Professional Standards
The Professional Standards Department aims to engender pride and trust in the integrity of the Police Service of Northern Ireland through the prevention and detection of corruption, dishonesty or unethical behaviour.
Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is central to policing. Officers who conduct themselves in accordance with the Code demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and professionalism as they go about the daily business of delivering a high quality, effective service to the community to whom we are accountable.
Read the Code of Ethics 2008 (PDF, 297.2 KB)
Discipline Statistics
The majority of police officers behave with integrity and conduct themselves in a professional manner. However, on occasions wrong doing does occur and in circumstances where an officer has been found to have breached the Code of Ethics that officer will face sanction proportionate to the breach.
Officers under suspension from duty
Misconduct investigations
- Professional Standards misconduct investigations registered in 2009 / 10
- Professional Standards misconduct investigations registered in 2010 / 11
