2000-2010 Media Releases
Published Date:
21.03.2006
Police Ombudsman investigators have appealed for anyone who saw the car which crashed near Castledawson last week killing its two occupants to contact them.Two men died when the white Honda Civic crashed nea...
Published Date:
21.03.2006
The Police Ombudsman's Office has this afternoon released the following statement regarding a police investigation into allegations against a number of its staff.
"The police have launched an invest...
Published Date:
22.02.2006
"The Police Ombudsman's Office and the Northern Ireland Policing Board have today (22 February) launched two new reports on the attitudes to policing of people within the local black and minority ethnic...
Published Date:
14.02.2006
Most people in Northern Ireland who make complaints about police do not appear tosupport any political party, research by the Police Ombudsman's Office hasindicated.Figures released by the Office also indica...
Published Date:
23.01.2006
The Police Ombudsman's Office has appealed for witnesses in relation to a fatal crash in Derry/Londonderry at the weekend.Twenty-three year-old Noel Christopher Doherty, from Drumleck Drive in the city, died...
Published Date:
15.12.2005
The use of baton rounds was a justified and proportionate response to the serious violence directed at police officers during 24 riots in 2001 and 2002, according to a new Police Ombudsman report. The report...
Published Date:
06.12.2005
The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, has welcomed the findings of an inspection of her Office by the Criminal Justice Inspectorate. The Criminal Justice Inspector, Mr. Kit Chivers, described his report as...
Published Date:
24.11.2005
An average of around 80 complaints are made against police officers in Armagh city and district each year, the Police Ombudsman has revealed.
Mrs Nuala O'Loan told members of the local D...
Published Date:
13.10.2005
The Police Ombudsman has revealed that the number of complaints about police officers in Down District has decreased over the past three years.Mrs Nuala O'Loan told members of Down District Policing Partners...
Published Date:
21.07.2005
Thursday, 21 July 2005DROP IN COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICEMore than 2,800 people in Northern Ireland made complaints about police officers last year - that is a drop of 91 or 3% on the same period in the previo...