Media Releases
Published Date:
27.06.2023
Police custody staff have been commended for ensuring the wellbeing of a man who became critically ill after taking drugs he had smuggled into a police cell.
Published Date:
26.04.2023
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that the family of Patrick Kelly, abducted and murdered in 1974, was ‘failed by police’ as the result of a ‘wholly inadequate investigation’
PDF: Full public statement
Published Date:
07.03.2023
The Police Ombudsman has commenced an investigation into the PSNI policies and practice and the obligations imposed on police officers when interacting with vulnerable people.
Published Date:
23.02.2023
The Police Ombudsman has condemned the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer.
Published Date:
15.02.2023
The Police Ombudsman’s Office is appealing for witnesses to an incident in Portrush on Wednesday 8 February 2023.
The incident, which involved a physical altercation between a police officer and a member ...
Published Date:
07.02.2023
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that the PSNI investigation into a ‘Protect Our Monuments’ protest in Belfast on 13 June 2020 was ‘closed prematurely’ following a failure to access and exploit intelligenc...
Published Date:
24.11.2022
The Police Ombudsman’s Office is appealing for witnesses to an incident that happened in Newtownards on Tuesday 6 September 2022.
Published Date:
09.11.2022
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to an incident which took place at Antrim Area hospital in June.
Published Date:
07.11.2022
The Police Ombudsman’s office is appealing for witnesses to an incident in the Dublin Road area of Belfast which took place in the early hours of Saturday 29 October.
Published Date:
31.10.2022
The Police Ombudsman’s Office is appealing for witnesses to an incident in the Dunvale area of Ballymena on Friday 14 October 2022.