Simon Byrne made the right decision today, but the fundamental issues within the PSNI remain. There’s a real crisis in the recruitment and retention of of Catholics. The PSNI must reflect the community it serves. It’s time 50/50 recruitment was brought back.

Balls! Make the selection process more rigorous meaning the Police get the best possible candidates from ALL communities and backgrounds. 50/50 recruiting is suggesting there are only 2 options meaning you are encouraging keeping us within our orange and green labels.

@JonTonge You’d be better off addressing the terrorist elements within your own constituency that continue to target police officers and not constantly be seen to legitimise them through electoral pacts with their spokespeople and carrying the coffins of their dead members.

Stop Republicans murdering Catholic police officers?

So, due to problems within your side of the community where recruits are shunned or targetted by Irish Republicans, young Protestant kids must be denied opportunity? No. 1000 times no.

Roman Catholic Police officers will be welcomed into Loyalist areas of Derry to tackle Death Dealers, Hoods, Crime & Anti Social Behaviour. Roman Catholic Police officers will be Murdered, shot & bombed in YOUR community in Derry Sort that problem out first @columeastwood

Colum Eastwood champions religious discrimination in employment.

Selection should be on the best candidate not on a sectarian head count you bigot.

Rubbish he’s only out the door and your starting best candidates should get the job why should young people have to leave to further their police careers because you think they are not suitable

Good god, so someone should get a job because of their religion? Not because they are the best candidate? What absolute nonsense.

What is actually stopping any person including Catholics from applying to join the police? What are the issues that require other religions to be barred from applying so that Catholics get precedence?