Policing and Community Safety Press Releases
November 19, 2008
Cop accused of running brothel
Dozens of PSNI officers are currently facing serious criminal allegations, Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said. View more
November 19, 2008
Pipe bomb targets Sinn Féin Councillor
Sinn Féin Mid Ulster MLA Michelle O’Neill has condemned a pipe bomb attack targeting Cookstown Sinn Féin Councillor John McNamee and linked it the recent find of pipe bombs in Coagh. View more
November 17, 2008
Attack on Community workers home will not stop sterling work - Kelly
Sinn Féin MLA for North Belfast Gerry Kelly has stated that those responsible for an attack on a local community workers home in the Newlodge area will not deter local workers from the sterling work that they are carrying out for the community. View more
November 17, 2008
Brolly condemns attacks on cars in Limavady.
Sinn Féin’s Francie Brolly MLA (East Derry) has condemned a series of attacks on cars in the Limavady area at the weekend. View more
November 16, 2008
Sinn Fein accuse PSNI over policing in Strabane
Sinn Féin councillors in Strabane have accused the PSNI of reverting to the worst excesses of the RUC in the area during the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Sinn Féin Councillors Brian McMahon and Jarlath McNulty say that anger in the town is growing at the ‘heavy handed and cavalier’ actions of the PSNI over recent days. View more
November 12, 2008
Call for parents not to buy Quads and Scramblers this Christmas
Sinn Fein MLA Paul Butler is appealing to parents not to buy quads and scramblers this Christmas. The destruction quads and scramblers are causing in many areas and the anti social use of these bikes will I hope make parents think twice before they buy these bikes as presents for their children. There is also the fact that over 90 people are admitted to hospital every year, many of them children, as a result of accidents involving these bikes. View more
November 11, 2008
Historic first as Sinn Féin councillor takes on Chair of East Belfast District Policing Partnership
Sinn Fein Councillor and East Belfast DPP member Gerard O'Neill last night formally took up position as the chairperson of the sub-group, chairing his first East Belfast DPP meeting, an appointment which has been warmly welcomed by East Belfast Sinn Féin representative Niall Ó Donnghaile. View more
November 7, 2008
Sinn Féin take Chair of Policing Partnership in DUP stronghold
Ballymoney Sinn Féin Councillor Anita Cavlan has been appointed Chairperson of the District Policing Partnership in Ballymoney. It is the first time a republican has held the post and follows on from Sinn Féin's decision to take their positions on District Policing Partnerships last year. View more
November 7, 2008
Local community has lost patience over St Colm's bomb disruption
Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast Jennifer McCann has stated the local community has lost patience over the bomb hoaxes at St Colm‘s in Twinbrook. This follows the eighth bomb scare inside three weeks. View more
November 6, 2008
Loyalists paid millions in police contracts
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has called for full disclosure following revelations that £5 million in police building contracts were awarded to alleged senior UVF members who were implicated in one of the most notorious murders of the conflict. View more
