Jon Boutcher also hits back at criticism for making a plea for financial help to the prime minister.
Chief Constable Jon Boutcher is preparing “a recovery plan” which aims to lift the Police Service of Northern Ireland's officer numbers to 7,000 within three years.In a report to the Policing Board, Mr Boutcher said: “I disagree strongly with any rebuke about my approaching the Prime Minister.He told the board that he currently has 4,500 “deployable” officers, once sickness absence and duty restrictions are taken into account.
"The dithering and procrastination need to stop so that policing can effectively recover as quickly as possible," Mr Kelly said. “Our service strength reduced by another 42 officers in the last month. I have previously warned that our Executive is sleep-walking policing towards oblivion." Mr Kelly added: "Safer communities and an end of violence towards women and girls are two of the suggested Executive priorities.
"To attain these, the PSNI will require significant financial investment so that policing has the effective capacity and capability to deliver both these aspirations, along with the whole range of policing services that our society expects and needs."Martin McCauley granted bail over 1982 Lurgan bombingNI race hate crime reports up by one third, police say
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