Investigation Reports

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Taser use justified against 18-year-old in north Belfast

Incident Date:

26.10.2013

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using Taser against a 18-year-old who threatened officers with a knife after they responded to a 999 call from his mother.

Use of Taser justified against man threatening to kill himself in north Belfast

Incident Date:

20.10.2013

The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using Taser against a man who had a knife and was threatening to kill himself during an incident in north Belfast in October 2013.

Officer right to use Taser to prevent man cutting throat

Incident Date:

16.10.2013

A police officer was justified in discharging Taser when a 20-year-old man began to cut his throat during an incident in Glengormley, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.

Taser use justified as man threatens to cut his throat during Dundonald incident

Incident Date:

03.10.2013

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using Taser against a man who had a knife against his throat and was threatening to kill himself.

Officer used excessive force during city centre violence: Police Ombudsman

Incident Date:

03.09.2013

The Police Ombudsman has found that a police officer used excessive force when he used two baton strikes against a man who was standing with his back to him during disturbances in Belfast city centre in Augu...

Police justified in using AEPs against man who attacked police Land Rover with samurai sword

Police Ombudsman cordon tape

Incident Date:

09.08.2013

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in discharging two AEP baton rounds at a man who attacked a police Land Rover with a samurai sword in Belfast’s New Lodge area on 9 August 2013.

Officer disciplined for accessing records about friend’s estranged husband

Police Ombudsman investigation report cover

Incident Date:

Aug 2013

A police officer has been disciplined for inappropriately accessing police information, after a Police Ombudsman investigation found that she had allowed a personal friendship to compromise her impartiality.

Officer disciplined over misleading note

Incident Date:

12.07.2013

A police officer has been disciplined for writing a misleading note about an incident during which he appeared to aim a kick towards a drunk man’s groin in Derry/Londonderry on 12 July 2013.

Use of AEPs during Belfast rioting was ‘justified and proportionate’

View of the Police Ombudsman's Office building

Incident Date:

Jul 2013

The firing of 58 Attenuated Energy Projectiles (AEPs) by police during sustained rioting in Belfast in 2013 was justified and proportionate, the Police Ombudsman has found.

Police officer accepts warning over driving incident

Sign on front of Police Ombudsman's building

Incident Date:

21.06.2013

The driver of a police Land Rover has received an informed warning following an incident at an Orange Order parade in north Belfast, during which a Sinn Fein politician was carried for a short distance on th...

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