‘We will never allow repressive, sectarian policing’

THIS is an abridged version of Sinn Féin’s statement on policing.

“Since the time of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin has been involved in a series of negotiations with the British government on the issue of policing. These negotiations were intensified in recent weeks and profound changes secured.

“We stayed out of policing structures until now in order to bring about maximum change. If the Árd Fheis accepts this motion, it will be about us going into a new policing dispensation in order to continue to bring about maximum change and to ensure that the police never again do to our people what they did before.