Investigation Reports

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Police justified in using 120 AEPs during three nights of rioting in north Belfast

Incident Date:

12.07.2010

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in discharging a total of 120 Attenuated Energy Projectiles (AEPs) during three consecutive nights of serious rioting in north Belfast in July 2010.

Police justified in discharging 42 AEPs during rioting at Broadway, Belfast

Incident Date:

11.07.2010

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in discharging a total of 42 AEP rounds during serious rioting in Belfast's Broadway area on 11 and 12 July 2010.

Discharge of 22 baton rounds during Belfast disorder was “lawful and proportionate”

Incident Date:

03.07.2010

The discharge of 22 AEP baton rounds by police during two nights of violence in the Broadway area of Belfast in July 2010 was lawful, justified and proportionate, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s O...

Police investigation “a catalogue of mistake after mistake”

Incident Date:

02.07.2010

Twelve police officers have been disciplined following a complaint to the Police Ombudsman’s Office about the search for a man who was reported as missing.

Full Public Statement: Police investigation “a catalogue of mistake after mistake” (39 pages).

PSNI issues new guidelines after Police Ombudsman finds failures in investigation of suspicious death

Incident Date:

01.07.2010

The PSNI has issued new guidelines to all its Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) after a Police Ombudsman investigation found significant failures in the police investigation of a suspicious death.

Officers disciplined after drunken prisoner escaped from police car

Incident Date:

25.06.2010

A Police Ombudsman investigation into an incident during which CS spray was used against a prisoner who had escaped from a police car resulted in two police officers being recommended for disciplinary action.

No evidence to support allegations of sexual assault by officer

Incident Date:

04.06.2010

A Police Ombudsman investigation has found no evidence to support allegations of serious sexual assault made against a police officer by a female on 22 June 2010.

Taser use justified after man cuts his wrists in Lisburn

Incident Date:

Jun 2010

The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, has concluded that police were justified in using Taser against a man who had barricaded himself in a bedroom and cut his wrists.

Use of Taser in Belfast justified as man threatens self-harm

Incident Date:

25.05.2010

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in discharging Taser at a man who was threatening to kill himself with a knife.

Police officers did not see fatal attack

Incident Date:

22.04.2010

Police officers on duty inside Woodbourne Police Station in west Belfast did not see a member of the public being beaten to death approximately 10 metres from its perimeter fence.

Full Public Statement: Police officers did not see fatal attack

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