2000-2010 Media Releases
Published Date:
03.10.2003
The Police Ombudsman is to investigate allegations that police officers asked officials of the Forensic Science Agency to cover up mistakes made during police investigations. The Chief Constable of the PSNI,...
Published Date:
26.09.2003
In what is believed to be the first project of its kind in the United Kingdom, the Police Ombudsman's Office for Northern Ireland and the University of Portsmouth have joined forces to develop a training cou...
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22.09.2003
The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, has told an international conference in Canada that from November 6, Northern Ireland will have Europe's first completely independent system for t...
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19.09.2003
The Police Ombudsman's Office has issued an appeal for anyone who witnessed an early morning disturbance in Portadown in February of this year to contact them.The Office is investigating a complaint, which h...
Published Date:
12.09.2003
The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland is to be among a number of public bodies which will now have part of its investigative work covered by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.The A...
Published Date:
02.09.2003
A major investigation by the Police Ombudsman's office has concluded that police were fully justified in discharging 60 plastic baton rounds and 10 live rounds during serious disorder in east Belfast in June...
Published Date:
28.08.2003
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens is due to join several Chief Constables from forces across Great Britain and polices chiefs from around the world for a special conference in Belfast in ...
Published Date:
27.08.2003
The Police Ombudsman has appealed for information about an alleged altercation between police officers and a number of young people in Holywood town centre at around midnight on Saturday August 2.
The incid...
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...