2016 Media Releases
Published Date:
29.09.2016
Three police officers have been disciplined for the way they dealt with two teenage boys during a stop and search in Ballyclare in March this year.
Published Date:
27.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using CS spray against juveniles during incidents in Ballymena, at a Co. Down children’s home and in Derry/Londonderry between May last year a...
Published Date:
22.09.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that a police officer acted contrary to the advice of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) when he gave a man accused of assault an immediate caution.
Published Date:
20.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has rejected a complaint that police were aggressive and overly forceful when dealing with a vulnerable young female who was threatening to jump from a bridge in south Belfast in April t...
Published Date:
15.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using TASER stun guns to prevent people causing harm to themselves, either with blades or as a result of drugs, during incidents in Lisburn, Bally...
Published Date:
13.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman's Office has released additional information and issued a fresh appeal for witnesses following the death of Gerard McMahon after an incident in Belfast city centre last Thursday morning ...
Published Date:
13.09.2016
A police investigation into a traffic incident which left a woman needing a skin graft was “completely compromised” by an officer’s failure to take a statement from the injured party, and instead to base his...
Published Date:
09.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman's Office has released the name of the man who died following an incident in Belfast City Centre yesterday (Thursday) morning.
Published Date:
08.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman’s Office is investigating an incident in Belfast City Centre involving police officers and a member of the public who is now in a critical condition in hospital.
Published Date:
06.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has found that a PSNI officer did all that could be expected of him while trying to secure the return of a car taken to Lithuania after being stolen in Northern Ireland.