Complaints against PSNI Officers to Police Ombudsman

February 13, 2026 | Discipline and Misconduct

Request Number: FOI/16916

Category: Discipline and Misconduct

Subject: Complaints against PSNI Officers to Police Ombudsman

Request and Answer:

Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.

Request

All information held by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland regarding complaints against PSNI officers related to: Disability Discriminatory Behaviour

  1. Gender Discriminatory Behaviour (including sexist remarks)
  2. Homophobic Discriminatory Behaviour
  3. Racially Discriminatory Behaviour
  4. Sectarian Discriminatory Behaviour
  5. Trans-phobic Discriminatory Behaviour
  6. Other Religious Discriminatory Behaviour
  7. Other Discriminatory Behaviour

This request covers January 2024 to present

Answer

Since January 2024 the following number of allegations have been received by PONI in relation to PSNI:

DisabilityDiscriminatory Behaviour

33

Gender Discriminatory Behaviour (includingsexist remarks)

13

Homophobic Discriminatory Behaviour

6

Racially Discriminatory Behaviour

28

Sectarian Discriminatory Behaviour

12

Trans-phobic Discriminatory Behaviour

0

Other Religious Discriminatory Behaviour

6

Other Discriminatory Behaviour

5