Investigation Reports

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Officer cleared of placing undue pressure on crime suspect

Incident Date:

Apr 2010

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that an off-duty police officer committed no disciplinary offence when he visited the workplace of a man suspected of a sexual assault on his (the officer's) sister.

Taser use against man who threatened to shoot officers was justified

Incident Date:

07.04.2010

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police acted appropriately when they fired a Taser at a man they thought might have been reaching for a gun.

Officers acted appropriately while trying to save 15-year-old who drowned in Faughan River

Incident Date:

07.04.2010

Despite not being able to swim, two police officers did all they reasonably could to save a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a river near Derry/Londonderry in 2010, a Police Ombudsman investigation has concluded.

Police justified in using Taser against man reported to have firearm in east Belfast

Incident Date:

01.04.2010

Police were justified in using Taser against a man who was acting aggressively with a knife, and who officers believed may also have had a gun, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.

PSNI should review advice to officers over court appearances following judge's criticism of officer

Incident Date:

Mar 2010

The Police Ombudsman has recommended that the PSNI should review the advice it gives to officers about appearing at court, after a judge criticised a police officer's behaviour during an appeal hearing.

Officer at Kilrea St Patrick's parade cleared of using excessive force, but his actions heightened tensions

Incident Date:

17.03.2010

A Police Ombudsman investigation has cleared a police officer of using excessive force during the St Patrick's Day parade in Kilrea in 2010, but has also concluded that his actions heightened tensions and le...

Taser use "best way" of preventing man injuring himself

Incident Date:

06.03.2010

Police were right to use a Taser against a man who was threatening to cut his own throat during an incident at Carrickfergus in March 2010, the Police Ombudsman has found.

Use Of AEPs during Craigavon Disturbances Justified

Incident Date:

28.02.2010

The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using impact rounds during disturbances in Craigavon on the evening of 27/28 February 2010.

Police justified in firing warning shots during attack on police at Carrowdore

Incident Date:

26.01.2010

Police Ombudsman Mr Al Hutchinson has concluded that a police officer was justified in discharging three warning shots when he and a colleague came under a sustained and dangerous attack in the County Down v...

Officer convicted over fatal RTC in Ballybogey

Incident Date:

20.12.2009

A police officer has been found guilty of Causing Death by Careless Driving and been disciplined by the PSNI following an investigation into a fatal road traffic collision in Ballybogey in December 2009.

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