POLICE OMBUDSMAN FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Research Report 02/2003 A Study of Complaints Involving the Use of Batons by the Police in Northern Ireland

Softcover. Foreword by Nuala O'Loan. This report presents a study of complaints involving baton use by the police in Northern Ireland during the period November 2000 to March 2002. It looks at the number and nature of these complaints and the circumstances in which they arose, and then compares the frequency of these complaints in Northern Ireland with figures for other police forces in England and Wales. The issue of the recording of the use of force by the police is also addressed. With Summary, Conclusions, Summary of Recommendations, Appendices and Bibliog. 55pp. 4to. softcover. Vg+. Scarce.