{"id":7522,"date":"2019-05-24T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2019-05-25T09:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T13:46:25","slug":"simon-byrne-appointed-as-new-psni-chief-constable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"Simon Byrne Appointed as New PSNI Chief Constable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38589454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38589454.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.38589454-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Simon Byrne has been appointed the next chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).<\/p>\n<p>He led Cheshire Police in the north-west of England until 2017 and has more than three decades of policing experience.<\/p>\n<p>George Hamilton steps down as PSNI chief next month.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland\u2019s Policing Board chair Anne Connolly said: \u201cMr Byrne brings a wealth of strategic and operational policing experience to the role, he has 36 years of policing experience, 21 years as a Chief Officer and almost eight as a chief constable serving the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to working with him in further developing the PSNI as a highly professional and community focused organisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7522\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7522\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7522\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7522\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Byrne has been appointed the next chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). He led Cheshire Police in the north-west of England until 2017 and has more than three decades of policing experience. 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