Police officers in Northern Ireland are owed a staggering 20,000 ‘rest days’, a figure the Police Federation says shows the ‘unsustainable pressure’ they are under.

The number of times officers have been asked to come in on designated ‘rest days’ also shows how their lives are being disrupted, Police Federation chairman Mark Lindsay has said.

Reported by Belfast News Letter. You can read the full story here. 

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