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A proposed re-branding of the PSNI will not go forward for consultation in its current form following a sharp backlash from unionists. The force recently released images of proposed new branding featuring the crest alongside the words "Police Service NI".

Lawyers and human rights activists have criticised the PSNI for fining protesters at Black Lives Matter rallies in Belfast and Derry. Five protests were scheduled to go ahead across Northern Ireland this weekend, but only the Belfast and Derry gatherings went ahead.

The PSNI has appointed three new sex work liaison officers under a scheme launched in 2015, bringing the total to five. A specialised operational lead officer has also been appointed as the sixth member of the team.

Over £500 million is set to be paid out to former police and prison officers who sustained injuries while on duty through schemes which require "substantial changes" to remain sustainable. A new report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office reveals that the injury on duty schemes for officers

Former Bedfordshire chief constable Jon Boutcher has been appointed to lead an independent police team investigating alleged collusion between the security forces and the so-called "Glenanne gang". The Court of Appeal ruled in July that the brother of 13-year-old Patrick Barnard, who was murdered in

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has lost an appeal against the High Court’s ruling which quashed a decision not to take further steps to investigate the question of identifying and prosecuting individuals in relation to the treatment in custody of the "Hooded Men" in 1971. Delivering the leadi

The PSNI will attempt to appeal a landmark ruling on holiday pay directly to the UK Supreme Court, according to reports. The Court of Appeal in Belfast ruled in June that PSNI officers can pursue claims for holiday pay from the date of commencement of the Working Time Regulations (NI) 1998, and are

Sexual offences cases in Northern Ireland took an average of nearly two years to be dealt with last year, according to new figures. The Department of Justice said the median processing time for cases where the main offence was in the sexual offences category was 667 days in 2018/19.

Former PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde has said he is "still furious" about the 2014 closure of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), which he said should have been allowed to complete its work. In an interview with The Irish Times, the former police chief, who stood down in 2009, challenged the f

All PSNI custody suites are set to have on-site nurses by next September, bringing Northern Ireland in line with most UK police forces. The first phase of the new embedded service, costing around £500,000, was implemented at Musgrave Station in Belfast in October.

Simon Byrne, former chief constable of Cheshire Police, has been selected to take over as head of the PSNI following the retirement of incumbent chief constable George Hamilton at the end of June 2019. Mr Byrne's appointment has been unanimously ratified by the Northern Ireland Policing Board and ap

The next PSNI chief constable is set to be chosen by the Northern Ireland Policing Board tomorrow. The four candidates for the post are PSNI officers Steve Martin and Mark Hamilton and two police officers from Great Britain, Jon Boutcher and Simon Byrne, BBC News reports.

Solicitor Marie Anderson is set to be recommended by Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley for appointment as Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Mrs Anderson, a graduate of Queen's University Belfast who qualified as a solicitor in 1985, will step down from her current post as Public Services

Two people have been arrested in connection with suspected human trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in a PSNI first. Detectives from the PSNI's modern slavery and human trafficking unit (MSHTU) arrested a 33-year-old man in East Belfast yesterday.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has been challenged to clarify the details of a car crash at An Garda Síochána's headquarters following conflicting reports about the incident. An unmarked PSNI vehicle carrying Mr Harris as a passenger was damaged after striking a bollard as it attempted