2016 Media Releases
Published Date:
29.12.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has rejected claims a disabled man was not any given food or drink and denied assistance while in police custody in Co. Fermanagh in August.
Published Date:
27.12.2016
The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, has found that police were justified in using TASER stun guns during four incidents in Belfast, Portadown and Antrim – including an incident involving a man with a s...
Published Date:
20.12.2016
The Police Ombudsman has rejected a complaint that police provided inaccurate information to Social Services which suggested that a man had a history of domestic violence.
Published Date:
15.12.2016
A police officer has been disciplined for failing to take adequate steps to identify a number of people who attacked a man in Belfast last year.
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13.12.2016
An investigation from the Police Ombudsman’s Office has rejected a claim that a police officer advised a woman to borrow money from a loan shark to pay off fines.
Published Date:
08.12.2016
Police have re-opened an investigation into a serious assault after the Police Ombudsman found significant failings in the way the case had initially been progressed.
Published Date:
06.12.2016
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found a police officer was justified in holding a man’s head against the window of a police car to prevent him spitting.
Published Date:
01.12.2016
Two police officers and a civilian member of police staff have been disciplined after searches of a man in police custody twice failed to find concealed drugs.
Published Date:
29.11.2016
A man’s claims that a police officer struck him in the ribs after spraying him in the face with CS Spray during an alleged sectarian incident have been rejected following a Police Ombudsman investigation.