PSNI chief lobbies for more police to counter paramilitary threat

Simon Byrne said the PSNI needed 800 more officers to deal with the rising number of callouts and investigations of terror threats. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAThe head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has asked for funding to recruit 800 officers to help deal with an increase in paramilitary activity in the region.Simon Byrne said the force had had to deal with more callouts and investigations of terrorist threats since he took up the role in July than his predecessor had faced in the