Policy and Corporate Governance Documents

Data Protection Appropriate Policy Document for Law Enforcement Processing (756 kB) 2023

This Data Protection Policy Document applies to the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes and also to sensitive processing for those purposes where it is necessary for the purposes of the Ombudsman and her staff to carry out the functions of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (the Office).

Memorandum of Understanding between the PPS and the Police Ombudsman's Office (332 kB) 08.04.2022

Public Authority Statutory Equality and Good Relations Duties Report 2019-2020 (66 kB) 11.03.2022

Public Authority Statutory Equality and Good Relations Duties Report 2021 (80 kB) 11.03.2022

Memorandum of Understanding - Police Ombudsman's Office and the Information Commissioner's Office (340 kB) 10.03.2022

Grave or Exceptional Policy (18.9 kB) 2021

Customer Complaints Policy (98 kB) 01.04.2021

Review under Section 61(4) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Five Year Legislative Review) (554 kB) 25.11.2020

“This report is a review by Marie Anderson, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland of the Police Ombudsman’s legislation in accordance with section 61(4) of the Police (NI) Act 1998. This review coincides with the Minister for Justice’s ‘stock take’ exercise for the Department’s arm’s length bodies and this review will be considered by the Minister as part of that stock take”.

Memorandum of Understanding between PSNI and PONI re. Disclosure of Information (160 kB) 11.08.2020

Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference (36 kB) 18.09.2019

Police Ombudsman Code of Ethics (75 kB) 2017

Statement of Revision and Error Strategy for Statistical Purposes (133 kB) 2017

Statement of Customer Service Strategy for Statistical Purposes (99 kB) 2017

Statement of Confidentiality for Official Statistics (154 kB) 2017

Statement of Compliance with Pre-release Access Order (219 kB) 2017

Statement of Complaints Strategy for Statistical Purposes (99 kB) 2017

Prioritisation Policy and Addendum (335 kB) 2017

Policy on Recording Complaints from Juveniles (136 kB) 2017

Investigation of State Related Deaths Policy (Article 2) (14.5 kB) 2017

Freedom of Information Policy (77 kB) 2017