New PSNI leadership will need to work to restore confidence in policing – MLA

New PSNI leadership will need to work to restore confidence in policing – MLA
Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly (right) and MLA Linda Dillon speak following an emergency meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Monday in Belfast (Rebecca Black/PA)

The leadership of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) will have a “job of work” to restore confidence in policing, a Sinn Féin MLA has said.

News that Simon Byrne had resigned with immediate effect from the top job in the PSNI came during an emergency meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in Belfast on Monday.

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