Simon Byrne faced backlash over FoI blunder, plus claims officers were 'punished' to appease Sinn Féin
Northern Ireland's police chief, Simon Byrne, resigned last night after an emergency meeting of the Policing Board amid discontent in the rank and file over a data breach that exposed serving officers' info, as well as news he was considering appealing a court ruling linked to the Troubles.
"Regardless of the rights and wrongs it is now time for someone new to lead this proud and resolute organisation." Byrne's resignation comes after the large-scale security data breach on August 8, an own goal where the PSNI mistakenly published spreadsheet data with the details of every single serving Northern Ireland police officer following a routine Freedom of Information request on the www.whatdotheyknow.com website.
The High Court judge ruled on Tuesday last week that he would quash PSNI's decisions to suspend one probationary constable and"re-position" his colleague, finding the two junior officers were unlawfully disciplined to allay any threat of Sinn Féin abandoning its support for policing in Northern Ireland.The judge noted that the junior officers:
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