The PSNI has been silent on allegations concerning a senior officer who took a vacuum cleaner from a police station and then tried to blame lower ranking personnel.
Dubbed ‘Hoovergate’, the PSNI officer - who is known but anonymous publicly for now - continues to work with enhanced security clearance, sources say, even though they conceded taking the vacuum cleaner before later returning it on the quiet.
The vacuum was taken over Christmas, 2020 and reported missing by contracted cleaning staff on January 6, 2021. A supervisor with the cleaning company first flagged it after being spoken to by his staff, Belfast Live reports.
