Resource to Risk
The PSNI are currently undertaking a Resource to Risk project. The focus of the project is to put people where they are needed and to improve organisational efficiency and effectiveness. The aim is to:
- Increase the number of officers in operational roles (as judged against current distribution and if there were additional resources available);
- To reduce the number of officers in operational support roles against current distribution and if there were additional resources available to increase numbers in operational roles;
- To remove officers from organisational support roles to increase the number in operational roles. (Each case would have to be justified);
- To increase the number of staff in operational roles;
- To increase the number of staff in operational support roles; and
- To reduce the number of staff in organisational support roles.
The principle impact of the project is increased visibility meaning more sustainable officers’ posts in Response and Neighbourhood Policing Teams in Districts. The Board’s Human Resources Committee will take the lead in monitoring the outcome of Resource to Risk and will monitor the outcome of the number of officers being returned to frontline duties on a monthly basis.
