'An advertising campaign took place during December 1998 and specifically targeted the two main under-represented groups, Roman Catholics and women'
Steps were taken to boost the number of women in the RUC in 1998 with recruitment officers focusing attention on shopping centres, newly declassified files reveal.
Read more: Policing of dissident issue leading to 'distrust' of PSNI amid disastrous Catholic recruitment, says SDLP leader At the time the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was carrying out an inquiry into fair employment, and a number of papers on the subject were prepared. “While the ceasefires continue to hold the confidence needed by members of the minority to apply for membership of the RUC continues to grow.”
“To get better coverage in the Roman Catholic community, the RUC’s Recruiting Branch advertised in an additional seven newspapers which research had shown were read mainly by this section of the community. “The number of applications from women rose to 36%. The number of applications from Roman Catholic women rose by 73%.”
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