Published Date:
30.09.2015
Two police officers who were accused of failing to care for a 14 year-old girl after they arrested her father have been cleared following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman's Office.
Published Date:
22.09.2015
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that a police officer failed to summon medical assistance for a man who had been attacked outside a nightclub, and who said he was later told by medical staff that he was "...
Published Date:
25.08.2015
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police did not fail to take action when a car was driven dangerously with an unrestrained child on board.
Published Date:
16.07.2015
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded that police did not use too much force during the arrest of a youth in connection with a suspected petrol bomb incident.
Published Date:
02.06.2015
The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, has said that a police officer who examined hours of CCTV footage in a bid to identify an individual responsible for an assault should be ‘commended’ for her investi...
Published Date:
21.05.2015
A POLICE Ombudsman investigation has rejected claims that a man was sent back to jail on the basis of inaccurate information provided by police.
Published Date:
14.04.2015
Police made all reasonable efforts to locate a missing man and to investigate whether he had been mugged, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.
Published Date:
24.02.2015
A police officer has been formally disciplined for “alarming failures” in his investigation of an assault, and for misleading senior police officers and Police Ombudsman investigators.
Published Date:
13.02.2015
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that police were not to blame after a vehicle which was seized by officers following an accident, was sent to a scrap-yard without the knowledge of its owners.
Published Date:
26.01.2015
Police officers were not to blame for the collapse of a court case arising from the death of a deer following an alleged attack by a hunting dog, the Police Ombudsman has concluded.
Published Date:
12.01.2015
A police officer has been disciplined for failing to seize firearms from a man alleged to have threatened to shoot someone during an ongoing dispute.
Published Date:
07.01.2015
A police officer has been disciplined after a file about an alleged assault was submitted to the Public Prosecution Service too late to be considered.
Published Date:
29.12.2014
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that a man who suffered a broken nose during a bar fight and complained that police failings had allowed his attacker to escape justice, had himself instigated the ...
Published Date:
26.12.2014
The Police Ombudsman has recommended that no misconduct action should be taken against an officer accused of failing to properly investigate an alleged threat to kill.
Published Date:
16.12.2014
Two police officers have been disciplined after a Police Ombudsman investigation found that an alleged hit and run case was closed without any meaningful investigation having been carried out into the incident.
Published Date:
08.12.2014
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has rejected a complaint that police failed to deal properly or impartially with three men involved in a fight at a house party.
Published Date:
24.11.2014
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police acted properly by returning a man’s children to their mother to allow them to arrest him after she accused him of assault.
Published Date:
19.11.2014
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police dealt with reports of a road traffic collision properly, despite a public complaint that they had not attended the scene of the collisi...
Published Date:
17.11.2014
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that a man ended up in court charged with assault after police failed to speak to three witnesses who could provide him with an alibi.
Published Date:
12.11.2014
A police officer who told a youth he was lucky not to have a broken jaw has been disciplined for using threatening language following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office.
The incident happen...
Published Date:
03.11.2014
The Police Ombudsman has found that a police officer did not commit any misconduct after being accused of using police computers to look up information on a relative of person she was in a personal dispute w...
Published Date:
29.09.2014
Officer did not breach police guidelines by not immediately cautioning a man who he had stopped for a traffic offence.
Published Date:
18.08.2014
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police used reasonable force during the arrest of a man in a recent incident outside a bar in North Down.
Published Date:
13.08.2014
A police officer has been disciplined after an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office upheld a complaint from a man who was stopped and searched unlawfully and accused of an offence he did not commit.
Published Date:
01.07.2014
A police officer accused of being rude and aggressive to nurses on a hospital ward has been disciplined following an independent investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office.
Published Date:
12.05.2014
Three police officers who failed to deal promptly or properly with a case of alleged fraud have been disciplined by the PSNI.
Published Date:
08.05.2014
Two police officers who were accused of using unreasonable force to stop and detain the two occupants of a vehicle have been cleared following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office.
Published Date:
01.04.2014
A police officer who was investigated by the Police Ombudsman’s Office after being accused of dealing with a member of the public in an aggressive manner has been disciplined by the PSNI.
Published Date:
24.03.2014
Police officers have been given new guidance on dealing with suspects in police custody following a recent policy recommendation by the Police Ombudsman.
Published Date:
04.03.2014
Two police officers who carried out a breath test on a driver have been disciplined by the PSNI because they were not wearing police uniform at the time.
Published Date:
03.02.2014
Two police officers alleged to have assaulted a man and mocked his ill health have been cleared following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office.
Published Date:
14.01.2014
The PSNI have accepted a Police Ombudsman recommendation to improve the way they handle seized money following an Ombudsman investigation into a complaint that police stole thousands of pounds during a recen...
Published Date:
02.01.2014
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found no evidence to support claims by a man arrested for assaulting his ex-partner, that police failed to properly investigate claims that he himself had been attacked.
Published Date:
10.12.2013
A man who complained about the way police reacted to a 999 call, was found by a Police Ombudsman investigation to have himself acted in a potentially threatening way.
Published Date:
09.12.2013
A police officer has been disciplined after deleting photos from a camera belonging to an amateur photographer who had taken a picture of an officer at a filling station forecourt.
Published Date:
04.12.2013
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found insufficient evidence to support allegations that a police officer lied about having called at a house to check that a man was complying with a curfew.
Published Date:
02.12.2013
A police officer who was alleged to have used CS spray on a man for no reason has been cleared following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office.
Published Date:
28.11.2013
A police officer who helped oversee the successful resolution to a long-standing land dispute was nevertheless found to have acted insensitively by clapping at one stage of the operation.
Published Date:
18.11.2013
The Police Ombudsman has upheld a complaint that a householder was left distressed after police called at her door and asked to speak to her son, who had died 12 years previously.
Published Date:
15.11.2013
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found no evidence of misconduct by police after a man complained that he had been offered money to provide information about Republican activity.
Published Date:
08.10.2013
A PSNI Custody Sergeant has been disciplined after an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office, during which CCTV footage of the conversation he had with a complainant was used as a key piece of evidence.
Published Date:
23.08.2013
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded that a police officer did not push a lit cigarette into a youth’s eye during a struggle in Portglenone in April 2012.
Published Date:
21.08.2013
A police officer has been disciplined for an “unacceptable delay” in seeking to interview a witness in relation to an allegation of harassment.
Published Date:
16.08.2013
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police officers did not racially discriminate against a man who was questioned at his place of work about a stolen mobile phone.
Published Date:
13.08.2013
The Police Ombudsman has made a policy recommendation to the PSNI that it should take steps to ensure information recorded on its systems is properly maintained and checked for accuracy.
Published Date:
07.08.2013
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found police were not to blame after a motorcyclist travelling in heavy fog collided with a car door left on the road after a traffic accident.
Published Date:
18.06.2013
A police officer failed stay in touch with a victim of an assault and did not send vital information on the case to the Public Prosecution Service, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman has found.