A former police officer says a dissident republican threat against relatives of Northern Ireland police officers could deter new recruits
A former police officer has said a dissident republican threat against relatives of Northern Ireland police officers could deter new recruits.Linzi McLaren, who served in the Police Service of Northern Ireland for 18 years, said the threat was a "new low"."I think this threat is going to effect those very junior in service or those thinking of joining, or those at the very end of their career," she said.
Ms McLaren said a generation of officers have served during the period since the Troubles and they would be thinking of their own and their family's safety following the threat.Ms McLaren, who is standing in the forthcoming council elections for the Ulster Unionist Party, has been open about her former career and said she has been left scared for the safety of her family.
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