Back Police Service of Northern Ireland Catalan Gwasanaeth Heddlu Gogledd Iwerddon Welsh Police Service of Northern Ireland German Αστυνομική Υπηρεσία της Βορείου Ιρλανδίας Greek Servicio de Policía de Irlanda del Norte Spanish Põhja-Iirimaa politseiteenistus Estonian Ipar Irlandako Polizia Zerbitzua Basque خدمات پلیس ایرلند شمالی Persian Service de police d'Irlande du Nord French Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann Irish
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|
 The Service Emblem | |
| Abbreviation | PSNI |
| Motto | Keeping People Safe |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 4 November 2001 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Annual budget | £836.7M (FY 2014/15)[1] |
| Legal personality | Police service |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Northern Ireland |
| Operations jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
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| Police Service of Northern Ireland area | |
| Size | 14,130 km2 (5,460 sq mi)[2] |
| Population | 1,903,175 [3] |
| Governing body | Northern Ireland Executive |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Northern Ireland Policing Board |
| Headquarters | Belfast[4] |
| Police officers | 6422 |
| Police staffs | 2,297 |
| Agency executives |
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| Departments | 12
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| Regions | 8 (11 District) |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 32[5] |
| Watercrafts | Yes |
| Aircraft | 3 helicopters 1 fixed-wing |
| Dogs | 28[6] |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann;[7] Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.
It is the successor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) after it was reformed and renamed in 2001 on the recommendation of the Patten Report.[8][9][10][11]
The PSNI is the third largest police service in the United Kingdom in terms of officer numbers (after the Metropolitan Police and Police Scotland) and the second largest in terms of geographic area of responsibility, after Police Scotland. The PSNI is approximately half the size of Garda Síochána in terms of officer numbers.
- ^ "Funding in focus as Board approves PSNI Budget". NI Policing Board. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ ONS Geography (8 January 2016). "The Countries of the UK". Office for National Statistics. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Police Service of Northern Ireland". nidirect. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Police Service of Northern Ireland (December 2021). Locations of Police Stations (Report). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Freedom of Information Request : Police Dogs Owned and/or Used by PSNI" (PDF). Psni.police.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Faisnéis as Gaeilge faoi Sheirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann" (PDF). Police Service of Northern Ireland (in Irish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ Russell, Deacon (2012). Devolution in the United Kingdom. Edinburgh University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0748669738.
- ^ "PSNI rehiring must be transparent". 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Management of An Garda Síochána". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Gillespie, Gordon (2009). The A to the Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Scarecrow Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0810870451. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.