2016 Media Releases
Published Date:
12.04.2016
The Police Ombudsman has rejected a complaint that a police officer failed to investigate a neighbourhood dispute after finding that she had reviewed almost 150 pages of evidence and hours of CCTV footage su...
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07.04.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has rejected a complaint that a man suffered broken wrists when he was “shoved” into the back of a police Land Rover while handcuffed behind his back.
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06.04.2016
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has issued made a renewed witness appeal following a disturbance during a Junior Orange Lodge parade on the Ormeau Road in south Belfast on Tuesday 31 March.
Published Date:
30.03.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has rejected claims that police handcuffed a man to a bin while they searched him in north Belfast last September.
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24.03.2016
A police officer has received a caution after being involved in a near miss traffic incident while driving a police Land Rover in west Belfast.
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22.03.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded that police were justified in using AEP baton rounds and Tasers against a man armed with machete-type swords during an incident in Antrim last year.
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17.03.2016
Police had justifiable reasons for not tasking officers to deal with a report that a drink driver had harassed a couple at their home, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.
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15.03.2016
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using Taser against a man acting irrationally with a knife at the perimeter fence of Belfast City Airport last June.
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10.03.2016
Four police officers have been disciplined after a Police Ombudsman investigation concluded that two cars had been unlawfully searched.
Published Date:
08.03.2016
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has said it is keen to speak to anyone, be they members of the public or former members of the security forces, who were present or have information about a number of deaths whi...