Hugh Orde describes increasing numbers of Catholics in force as ‘key strategic issue for policing in Northern Ireland going forward’
Former head of the PSNI Hugh Orde: 'It can’t just be what the police do, it has to be what the police and communities do together.' Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish TimesHugh Orde, who headed the PSNI from 2002 to 2009, said if he was in charge now he would be “concerned” by the figures and described it as a “key strategic issue for policing in Northern Ireland going forward”.
“I had the money to do what I needed to do,” he said. “Police services United Kingdom-wide are now suffering and recruiting is falling ... I was recruiting over 400 officers a year, that gave me a real opportunity. The police don’t have that any more.
There must also be community buy-in: “It can’t just be what the police do, it has to be what the police and communities do together.”
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