[The North is the only jurisdiction in the world where all complaints against police are independently investigated. She has a] robust relationship ... He mightn't always like what I say, and I'm not always enamoured of him, but he makes himself available to me. He never hides. |
attacked with missiles, petrol bombs, blast bombs, and pipe bombs. They have been shot at. |
I would not have made that statement without having spent a great deal of time speaking to my senior detectives and my senior analysts, |
It is important to remember that this was not across the province. It was isolated. Most of Northern Ireland got on with its life untroubled by these very serious issues, |
Officers were shot at last night. We are very lucky we do not have dead officers this morning. |
On the basis of the investigative work we have done to date ... in my opinion the Provisional IRA were responsible for this crime, |
The Orange Order must bear substantial responsibility for this. They publicly called people on to the streets. I think if you do that, you cannot then abdicate responsibility, |
we are in control of the situation. |
We are very lucky we do not have dead officers this morning. It's a tribute to the way they responded and it's a tribute to their tactics. |