By Press Association 2021
Coronavirus â Mon May 17, 2021
Northern Ireland’s police chief wrote to Stormont ministers early in the Covid pandemic expressing concerns about a lack of clarity in Covid-19 regulations.
In the April 2020 letter, Simon Byrne questioned the appropriateness of continuing to ask his officers to enforce health regulations, suggesting that health and safety officials or council wardens should be taking on the role.
He warned that asking police to step outside their “traditional” enforcement role risked “medium term consequences for public confidence”.
The document has been obtained by the PA news agency through a Freedom of Information request.
The letter was sent to Health Minister Robin Swann, and copied to First Minister Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Justice Minister Naomi Long, two-and-a-half months before the funeral of former IRA leader Bobby Storey.
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