the psni gives 50% of its jobs to roman catholics and 50% of its jobs to people who are not roman catholic. this is because many people think there are not enough roman catholics in the psni. by 2006, 20% of psni policemen were roman catholic. only 8.3% of policemen in the old royal ulster constabulary were roman catholic. about 30% of the force will be roman catholics by 2011.