It comes three weeks after Simon Byrne resigned following pressure over a number of controversies
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A recruitment process has been launched to find a new chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland .The closing date for applications is noon on 16 October.Mr Byrne's successor will be appointed by the Northern Ireland Policing Board, which oversees the PSNI. Deirdre Toner, chairwoman of the Policing Board, said its members were looking for an "exceptional, experienced leader"."The future trust and confidence in policing will be influenced by the style of leadership you bring to the PSNI."
Ms Toner will be on the appointment panel alongside the Democratic Unionist Party's Joanne Bunting, Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly and the Alliance Party's Nuala McAllister - who are all Northern Ireland Assembly members - and independent board member Mukesh Sharma. Mr Byrne resigned as chief constable after facing pressure following a High Court ruling that two junior officers were
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