
Police Ombudsman Condemns Individual Police Pursuit at Tuusula Moped Meet
The police ombudsman has condemned an individual police pursuit during a moped meet in Tuusula, with police and prosecutors currently pausing further information releases.
9 stories found

The police ombudsman has condemned an individual police pursuit during a moped meet in Tuusula, with police and prosecutors currently pausing further information releases.

Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman in Ireland, has confirmed it is investigating the death of a man who died in garda custody yesterday evening.

Police Ombudsman investigators concluded that PSNI officers did not use excessive force when responding to a potentially serious threat sparked by a toy water pistol in Belfast, deeming their actions appropriate.

Independent MLAs and others are calling for the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland to investigate what the PSNI knew regarding the case involving Jeffrey Donaldson. The calls seek to determine the extent of police awareness prior to recent developments.

Just over 53% of the 2,700 complaints lodged against An Garda Síochána (Irish police) with the office of the police ombudsman were deemed admissible.

The Police Ombudsman has identified multiple potential victims of a former police officer in Northern Ireland who is under investigation for alleged non-recent serious sexual offences.
The family of Yves Sakila is seeking an outside pathologist and has criticized the Garda inquiry into the events surrounding his death, which is also under investigation by Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman.

Police Ombudsman Emily Logan stated that the treatment of the first victim of former garda Paul Moody, whose 2017 complaint was not acted upon, was "wholly unacceptable."

A report by Northern Ireland's police ombudsman reveals that attempts by male police officers to exploit women for sexual gratification constitute almost a third of the most serious cases under investigation.