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BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | DPP member's car burned
DPP member's car burned
A car belonging to a district policing partnership member has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
The incident happened in the Wayside area of Tandragee, County Armagh, at about 0230 GMT on Wednesday.
The car was parked outside the woman's house.
She is a member of the Armagh district policing partnership.
Jim Speers, chairman of the Armagh DPP, said it was a frightening attack.
"This is a lady in a vulnerable part of the community, and it was certainly an attack that has to be condemned by right-thinking people," he said.
All members of every DPP work for the benefit of the whole community and their work and contribution is invaluable
Desmond Rea
Policing Board chairman
"The DPP members are people who are community minded and have given their time, energy and effort on behalf of the entire community."
Policing Board chairman Professor Desmond Rea said all his colleagues condemned the "despicable" incident.
"All members of every DPP work for the benefit of the whole community and their work and contribution is invaluable," he added.
SDLP Assembly member for Newry and Armagh, Dominic Bradley, described the attack as a "brutal assault on the whole community".
Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said the attack was "utterly disgraceful".
Last year, a number of people resigned from policing partnerships across the province following a campaign of intimidation by dissident republicans.
District policing partnerships were set up across Northern Ireland under reforms initiated by a commission headed by former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten and implemented by the government.
The bodies are made up of councillors and members of the local community, who work alongside the Police Service of Northern Ireland's 29 District Command Units in trying to meet local community policing needs.
DPP member's car burned
A car belonging to a district policing partnership member has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
The incident happened in the Wayside area of Tandragee, County Armagh, at about 0230 GMT on Wednesday.
The car was parked outside the woman's house.
She is a member of the Armagh district policing partnership.
Jim Speers, chairman of the Armagh DPP, said it was a frightening attack.
"This is a lady in a vulnerable part of the community, and it was certainly an attack that has to be condemned by right-thinking people," he said.
All members of every DPP work for the benefit of the whole community and their work and contribution is invaluable
Desmond Rea
Policing Board chairman
"The DPP members are people who are community minded and have given their time, energy and effort on behalf of the entire community."
Policing Board chairman Professor Desmond Rea said all his colleagues condemned the "despicable" incident.
"All members of every DPP work for the benefit of the whole community and their work and contribution is invaluable," he added.
SDLP Assembly member for Newry and Armagh, Dominic Bradley, described the attack as a "brutal assault on the whole community".
Ulster Unionist MLA Danny Kennedy said the attack was "utterly disgraceful".
Last year, a number of people resigned from policing partnerships across the province following a campaign of intimidation by dissident republicans.
District policing partnerships were set up across Northern Ireland under reforms initiated by a commission headed by former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten and implemented by the government.
The bodies are made up of councillors and members of the local community, who work alongside the Police Service of Northern Ireland's 29 District Command Units in trying to meet local community policing needs.
