Catholic representation in PSNI stalls below 30%, MPs warn of further decline
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Summary
A House of Commons inquiry reports that Catholic representation in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has stalled at under 30% and is likely to decline further. The 50-50 recruitment policy, established after the Belfast Agreement and Patten Commission reforms, was abandoned in 2011 after raising Catholic officer numbers from 8.2% in 2001. The report cites threats from dissident Republicans as a key factor, with officers unable to disclose their profession to family or friends.
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Fifty-fifty recruitment of Protestants and Catholics was a key plank of the Patten Commission reforms after the Belfast Agreement that led to the creation of the PSNI.
In 2001, as the force changed from being the RUC, just 8.2 per cent of officers were Catholic, but that number had risen to just under 30 per cent when the 'fifty-fifty' policy was abandoned in 2011.
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