Armstrong welcomes Government Announcement on Police, Prison & Fire Training College
Mid Ulster UUP MLA Billy Armstrong has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will provide the funding for an integrated training college for the Police, Prison Service and Fire Service.
Mr Armstrong said
“I welcome the announcement from Westminster that as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review a total of £1.2 billion is to be spent on policing and criminal justice in Northern Ireland, including £130 million for the new Integrated Training College.
The saga of the new Police Training College has dragged on for far too long. It is four years since a site was identified near Cookstown, and it is long past time that some progress was achieved.
This is good news for Cookstown and the whole Mid-Ulster area and will be a huge boost to the local economy.
I trust that no further obstacles will be put in the way of this project which is urgently needed by the emergency services in Northern Ireland.”