A timeline of Simon Byrne's four years in charge of the PSNI highlights a number of controversies.
Simon Byrne was appointed as the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in May 2019, but his tenure to date has been notable for a number of setbacks and controversies.
That job ended in 2017 in controversial circumstances, after he was accused of bullying and humiliating staff.with a tribunal finding much of what was claimed was either exaggerated or probably did not happen. The Democratic Unionist Party and Traditional Unionist Voice call for him to resign, while the Police Federation says it calls his judgement into question.On 9 August details emerge of two major data breaches involving information about PSNI staff.
Speaking to the media afterwards, he apologises about the breach of data on an "industrial scale", but says he will not be stepping down. Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill is among the mourners and her attendance leads to the biggest crisis in NI politics since devolution was restored in January 2020.Ms O'Neill is part of the funeral cortege, which Sinn Féin says included no more than 30 people,
He adds that the "lack of clarity and coherence within the regulations and the prior engagement between organisers and the police" would "pose an insurmountable difficulty" if prosecutions were brought.
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