Allister calls on Police Ombudsman's Office to root out anti-Police culture
01 January 2008
Statement by Traditional Unionist MEP Jim Allister:
"Following the acquittal of a police officer, just before Christmas in Enniskillen Magistrates Court, and the scathing condemnation of the investigative approach of the Police Ombudsman's Office by the RM, as fully reported in the 'Impartial Reporter' of 28 December 2007, I am calling on the new Police Ombudsman to explain why this investigation was conducted in the appalling manner described by the RM.
This adverse judicial indictment of the Ombudsman's Office and its methodology suggests an anti-police culture and blatantly deficient investigative processes. I would wish to hear why the investigation was conducted in the manner exposed by the court and as to what steps the new Ombudsman proposes to rectify the failings highlighted by this foolhardy prosecution.
I believe the new Ombudsman must take a root and branch look at the anti-police culture inherited from Nuala O'Loan and prevailing among investigators."
