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  2. Royal Ulster Constabulary - Wikipedia

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    The review was published in September 1999. 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.

  3. RUC Special Branch - Wikipedia

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    RUC Special Branch was the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and was heavily involved in the British state effort during the Troubles, especially against the Provisional Irish Republican Army. It worked closely with MI5 and the Intelligence Corps.

  4. Hunt Report - Wikipedia

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    The Hunt Report was published on 10 October 1969 and proposed removing the military function from the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the disbandment of the Ulster Special Constabulary (widely referred to as the B Specials), and their replacement of their military function to a new locally-recruited part time force, which became the Ulster ...

  5. Police Service of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Incumbent Chief constable (since 1996) of the service during its change from the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the PSNI in November 2001. – Colin Cramphorn March 2002 September 2002 Acting Chief constable 2 Sir Hugh Orde: September 2002 August 2009 – Judith Gillespie: August 2009 August 2009 Acting Chief constable 3 Sir Matt Baggott: August 2009

  6. Charles praises ‘courage and heroism’ of RUC as ... - AOL

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    The Prince of Wales sent a message to mark 100 years since the RUC was formed, which was marked with a commemoration service at St Anne’s Cathedral.

  7. Clonoe ambush - Wikipedia

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    The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit which had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds ...

  8. Special Patrol Group (RUC) - Wikipedia

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    The Special Patrol Group (SPG) of the Royal Ulster Constabulary was a tactical reserve of 310 officers which had the role: "to provide support to divisional policing both uniform and CID, to police interface areas at times of civil unrest, and to do so in a disciplined way.

  9. Headquarters Mobile Support Unit - Wikipedia

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    Following the 1982 shootings, the HMSU was reined in. Subsequently, the Royal Ulster Constabulary played only a supporting role in such operations, but the active role in intelligence-led covert ambushes was returned to the British Army, in particular the SAS and similarly trained units, under ultimate police operational control. [11]