2024 Media Releases News

Police missed opportunities to identify man as subject of dissident threat before his murder

Published Date:

25.04.2024

A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that the PSNI missed opportunities to identify the subject of a dissident republican threat, six months before he was murdered in December 2018.

Officer dismissed after "predatory behaviour"

Published Date:

15.04.2024

A police officer has been dismissed after a Police Ombudsman investigation found that he had sex with a vulnerable woman at an industrial estate in Antrim while on duty in 2016.

PSNI Civilian Detention Officer dismissed after assault conviction

Published Date:

14.03.2024

A PSNI Civilian Detention Officer has been dismissed from the police after receiving a suspended prison sentence for assaulting a detainee in the custody suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast.

No evidence that police officers stole £2,000 from motorist

Published Date:

12.03.2024

An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found no evidence to support a complaint that police officers stole £2,000 while searching a car near Newry last August.

Consultation: Free Period Products

Published Date:

04.03.2024

The Police Ombudsman's Office is preparing to make period products available free of charge at our premises. You can complete a short online survey to take part in the consultation. 

Glenn Quinn murder: PSNI failed to deal properly with death threat

Sign on front of Police Ombudsman's building

Published Date:

21.01.2024

The Police Ombudsman has found that the PSNI failed to deal properly with intelligence that a Carrickfergus man was to be shot dead, resulting in a failure to warn him about the threat before he was murdered.

Witness appeal: Incident at Woodbourne Police Station

Published Date:

19.01.2024

The Police Ombudsman has appealed for witnesses to an incident involving police officers and a member of the public outside Woodbourne Police Station in west Belfast.

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