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Policed Northern Ireland
- The RUC policed Northern Ireland from the aftermath of the Irish War of Independence until after the turn of the 21st century and played a major role in the Troubles between the 1960s and the 1990s.
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During the Troubles, 319 RUC officers were killed and almost 9,000 injured in paramilitary assassinations or attacks, mostly by the IRA, which made the RUC the most dangerous police force in the world in which to serve by 1983. In the same period, the RUC killed 55 people, 28 of whom were civilians.
Jun 2, 2022 · The RUC lost 312 officers to terrorist attacks, with 302 of those deaths occurring in The Troubles. More than 10,000 more officers were injured, with 300 or so of those left severely...
- Damien Edgar
The Roman Catholic population of Northern Ireland had little faith in the local police force, viewing the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as a pro-Protestant organisation. Initially, it was hoped that the British Army might be more readily accepted as a neutral peacekeeping force.
This chapter will focus on a specific period of violence, namely those years between 1969 and 1996 which became known as ‘the Troubles’. During this period, over 3,600 people died in the fighting, with many thousands more sustaining serious injuries (McKittrick et al., 2007).
Jun 17, 2024 · Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), state police force in Northern Ireland, established in 1922. The RUC had a paramilitary character until 1970, when the force was remodeled along the lines of police forces in Great Britain.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Shorlands twice opened fire on a block of flats in a nationalist district, killing a nine-year-old boy named Patrick Rooney. RUC officers opened fire on rioters in Armagh, Dungannon, and Coalisland. During the riots, on 13 August, Taoiseach Jack Lynch made a television address.
Its role was to support the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and to assert the authority of the British government in Northern Ireland. The main opposition to the British military's deployment came from the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
