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flag PSNI chief says no need to return to 50-50 Catholic/non-Catholic recruitment, citing low Catholic hiring and rejecting calls for inquiry into surveillance.

flag PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said the force doesn’t need to return to a 50-50 Catholic and non-Catholic recruitment target, though he left the door open for future reconsideration. flag He cited the lowest Catholic recruitment rate in over a decade, despite strong overall response to a recent campaign, and stressed the need for community leaders to encourage underrepresented groups. flag Boutcher emphasized zero tolerance for misconduct and rejected calls for a public inquiry into police surveillance of journalist Vincent Kearney, citing an independent review that found no systemic failures. flag The 50-50 policy, ended in 2011, was originally introduced after the Patten reforms to diversify the force.

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