5th February 2025: Meeting in Public

Chair’s opening remarks: 16:50 Reporting on Outcome 3 of the Policing Plan 2025-2030: 22:30 Chief Constable’s opening remarks: 1:39:50 Brendan Mullan, Vice Chair: 39:25 Representativeness, assessment of progress made, programme of outreach as part of the current campaign and challenges faced Nuala McAllister MLA: 49:39 Outreach and representativeness of LGBTQ community within policing Peter Osborne: 51:10 Imbalance in representativeness statistics and outreach work in council areas where figures are low Keith Buchanan MLA: 1:01:52 Support for PSNI recruitment processes by political parties Trevor Clarke MLA: 1:06:20 Political support for recruitment events within communities Colin McGrath MLA: 1:09:22 What ‘hard choices’ as referenced at a recent NIAC hearing could be made to assist recruitment of under represented groups to policing Cheryl Brownlee MLA: 1:16:11 Disruption to recruitment events Marian Cree: 1:18:10 Attendance management, line manager responsibilities & support given to managers in supervisory roles Les Allamby: 1:25:00 High levels of sickness relating to psychological illness & what in practice is being done to support Patrick Nelson: 1:33:54 Sickness levels, deployability & what more needs to be done to get people back to work Frank McManus: 1:37:25 Plans and timescales for rationalisation of the police estate Cheryl Brownlee MLA: 1:52:16 Use of stalking prevention orders Nuala McAllister MLA: 1:59:58 Concerns about access to firearms by abusers & a commitment from police to work with groups on concerns raised Frank McManus: 2:07:40 Social media regulation for young people & proposed legislation Gerry Kelly MLA: 2:08:45 Recent UK Government White Paper consultation on policing reform, the use of AI and the use of facial recognition technology Deirdre Hargey MLA: 2:16:25 Current Justice Bill & the use of biometrics by policing including photography Les Allamby: 2:19:53 PSNI contact/policy with the Home Office regarding a victim, witness or suspect’s immigration status Peter Osborne: 2:24:30 Police approach to public complaints regarding displays of offensive material