Why do unionists not want a representative PSNI, Alex? |
The headline in an interview with deputy chief constable Bobby Singleton in this paper last week read: “We want to be a fully representative force.”
Of course he does. Why wouldn’t he?
The question is, why do unionists not want a fully representative force?
Why do unionists not support the PSNI’s efforts to make the force more representative?
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Singleton came across as a straightforward, forthright character, genuine in his aim to broaden the appeal of the PSNI to Catholics, but it’s clear he has no idea how to achieve that aim.
He said: “The issue that we have at the moment is we don’t have a full understanding of exactly why that’s [the imbalance] happened.”
The PSNI is working with the Catholic Police Guild to see what analysis and research can be done to explain it.
What we do know is that radical change in the PSNI is required to attract nationalists – not Catholics – to the force.
What we also know is that unionists will oppose tooth and nail the required radical change.
After all, it was the DUP who inveigled the dreadful proconsul (disgraced and no longer an MP) the British sent in 2010 to abandon 50:50 recruiting the following year.........