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La PSNI potrebbe rimandare il taglio della Riserva

PSNI may delay scrapping full-time reserve

Attacco a Randalstown | Randalstown attackNorthern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott may delay scrapping the full-time police reserve because of the escalating threat from dissident republicans.

More than 200 PSNI officers are due to begin resettlement training in June but could be asked to stay on for a further nine months.

Mr Baggott said in November he would press ahead with plans to phase out the full-time reserve by March next year.

Since then there have been a number of dissident republican gun and bomb attacks.

Part of the reserve severance package included a nine-month resettlement training programme to help them find new jobs.

Keeping the officers on would cost around £6m.

100 officers are taking part in that programme and the final 227 members of the reserve are due to join it in June.

A PSNI spokeswoman said the last few months have seen a considerable escalation of terrorist activity as well as a continued determination to murder both police officers and members of the public.

‘As a police service, we continually monitor our response to attacks and review our capabilities to disrupt the activities of these groupings.

‘In light of the current threat level, we have been examining a number of options to ensure we have the right resources in the right areas to deal with these terrorists. The Minister of Justice (David Ford) and Policing Board members have been fully briefed on the options being considered,’ the spokeswoman said.

SDLP Assembly member Alex Attwood said the decision by Mr Baggott should not be exaggerated, particularly for political advantage.

‘All that has been decided is that 200 full-time reservists will have policing duties up until March 2011. After that date, the Patten (policing reform) objective of phasing out the full-time reserve will be accomplished,’ he said.

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