POLICING BOARD TO DISCUSS REPORT AT SPECIAL MEETING
Policing Board to discuss report at special meeting
THE Northern Ireland Policing Board has said it will discuss the implications of the Ombudsman's report at a specially convened meeting.
Professor Desmond Rea, chairman, said the Board had a particular responsibility to provide public accountability and transparency in relation to policing matters.
"With the seriousness and unique circumstances surrounding the Omagh bomb, we will be ensuring a full and considered approach to the
report."
Professor Rea said the Board would take whatever action was necessary.
"We are fully aware of the gravity of this matter and the emotion surrounding the subject concerned. We clearly need time to consider in detail the contents and findings of this report. To do otherwise would, I feel, benefit none of the parties involved, especially the relatives of the victims of the Omagh atrocity, and, indeed, the Police Service."
He expressed concern about the leaking of information in the report.
"The Board feels that the leaking of this information has been detrimental to the overall process, and would urge all organisations which had copies of the draft report to conduct exhaustive enquiries into how this information became public," he said.
THE Northern Ireland Policing Board has said it will discuss the implications of the Ombudsman's report at a specially convened meeting.
Professor Desmond Rea, chairman, said the Board had a particular responsibility to provide public accountability and transparency in relation to policing matters.
"With the seriousness and unique circumstances surrounding the Omagh bomb, we will be ensuring a full and considered approach to the
report."
Professor Rea said the Board would take whatever action was necessary.
"We are fully aware of the gravity of this matter and the emotion surrounding the subject concerned. We clearly need time to consider in detail the contents and findings of this report. To do otherwise would, I feel, benefit none of the parties involved, especially the relatives of the victims of the Omagh atrocity, and, indeed, the Police Service."
He expressed concern about the leaking of information in the report.
"The Board feels that the leaking of this information has been detrimental to the overall process, and would urge all organisations which had copies of the draft report to conduct exhaustive enquiries into how this information became public," he said.
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/0970
Published Date: 20-Dec-01
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