Title: Policing Loyalist and Republican Communities:  Understanding key issues for local communities and the PSNI

Authors: Jonny Byrne & Lisa Monaghan

Date:  September 2008

Details:  Policing has long been a contentious issue in Northern  Ireland and has remained so throughout the period of political transition.  The Patten Report recommended that 'policing with the community' should be at the core of the new approach to policing and should be a key element of building relationships between the police and the wider community.  This report explores current attitudes to policing within working class Loyalist and Republican communities in Belfast, and in particular, investigates how far the implementation of a programme of 'policing with the community' has met the expectations among residents, community activists and among members of the PSNI.