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Police Ombudsman praises officer's courage and restraint after Coleraine incident

Incident Date:

03.09.2002

The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, has praised a PSNI officer for his courage and restraint when faced with a drunken man armed with an imitation firearm at Coleraine on 3 September 2002.

Discharge of 29 baton rounds in the vicinity of the Albertbridge Road, Belfast

Incident Date:

20.08.2002

This report relates to the discharge of 29 baton rounds over two nights on August 20 and 21 2002 during ongoing disturbances in the Albertbridge Road area, close to the interface at Clandeboye Gardens and Cl...

Police acted with restraint during east Belfast interface rioting

Incident Date:

15.08.2002

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that PSNI officers acted with restraint when targeted with missiles - including petrol and paint bombs, fireworks and acid - during sectarian clashes in East Belfast on 15 ...

Discharge of one baton round at Mountpottinger Road, east Belfast

Incident Date:

10.08.2002

Police discharged one baton round in the Mountpottinger Road area of East Belfast on 10 August 2002, during a day of rioting resulting from ongoing tensions around the Cluan Place/Clandeboye Gardens "interfa...

Discharge of four shots by police at Derry/Londonderry

Incident Date:

22.07.2002

The Police Ombudsman launched an investigation after police officers discharged four shots as they attempted to apprehend a gang fleeing the scene of an armed robbery in Derry/Londonderry. The shots were fir...

Police Ombudsman finds ‘significant failings’ in PSNI investigation into murder of Gerard Lawlor

Sign on front of Police Ombudsman's building

Incident Date:

22.07.2002

The Police Ombudsman has found that there were ‘significant failings’ in the PSNI investigation into the murder of Gerard Lawlor in 2002, but no evidence that police could have prevented his murder nor of co...

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Discharge of 30 baton rounds at Springfield Road, Belfast

Incident Date:

12.07.2002

Police discharged a total of 30 baton rounds during a half hour period of serious disorder during an Orange Order parade along Belfast's Springfield Road on 12 July 2002.

Discharge of three baton rounds at Drumcree Bridge, Portadown

Incident Date:

07.07.2002

The Police Ombudsman's office was called in by the Chief Constable to investigate the discharge of three baton rounds during disturbances at Drumcree Bridge, Portadown, shortly after 2pm on July 7, 2002.

Discharge of one baton round at Albertbridge Road, Belfast

Incident Date:

13.06.2002

A baton round was fired as a group of around 400 people surrounded 10 soldiers during severe rioting between rival Loyalist and Nationalist crowds in Belfast's Albertbridge Road area.

Discharge of two baton rounds at Donegall Pass, Belfast

Incident Date:

09.06.2002

The Donegal Pass area of Belfast was the scene of serious public disorder on two consecutive evenings in June 2002. Trouble flared shortly after 2am on 9 June when two males were assaulted at the interface b...

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