'I am alive to concerns of officers and staff who feel that sometimes they operate in fear of getting things wrong and the unfair consequences of doing that'
The new PSNI chief constable has vowed to press for more cash warning that “policing in Northern Ireland cannot fail”.On his first full day in office on Wednesday, he described the service’s financial position as “really challenging”, outlining a £52 million gap in funding this year.“I will be lobbying at every single level to make sure this organisation gets the funding that it deserves,” he said.
But Mr Boutcher also said he believed there were things the PSNI could do to help itself. Mr Boutcher had been serving as interim chief constable in recent weeks after the resignation of his predecessor in the role Simon Byrne in September following a string of controversies. “We need to understand our business and every minute part of it, and that starts from today, so that we can have a business model next year, if we don’t get the funding that we need, that means that we can provide a proper policing service for Northern Ireland.”“It’s my job to get the focus back on the delivery of that exceptional work,” he said.
“We sometimes will get things wrong but when we do get things wrong, we will learn from those issues collectively.
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