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| Police saving plan turned down | Police saving plan turned down |
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| The Policing Board has rejected a cost savings package proposed by the Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde. | The Policing Board has rejected a cost savings package proposed by the Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde. |
| The PSNI needs to make savings of £24.5m within the next four months. | The PSNI needs to make savings of £24.5m within the next four months. |
| On Thursday the board decided to hold off on Sir Hugh's proposals and instead seek funds from the Northern Ireland Office. | On Thursday the board decided to hold off on Sir Hugh's proposals and instead seek funds from the Northern Ireland Office. |
| SDLP board member Dolores Kelly said board members felt the proposed cuts were going to "impact too severely on frontline policing". | SDLP board member Dolores Kelly said board members felt the proposed cuts were going to "impact too severely on frontline policing". |
| "They were fairly extensive options such as cutting £1.5m from the police training budget, cuts in civilian and police overtime and cutbacks in capital spend," added Mrs Kelly. | "They were fairly extensive options such as cutting £1.5m from the police training budget, cuts in civilian and police overtime and cutbacks in capital spend," added Mrs Kelly. |
| Sir Hugh said he understood the Policing Board's concerns but he was legally required to submit a balanced budget. | Sir Hugh said he understood the Policing Board's concerns but he was legally required to submit a balanced budget. |
| He said some support jobs would be lost if the money could not be found. | He said some support jobs would be lost if the money could not be found. |
| "The costs will be taken out of IT projects, and things like the police estate, transport, repairs - we are determined to leave the frontline service alone, as best we can," he said. | "The costs will be taken out of IT projects, and things like the police estate, transport, repairs - we are determined to leave the frontline service alone, as best we can," he said. |
| "Our plan at the minute is to take the pressure everywhere but from recruiting." | "Our plan at the minute is to take the pressure everywhere but from recruiting." |
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| Sir Hugh also gave his reaction to news that claims from officers who say their hearing was damaged during training exercises could amount to £87m. | |
| "Going back to the 1970s, the situation around health and safety was fundamentally different," he said. | |
| "It is absolutely clear that officers undertook training without the protection they get now. That's not a criticism, it's just how the world was." |