2015 Media Releases
Published Date:
03.09.2015
The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using Taser during four incidents involving knives – three of which involved people self-harming, and another in which officers feared a knife wou...
Published Date:
18.08.2015
Two police officers have been disciplined after driving at 81mph through a 30mph zone in the village of Claudy in an unmarked police vehicle with no sirens or flashing lights activated, after having been in ...
Published Date:
13.08.2015
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that a police officer did not act insensitively when he put on a protective mask while searching the house of a person who was continually coughing.
Published Date:
05.08.2015
A police officer and a civilian call handler have been disciplined after a man was arrested and detained over an incident he had nothing to do with.
Published Date:
29.07.2015
A man has said police did the right thing when they used Taser to prevent him killing himself in Belfast city centre on 19 April 2014.
Published Date:
23.07.2015
A police officer who failed to properly investigate a break-in at a woman's house has been disciplined following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman's Office.
Published Date:
19.07.2015
The Police Ombudsman's Office has appealed for witnesses after the discharge of baton rounds by police in response to rioting in north Belfast last Monday (13 July ).
Published Date:
16.07.2015
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded that police did not use too much force during the arrest of a youth in connection with a suspected petrol bomb incident.
Published Date:
09.07.2015
Most of the people who made complaints about the conduct of police officers in Northern Ireland last year do not align themselves to any of the main political parties here.
Published Date:
07.07.2015
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded that the PSNI investigation of Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information about sexual abuse within his family was conducted properly an...