This week in 1922 it was reported that Northern Ireland was to get a new police force called the RUC. Read more here: https://t.co/X3hJVBCNAx pic.twitter.com/9nrZUozLo5
— Century Ireland (@CenturyIRL) April 7, 2022
Belfast.
April 7,1922.
Via Century Ireland:
Northern Ireland is to acquire a new police force which will be known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
The RUC will number 3,000 men at the beginning and will be recruited from the Royal Irish Constabulary and the ‘Specials’, principally the A Specials.
The Northern Ireland Parliament has been told that the denominational make-up of the new force should reflect the religious composition of the six county area: two-thirds Protestant and one-third Catholic. Pay rates will be the same as those existing in the Irish and English police forces.
The announcement of the new police force comes as Northern Ireland continues to grapple with sectarian violence. In order to deal with the ongoing unrest, a Special Powers bill, known as the flogging bill, is currently being debated in the Northern Ireland Senate, and while it is likely to pass, it is being met with some resistance.
