No specific guidelines on policing funerals in North, senior officer tells MLAs

Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said policing crowds at funerals is ‘difficult’ due to a lack of specific instructions in the regulations.

Police in the North have no specific guidelines for carrying out enforcement action at funerals, a senior officer has told Stormont’s justice committee.

There has been criticism of police on social media following the emergence of pictures showing large crowds attending some funerals.