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Sinn Fein to meet NI police chief Sinn Fein/Orde meeting 'upfront'
(about 13 hours later)
Sinn Fein leaders are to have their first meeting with Northern Ireland's police chief since the party agreed to back the police service. Sinn Fein leaders have had their first meeting with Northern Ireland's chief constable since the party agreed to back the police service.
Gerry Adams is leading a delegation to meet Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde for what will be their first time inside PSNI Headquarters in east Belfast. Gerry Adams led a delegation to meet Sir Hugh Orde - their first time inside PSNI Headquarters in east Belfast.
Policing spokesman Gerry Kelly said the meeting would provide an opportunity to discuss a number of key issues. Mr Adams said they had an "upfront discussion on a range of issues".
He said that the most vulnerable people in society had to be protected. "We think this is a very important first step in a whole process of delivering a new relationship between our community and the police," he said.
"Policing with the community needs to be the core function of any civic policing service and especially in relation to protecting the most vulnerable sections of the community," he said. "We as a leadership are satisfied that in terms of community policing that a new relationship can be produced in dealing with all of the crimes which beset the community," he added.
The vulnerable, he said, included the elderly, women and children, and those subject to homophobic, sectarian and racist attacks and car crime. "We went through all of that in some great detail."
He said the issue of collusion and the recent report by the Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan in which she said there had been police collusion in up to 15 loyalist murders would top their agenda. Mr Adams said the issue of collusion and the recent report by the Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan in which she said there had been police collusion in up to 15 loyalist murders was also discussed.
Sir Hugh did not comment after the meeting, treating it ashe would talks with any other political party.