In an interview the 64-year-old Summers said, “It’s sort of like living with the elephant in the room. I would see it as a challenge, to make an absolutely brilliant pop album at this stage of our career, and that would be something quite remarkable.”

Back in 1986 the Police broke up after their world tour and the huge success of their Synchronicity LP. Police hits include “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take.” Sting has had a successful solo career while the other two band members Guitarist Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland have had more subdued solo projects.

They reunited for a 30th-anniversary world tour that began in May and is scheduled to run into next year.

Summers said the trio has yet to discuss in any detail the prospect of recording a new album together. But he said the tour had sharpened their group skills — and, four months into the reunion, creating something new together would make sense.

Summers spoke to reporters in a central Dublin park, where he was signing copies of “I’ll Be Watching You: Inside The Police 1980-1983,” his personal photographic record of the band’s glory years. Last year he published his autobiography, “One Train Later: A Memoir.”

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