Statement

Weir Welcomes the Appointment of the new PSNI Chief Constable

Posted on: August 17, 2009

Following the announcement that Matt Baggott is tot he next Chief Constable of the PSNI, the  DUP’s Policing Board members Peter Weir MLA, Tom Buchannan MLA, Ian Paisley Jnr MLA and Jimmy Spratt MLA issued a joint statement saying,

“We want to congratulate Matt Baggott on this great achievement and we look forward to working with him when he takes up office.  There are a number of challenges which Mr. Baggott will face immediately and we would urge him to work with the community in addressing these matters.   

There are clear concerns about resources in the PSNI, we want to work with the Chief Constable to tackle these issues and ensure that Northern Ireland has the highest quality of policing.  We have already assured the incoming Chief Constable that any deal to devolve policing powers to Stormont can only be done on the basis of a suitable financial package being in place to support policing in the Province.”