Chief Constable visits Fermanagh
25 Nov 2009
Chief Constable Matt Baggott visited Fermanagh today (Wednesday, November 25).
His first call was to the village of Garrison, scene of the weekend's shooting incident.
He met local officers who serve in the area.
The Chief Constable also spoke to members of the local business community and local political representatives. In Enniskillen he met members of the local district council.
He said he was delighted with the overwhelming support of communities in Fermanagh for their local police officers.
"I have spoken to shopkeepers and people in the street and everybody has said they that they really respect the PSNI and what we are doing. They have absolutely no time for people who are trying to injure police officers or take us back into the past."
He said the weekend's operation had been "a superb piece of policing on behalf of everybody."
"We have a minority of people who, for some reason, do not see that the future must be different. I have always said the terrorist threat is serious, and we have seen that over the weekend.
"The greatest thing we can do is isolate the people who are terrorists in their own communities so that the vast majority of people see good policing. That is what we are doing in a very exciting way and we are world leaders in neighbourhood policing.
In terms of investigating terrorism and crime, he added: "The challenge is that we have to turn information into evidence. Suspicion is not enough. That is where the community can play its part if there is any information about anyone involved in terrorism, or involved in crime we would like to know more about them and then we can do more."
