Media Releases
Published Date:
31.10.2016
The Police Ombudsman’s Office has appealed for information about an incident involving police and a member of the public they were attempting to restrain in Kilrea in August.
Published Date:
18.10.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that police used minimal force after a man grabbed medical notes from a police doctor and put them in his mouth.
Published Date:
13.10.2016
Two police officers have been disciplined after the Police Ombudsman found failings in the way police investigated an incident which left a teenage boy fighting for his life.
Published Date:
06.10.2016
The PSNI has updated its firearms training following a Police Ombudsman investigation into an incident during which a female police officer accidentally shot herself in the leg while placing her gun into its...
Published Date:
04.10.2016
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has found that police did not fail to properly care for a drunk man who required urgent hospital treatment after being becoming unresponsive at a police cust...
Published Date:
29.09.2016
Three police officers have been disciplined for the way they dealt with two teenage boys during a stop and search in Ballyclare in March this year.
Published Date:
27.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using CS spray against juveniles during incidents in Ballymena, at a Co. Down children’s home and in Derry/Londonderry between May last year a...
Published Date:
22.09.2016
A Police Ombudsman investigation has found that a police officer acted contrary to the advice of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) when he gave a man accused of assault an immediate caution.
Published Date:
20.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has rejected a complaint that police were aggressive and overly forceful when dealing with a vulnerable young female who was threatening to jump from a bridge in south Belfast in April t...
Published Date:
15.09.2016
The Police Ombudsman has found that police were justified in using TASER stun guns to prevent people causing harm to themselves, either with blades or as a result of drugs, during incidents in Lisburn, Bally...