the hunt report commissioned by the government of northern ireland published on 3 october 1969, recommended that the ruc "should be relieved of all duties of a military nature as soon as possible". further; a "locally recruited part-time force, under the control of the g.o.c., northern ireland, should be raised" ... and that it "together with the police volunteer reserve, should replace the ulster special constabulary". the new force was to be "impartial in every sense" and "remove the responsibility of military-style operations from the police".