PSNI and Garda in Border slow lane on ‘hot pursuit’ chases

Rigorous rules prevent police from continuing pursuit of criminals across the Border

Investigative news website The Detail found 47 police chases were terminated at the border between 2011 and 2015. Photograph: Getty Images

Investigative news website The Detail found 47 police chases were terminated at the border between 2011 and 2015. Photograph: Getty Images

The rules preventing police from continuing pursuits across the Border have ended chases after suspects on more than 40 occasions in the last five years.

Detail Data, part of Belfast-based investigative news website The Detail, found 47 police chases were terminated at the border between 2011 and 2015, with all but three related to pursuits from north to south.

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