Sinn Féin councillor Conor Maskey said with so many 'x's in the PSNI's latest quarterly report for April through to June it felt like something out of the X Factor.
The PSNI in it’s North Belfast division failed to make the grade in 13 out of 17 categories
"Simon Cowell would have a field day with us although in terms of talent spotting, he might have a hard time," the Sinn Fein councillor quipped.
The incoming chair of the North Belfast DPP said police must do more to improve their figures.
"The figures are a damning indictment of their performance, The police themselves say there are too many officers pushing paper and on top of funding shortfalls they clearly have serious issues facing them.
“The only way they are going to achieve better results is through pure partnership initiatives like the multi-agency meetings with community and other statutory organisations,” said the Sinn Féin representative.
"We believe the best way of addressing the problems in our community is not just effective policing, but effective community policing, and the community part is essential."
There are good news stories too the Sinn Fein councillor added, such as efforts to engage with residents over vandalism and anti-social issues.
"The figures only tell a part of the story and it is important to acknowledge that there is hard work being done on the ground," he said.
"Sometimes the success stories won't be reflected in statistics. However the PSNI design a plan every year in co-operation with the DPP's and against those targets they clearly aren't doing the job."
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