Fears voiced over the impact of cuts to policing budget

Ulster Unionist MLA Jo-Anne Dobson warned that cuts to the PSNI’s budgets must not end up with more officers spending less time on active duty.

She said: “The collapse of the current budget placed the PSNI, like so many of our other public services, in an extremely difficult situation, forcing in-year cuts to their budget.

“The PSNI have also announced that there will be savings made through reducing the numbers of civilian detention officers, redeploying PSNI custody officers and also reducing police overtime and again I will be looking to them to ensure that these in no way affect front-line policing.