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Cost of Policing Drumcree Dispute £3m so Far, Says Chief Constable
Jon Boutcher said officers judged forcing the parade could have caused serious harm, while the Policing Board opened a conduct probe into a Sinn Féin member.
- Chief Constable Jon Boutcher told the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Thursday the Drumcree operation has cost £3 million, describing the situation in Portadown as "remaining challenging and complex."
- The bitter dispute entered its fifth day after the Parades Commission granted the Portadown Orange Order permission to march along the nationalist Garvaghy Road, though a protest blocked the route.
- Boutcher warned that forcing an Orange Order march down the route "could be catastrophic" for Northern Ireland, stating police must preserve peace rather than accommodate the march at all costs.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant returned to the region on Thursday to resume talks, though DUP MP Carla Lockhart said the proposed deal was "not acceptable" to the Orangemen.
- The Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition faces a court challenge on Friday, while the Policing Board launched a code-of-conduct investigation into Sinn Féin member Deirdre Hargey over her protest attendance.
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Calls for UK Government to pick up bill for policing Drumcree standoff as operation surpasses £3M mark
Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows has called on the UK Government to pick up the full policing bill for Drumcree, after the PSNI told the Policing Board the operation has already cost around £3 million. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Burrows said he had written to Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant seeking “full cost recovery for all additional costs connected to Drumcree, including mutual aid, operational expenditure and the criminal in…
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Cost of policing Drumcree dispute £3m so far, says chief constable
Chief Constable Jon Boutcher answered questions at the Policing Board on day five of the parading dispute.
·London, United Kingdom
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