Police said they only remove flags where there are 'risks to public safety owing to their erection'
The UDA flags have been erected on lampposts outside the police training facility on Garnerville Road in East Belfast.
"No one has the right to claim what is shared space and put up any emblem on a lamppost, whether it's a national flag and in particular paramilitary flags, and the latter are actually a criminal offence. He said: "I don't know why they want to put that flag up. I just cannot understand it and it's been drawn to my attention by quite a large number of people from both sides of the religious divide, and it's unfortunate because people are trying to mark out territory."
"We are aware that this is a sensitive issue for the whole community and there is no easy solution. There is no community or political consensus on the flags issue and ultimately this requires a political, not a policing resolution.
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