"Ian Acheson, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told The Independent that 'police officers in Northern Ireland don’t need much of an excuse to look for another job at the moment'.

'You’ve got to see this in context – not just of the security situation and the severe threat from dissident Republican terrorists – but also in relation to swingeing budget cuts, which the chief constable has said will result in falling numbers of officers,' Mr Acheson said."