Media Releases
Published Date:
31.01.2017
A Police Ombudsman investigation has cleared police of failing to ensure a man was returned to jail after breaching the terms of his licence.
Published Date:
19.01.2017
The Police Ombudsman has recommended changes to police procedures after a sum of money and a quantity of drugs went missing from a police storeroom.
Published Date:
17.01.2017
The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using TASER stun guns during four incidents at Cookstown, Derry/Londonderry, Lisburn and in north Down.
Published Date:
05.01.2017
A police officer has received an adult caution after admitting breaching data protection legislation by improperly accessing police records.
Published Date:
03.01.2017
A police officer has been disciplined over a mistake which led to armed police being deployed to the wrong address during a search of a family home in Co. Down last year.
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.
Published Date:
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.