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NI police: The key recommendations

The plan contains 171 recommendations
The plan contains 171 recommendations  


BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The new blueprint for police reform in Northern Ireland contains 171 recommendations.

They include:

*The Royal Ulster Constabulary will be renamed the Northern Ireland Police Service.

*A new cap badge and symbols which are free from any association with either the British or Irish states will be adopted (the Union flag will not be flown from police buildings).

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*An eminent person, from a country other than the United Kingdom or Ireland, will be appointed to oversee recommendations are implemented.

*All officers will be obliged to register their interests and associations with the police service and the Police Ombudsman.

*The approximate size of the police service over the next 10 years will be 7,500 full time officers.

*The future police service will not include a Full Time Reserve.

*There will be a Part Time Reserve of up to 2,500 officers, the additional recruits to come from those areas in which there are currently very few reservists or none at all.

*Research to be carried out to find "an acceptable, effective and less potentially lethal alternative" to the Plastic Baton Round.

The RUC becomes the Northern Ireland Police Service
The RUC becomes the Northern Ireland Police Service  

*The three holding centres at Castlereagh, Gough barracks and Strand Road will be closed and all suspects in future be detained at police stations.

*Legislation against terrorism should be the same in Northern Ireland as in the rest of the United Kingdom.

*The role of the army should continue to be reduced so that the police can patrol all parts of Northern Ireland without military support.

*Responsibility for policing should be devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive as soon as possible, except for matters of national security.

*An entirely new Policing Board should be created, to replace the present Police Authority.

(Source: Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland)






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