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- The RUC was superseded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2001, as mandated by the final version of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.
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Jun 2, 2022 · The RUC found itself policing Northern Ireland during its most divided period. There was strong Catholic and nationalist distrust of the police force, due in part to the majority Protestant makeup ...
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It recommended a wholesale reorganisation of policing, with the Royal Ulster Constabulary being replaced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and a drive to recruit Catholics and the adoption of a new crest and cap badge. The PSNI was introduced in November 2001.
Oct 27, 2020 · Two people suspected of involvement at the time were shot dead two weeks later by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in so-called shoot-to-kill incidents. Mr Boutcher's inquiry, known as...
May 29, 2022 · The RUC was renamed the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001, as part of reforms implemented following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. Since the formation of the RUC a century ago, 462...
Oct 28, 2023 · 27 October 2023. By Keiron Tourish,BBC News NI north-west reporter. Doherty family. John Doherty was 31 and based in Omagh, County Tyrone when he was murdered. A memorial is to be unveiled to the...
Jun 16, 2022 · The killers fled the scene in a getaway car - a green Rover 216 which was later found burnt out in Lurgan's Kilwilkie Estate. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) joined the families...
It fell a long way short of Sinn Féin’s call for the RUC to be disbanded altogether, but still infuriated Unionists, including David Trimble. Patten called for the RUC to be renamed and reconstituted as the Police Service of Northern Ireland, with an active policy to recruit more Catholic officers.
