While there will be a sense of relief that the rioting and disorder that erupted last week has not continued over recent days, there are fears that this will be merely a brief respite.
This weekend marks the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark event that has had a profound influence on politics and wider society from that historic day in April 1998 right through to the present.
Members of the PSNI are well aware that they will face close and entirely legitimate scrutiny as they go about their always difficult and often dangerous duties across our divided society.
THE rioting which took place in some loyalist areas of Derry and Belfast at the weekend has left a substantial number of police officers injured and has led to the arrest of some suspected of being involved in the trouble.
THE incoherence of Ulster Unionist leader Steve Aiken's floundering efforts to explain why his party has joined the clamour for chief constable Simon Byrne to resign emphasises the current disarray within unionism.
AS expected, MLAs have overwhelmingly backed a motion of censure against Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill over her role in the funeral of Bobby Storey.