Passionate about reforming and ‘normalising’ the PSNI through community policing, Byrne also became known as one of the most gaffe-prone police chiefs
In his judgment, Mr Justice Scoffield found that the decision to discipline two junior PSNI officers over an arrest at the Ormeau Road commemoration event was motivated by a real or perceived threat that Sinn Féin could withdraw its support for policing .
By last Friday, the DUP called for the chief constable’s head and tabled a motion of no confidence to the policing board, the oversight body which holds the PSNI to account.In a personal statement delivered by the policing board on behalf of Byrne – he did not attend the hastily arranged press conference – he said that “regardless of the rights and wrongs, it is now time for someone new to lead this proud and resolute organisation”.
Originally from Surrey, he was not the first person from outside Northern Ireland to head-up the PSNI – Matt Baggott and Hugh Orde are former appointments – and almost a year into the job he said in an interview with the Irish News that he was “still trying to understand the hurt and harm caused during the Troubles”.
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