to be disastrous. Anti agreement Ulster Unionists Jeffrey Donaldson and David Burnside have both said the retention of these 3,000 officers was essential considering the current security situation.
However Sir Ronnie said: “We always knew there would be a deficit in numbers this year considering the numbers of officers taking severance pay. We also realised officers would have to work a lot of overtime because of the deficit. However these abnormal overtime peaks are beginning to drop and we are turning a corner.”
In April the first batch of new trainees, around 240, will graduate in April.
They represent the first trainees recruited on an equal Catholic-Protestant basis to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. They graduate on April 5 which is also the day the new service's uniform and badge are to be introduced.
On behalf of the Policing board Chairman Des Rea praised Sir Ronnie for his leadership particularly, he said, not least through the Patten reforms.
“Now that you are coming to the end of your watch we want to wish you the best for the future and are delighted that you are about to embark on a new inspectorate role.”
(AMcE)
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