2003 Media Releases
Published Date:
08.08.2003
The Police Ombudsman's Office has appealed for information about an incident at Ann Street in Ballycastle at around midnight on July 16 2003.Police Ombudsman investigators are keen to speak to anyone who may...
Published Date:
16.07.2003
Police accountability, including the handling of complaints, police corruption and the use of force will be among the issues discussed in a major international conference to be held in Belfast in November.Th...
Published Date:
09.07.2003
The Police Ombudsman has released details of her investigation into complaints against the Chief Constable of the PSNI which were made by Ex Detective Chief Superintendent Bill Lowry, formerly Re...
Published Date:
30.06.2003
The Police Ombudsman, Mrs. Nuala O'Loan, has said all the DNA samples taken during the investigation into the death of an infant last year have now been destroyed.In an unusual step, the Police Service of No...
Published Date:
24.06.2003
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman's Office into the firing of three baton rounds by police officers during disturbances following last year's parade at Drumcree has found that officers had been right ...
Published Date:
18.06.2003
THE Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, commenting on the publication of the ICR Report "Policing, Accountability and Young People" said:"I am pleased that this research h...
Published Date:
16.06.2003
The Police Ombudsman's Office has appealed for information about an incident in Carrickfergus on the evening of Saturday 14 June 2003 during which a police officer discharged two shots from his police issue ...
Published Date:
30.04.2003
The Police Ombudsman's Office is investigating an incident in County Antrim last night during which two men were shot by police officers. One of the men later died in hospital.The incident happened in ...
Published Date:
17.04.2003
The Police Ombudsman's Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 17-year-old male youth in Lisburn last night.The 17 year old fell while on a building site on the Hillsborough Road...
Published Date:
17.04.2003
A research project by the Police Ombudsman's Office has shown that police officers in Northern Ireland are six times more likely to be assaulted than their colleagues in Great Britain, but about 40 times mor...