He will take on the top role temporarily until a permanent chief constable is recruited.
Jon Boutcher has been formally appointed as interim chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland .Mr Boutcher has decades of experience within policing and is a former chief of Bedfordshire Police.Earlier this month, Mr Boutcher had been picked to be the PSNI's interim leader,Policing Board chair Deirdre Toner said Mr Boutcher's appointment will bring stability to the PSNI and the executive leadership team until a recruitment process for a permanent leader is complete.
"The board looks forward to working with Mr Boutcher and the wider service executive team as we progress the issues and pressures currently facing policing," she added.The closing date is noon on 16 October.This wouldn't be Mr Boutcher's first time in a force's top job, previously leading Bedfordshire Police.
He spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army's top spy within the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.due to be published in the coming monthsMr Boutcher had previously applied to lead the Metropolitan Police after the resignation of Cressida Dick last year, but he was unsuccessful in that process.
He was also unsuccessful in his bid to become PSNI chief constable in 2019, when the job went to Mr Byrne.
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