18/09/2001
Pressure builds on parties to decide future of policing
The Secretary of State has increased pressure on political parties in Northern Ireland to make a decision on whether they will endorse the province’s new police service.
Dr John Reid has written to the main parties to ask them to make their nominations to the new Police Board.
The new police board is to take over the role of the Police Authority and is central to plans for a new policing future in Northern Ireland. It will oversee the changeover from the existing Royal Ulster Constabulary to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, as well as the operation of the new service.
Meanwhile, Ulster Unionist assembly members and MPs have met on Tuesday 18 September at Stormont to consider nominations to the Police Board and the way forward for the assembly. Over the next three days interviews are being held to select the nine independent members who will sit on the 19-member board, with the remaining ten places to be divvied up between the province’s four main political parties. To date the SDLP remain the only party to have signed up to the police board.
Last month the government published its revised plan for implementing the changes to policing in the Northern Ireland Police Act as part of a package of proposals aimed at finding an overall resolution to the issues blocking the political process. The 10-page document was drawn up after intensive talks had failed to reach an agreement.
Sinn Fein rejected the policing plan outright, saying it did not bring the legislation into line with the recommendations of the Patten Commission on the Future of Policing.
The Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party withheld their decision on the document as both parties expressed grave concerns about the phasing out of the full time reserves, flag and emblem issues, which the new police board would have some control over. (AMcE)
Dr John Reid has written to the main parties to ask them to make their nominations to the new Police Board.
The new police board is to take over the role of the Police Authority and is central to plans for a new policing future in Northern Ireland. It will oversee the changeover from the existing Royal Ulster Constabulary to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, as well as the operation of the new service.
Meanwhile, Ulster Unionist assembly members and MPs have met on Tuesday 18 September at Stormont to consider nominations to the Police Board and the way forward for the assembly. Over the next three days interviews are being held to select the nine independent members who will sit on the 19-member board, with the remaining ten places to be divvied up between the province’s four main political parties. To date the SDLP remain the only party to have signed up to the police board.
Last month the government published its revised plan for implementing the changes to policing in the Northern Ireland Police Act as part of a package of proposals aimed at finding an overall resolution to the issues blocking the political process. The 10-page document was drawn up after intensive talks had failed to reach an agreement.
Sinn Fein rejected the policing plan outright, saying it did not bring the legislation into line with the recommendations of the Patten Commission on the Future of Policing.
The Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party withheld their decision on the document as both parties expressed grave concerns about the phasing out of the full time reserves, flag and emblem issues, which the new police board would have some control over. (AMcE)
Related Northern Ireland News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.
23 June 2016
Police Officers Disciplined For Failing To Tell Doctor About Woman's Head Injuries
Two police officers have been disciplined after they failed to let their colleagues and a police doctor know that a woman had sustained a head injury, a Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded. The woman died from bleeding to the brain on 24 February 2014, the day after she suffered the injury.
Police Officers Disciplined For Failing To Tell Doctor About Woman's Head Injuries
Two police officers have been disciplined after they failed to let their colleagues and a police doctor know that a woman had sustained a head injury, a Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded. The woman died from bleeding to the brain on 24 February 2014, the day after she suffered the injury.
17 August 2001
Policing plan for Northern Ireland is announced
Secretary of State Dr John Reid announced the updated policing plan for Northern Ireland on Friday.
Policing plan for Northern Ireland is announced
Secretary of State Dr John Reid announced the updated policing plan for Northern Ireland on Friday.
07 February 2003
New police training college gets go ahead
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has set in motion plans to introduce a new police training college for the PSNI by 2007. The college has been advocated for months by PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde who said that the move was essential if Northern Ireland were to develop a world-renowned police force.
New police training college gets go ahead
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has set in motion plans to introduce a new police training college for the PSNI by 2007. The college has been advocated for months by PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde who said that the move was essential if Northern Ireland were to develop a world-renowned police force.
04 September 2007
NI Policing Board Seeks Custody Visitors
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has launched a campaign to recruit Custody Visitors to join the Board’s Custody Visiting Scheme. The volunteer scheme, which operates throughout Northern Ireland, is a means of monitoring how people who are held in police custody are treated.
NI Policing Board Seeks Custody Visitors
The Northern Ireland Policing Board has launched a campaign to recruit Custody Visitors to join the Board’s Custody Visiting Scheme. The volunteer scheme, which operates throughout Northern Ireland, is a means of monitoring how people who are held in police custody are treated.
30 April 2002
Nationalist party leaders discuss divisive issue of policing
The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two nationalist parties have held a breakfast meeting to discuss their divisions on policing. Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and SDLP leader Mark Durkan met early on Tuesday April 30 to discuss the division between the two parties over support for Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Nationalist party leaders discuss divisive issue of policing
The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two nationalist parties have held a breakfast meeting to discuss their divisions on policing. Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and SDLP leader Mark Durkan met early on Tuesday April 30 to discuss the division between the two parties over support for Police Service of Northern Ireland.
-
Northern Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
