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Press Releases 2003
| APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO ALLEGED ROAD INCIDENT | 27 Nov 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman's office has appealed for witnesses to an incident involving two cars on the Killinchy Road, between Comber and Killinchy, in June this year.... | ||
| EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY | 05 Nov 2003 | |
| Over 300 delegates, including senior police officers from the United States, Australia, Africa and Canada are due to arrive in Belfast on Wednesday for a three days conference on police accountability the first event of its kind ever to be held in Europe.... | ||
| CHIEF CONSTABLE ASKS POLICE OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE FORENSICS CLAIMS | 03 Oct 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman is to investigate allegations that police officers asked officials of the Forensic Science Agency to cover up mistakes made during police investigations.... | ||
| 'FIRST IN POLICE COMPLAINTS TRAINING' | 26 Sep 2003 | |
| In what is believed to be the first project of its kind in the United Kingdom, the Police Ombudsman's Office for Northern Ireland and the University of Portsmouth have joined forces to develop a training course and qualification for people who investigate public complaints against the police.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN ADDRESSES CANADIAN CONFERENCE | 22 Sep 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, has told an international conference in Canada that from November 6, Northern Ireland will have Europe's first completely independent system for the investigation of complaints against the police.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEAL: ASSAULT IN PORTADOWN HOT FOOD BAR. | 19 Sep 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman's Office has issued an appeal for anyone who witnessed an early morning disturbance in Portadown in February of this year to contact them.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN WELCOMES DEVELOPMENT. | 12 Sep 2003 | |
| The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is to be among a number of public bodies which will now have part of its investigative work covered by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.... | ||
| BATON ROUND DISCHARGES FULLY JUSTIFIED: POLICE OMBUDSMAN | 02 Sep 2003 | |
| A major investigation by the Police Ombudsmans office has concluded that police were fully justified in discharging 60 plastic baton rounds and 10 live rounds during serious disorder in east Belfast in June last year.... | ||
| INTERNATIONAL POLICE CHIEFS SET FOR BELFAST | 28 Aug 2003 | |
| The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens is due to join several Chief Constables from forces across Great Britain and polices chiefs from around the world for a special conference in Belfast in November to discuss issues such as police use of force and police corruption.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEALS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOLYWOOD INCIDENT | 27 Aug 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman has appealed for information about an alleged altercation between police officers and a number of young people in Holywood town centre at around midnight on Saturday August 2.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT BALLYCASTLE INCIDENT | 08 Aug 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsmans Office has appealed for information about an incident at Ann Street in Ballycastle at around midnight on July 16 2003.... | ||
| POLICING THE POLICE | 16 Jul 2003 | |
| Police accountability, including the handling of complaints, police corruption and the use of force will be among the issues discussed in a major international conference to be held in Belfast in November.... | ||
| "MI5 DID NOT INFLUENCE ORDE": POLICE OMBUDSMAN REPORT | 09 Jul 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman has released details of her investigation into complaints against the Chief Constable of the PSNI which were made by Ex Detective Chief Superintendent Bill Lowry, formerly Regional Intelligence Advisor, Belfast.... | ||
| CARRYDUFF BABY: DNA SAMPLES DESTROYED | 30 Jun 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman, Mrs.... | ||
| DRUMCREE BATON ROUNDS JUSTIFIED: POLICE OMBUDSMAN | 24 Jun 2003 | |
| An investigation by the Police Ombudsmans Office into the firing of three baton rounds by police officers during disturbances following last years parade at Drumcree has found that officers had been right to use the weapons as they faced a serious and immediate risk to life.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN RESPONDS TO ICR RESEARCH ON POLICING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE | 18 Jun 2003 | |
| THE Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Mrs Nuala OLoan, commenting on the publication of the ICR Report Policing, Accountability and Young People said: I am pleased that this research has shown that in general young people are supportive of the work of the Police Ombudsmans Office and recognise the need for civilian oversight of policing.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEALS FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING WEAPON DISCHARGE IN CARRICKFERGUS | 16 Jun 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsmans Office has appealed for information about an incident in Carrickfergus on the evening of Saturday 14 June 2003 during which a police officer discharged two shots from his police issue weapon.... | ||
| FATAL SHOOTING: POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEAL | 30 Apr 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsmans Office is investigating an incident in County Antrim last night during which two men were shot by police officers.... | ||
| DEATH OF 17 YEAR OLD | 17 Apr 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsmans Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 17-year-old male youth in Lisburn last night.... | ||
| ASSAULTS ON OFFICERS 6 TIMES HIGHER: BATON COMPLAINTS 40 TIMES HIGHER | 17 Apr 2003 | |
| A research project by the Police Ombudsmans Office has shown that police officers in Northern Ireland are six times more likely to be assaulted than their colleagues in Great Britain, but about 40 times more likely to receive complaints about their use of batons (truncheons).... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEAL | 06 Apr 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsmans Office has appealed for information about an early morning incident in Londonderry/Derry in which a man was seriously injured.... | ||
| "INCREASE IN PROTESTANT SUPPORT FOR POLICE OMBUDSMAN": SURVEY | 28 Mar 2003 | |
| The first indications from an independent survey conducted last month into the publics attitudes to the Office of the Police Ombudsman have indicated a large increase in support for the organisation from the Protestant community.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN PUBLISHES REPORT ON TREATMENT OF LAWYERS BY POLICE. | 13 Mar 2003 | |
| A survey carried out by Police Ombudsmans Office, and supported by the Northern Ireland Bar Council and the Law Society, indicates that the vast majority of solicitors and barristers here have not reported any difficulty in their dealings with police officers.... | ||
| POLICE OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF A JUDICIAL REVIEW BROUGHT BY THE POLICE ASSOCIATION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND TO QUASH HER REPORT INTO EVENTS SURROUNDING THE OMAGH BOMBING. | 23 Jan 2003 | |
| The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala OLoan said: "I am very pleased that my report stands.... | ||
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