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22/07/2005
Complaints against PSNI fall – Police Ombudsman
The number of people in Northern Ireland who made complaints against police officers last year has fallen by nearly 100, the Police Ombudsman’s office has said.
According to statistics in the latest Annual Report published by the Office of the Police Ombudsman, more than 2,800 people complained about PSNI officers - a drop of 91 or 3% on the same period last year.
Of those who complained 47% of complaints were from the Protestant community, while 37% were from those who said they were Catholic.
Just under a quarter of all allegations against police were made in the Belfast area, with the Foyle, Lisburn, Ballymena and Craigavon District Command Units accounting for around 5% each.
The types of issues which members of the public complained about have continued to change in recent years. The single biggest category of complaint, allegations that police officers had failed to do their duty, represented 39% of complaints last year - an increase of 12% in the last three years.
Allegations of assault, intimidation or harassment, which used to be the main cause of complaint, represented 37% of complaints last year- a drop of 4% since 2002.
Of the 2,885 complaints the Office received last year, 1,590 were such that formal investigations into the allegations were initiated. In 720 cases, the person making the complaint agreed to try and deal with the matter through the Police Ombudsman’s Informal Resolution process. In another 450 cases, the complainant agreed to refer the matter back to the police.
(MB/GB)
According to statistics in the latest Annual Report published by the Office of the Police Ombudsman, more than 2,800 people complained about PSNI officers - a drop of 91 or 3% on the same period last year.
Of those who complained 47% of complaints were from the Protestant community, while 37% were from those who said they were Catholic.
Just under a quarter of all allegations against police were made in the Belfast area, with the Foyle, Lisburn, Ballymena and Craigavon District Command Units accounting for around 5% each.
The types of issues which members of the public complained about have continued to change in recent years. The single biggest category of complaint, allegations that police officers had failed to do their duty, represented 39% of complaints last year - an increase of 12% in the last three years.
Allegations of assault, intimidation or harassment, which used to be the main cause of complaint, represented 37% of complaints last year- a drop of 4% since 2002.
Of the 2,885 complaints the Office received last year, 1,590 were such that formal investigations into the allegations were initiated. In 720 cases, the person making the complaint agreed to try and deal with the matter through the Police Ombudsman’s Informal Resolution process. In another 450 cases, the complainant agreed to refer the matter back to the police.
(MB/GB)
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