The PSNI is “going to shrink over the next three years” with its ability to tackle crime “reduced”, the Chief Constable has warned today.
Simon Byrne was outlining the force’s “stark budgetary situation” on Thursday as he said “crime is rising” but there will be fewer officers on Northern Ireland’s streets.
As numbers of officers fall, the police boss warned that the “capacity to investigate crime may be reduced and slowed” and that there will be a “reduced proactive presence on our roads despite rising road deaths”.
