Investigation Reports

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Use of CS spray against a 15-year-old in Portstewart was “necessary and justified”

Incident Date:

May 2016

The Police Ombudsman has found that a police officer was justified in using CS Spray against a 15-year-old who threatened him with a hammer during an incident in Portstewart in May 2016.

Use of TASER justified as man threatened to self-harm with a chisel

Logo on front door of Police Ombudsman's Office

Incident Date:

01.05.2016

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that a police officer was justified in discharging a TASER stun gun at a man who was threatening to harm himself with a chisel during an incident in Derry/Londonderry in ...

Use of CS spray against 16-year-old was justified

Incident Date:

Feb 2016

An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded that a police officer was justified in using CS Spray against a youth who was acting aggressively and resisting arrest during an incident in De...

Use of CS spray justified after youths cause damage at Co. Down children’s home

Incident Date:

Jan 2016

An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police were justified in using CS Spray against a number of young people following disturbances at a Co. Down children’s home.

Officer disciplined for error which allowed man to avoid drug sanction

Police Ombudsman investigation report cover

Incident Date:

Jan 2016

A man has had an adult caution for the possession of Class B drugs overturned as a result of an irregularity in the police search of his home.

Use of TASER justified after man locked himself in bathroom with knife

Incident Date:

Nov 2015

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using a TASER stun gun against a man who had locked himself in a bathroom, and who appeared to have caused injury to his neck and wrists.

TASER use was justified to stop man self-harming or being knocked down

Incident Date:

Nov 2015

Police were justified in using a TASER stun gun to prevent a man cutting himself with a shard of glass or causing a traffic accident during an incident in west Belfast, a Police Ombudsman investigation has c...

Taser use justified as woman holds knife to throat

Incident Date:

Sep 2015

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using Taser against a woman who who was bleeding from cuts to her arms and had a knife held to her throat.

Officer right to use TASER when confronted by man with knife

Incident Date:

Aug 2015

The Police Ombudsman has found that a police officer was right to use a TASER stun gun when confronted by a man with a knife at a hostel for the homeless in Derry/Londonderry .

Police officer right to use TASER against man with samurai sword in Belfast city centre

Incident Date:

Aug 2015

A Police Officer was right to use a TASER stun gun against a man armed with a samurai sword in Belfast city centre in August 2015, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.

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