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The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) [n 1] was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) [2] following the partition of Ireland. At its peak the force had around 8,500 officers, with a further 4,500 who were members of the RUC Reserve.
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
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]
Mr Heaton-Harris said the Government “owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the brave men and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Police Service of Northern Ireland for their ...
Cases were generally handled in chronological order. At that time, under an agreement between the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), military witnesses to deaths were often initially interviewed by the Royal Military Police instead of the RUC. Doubts had since been raised about the independence and effectiveness of these ...
The Protestant-dominated Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was replaced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended three decades of ...
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.
Royal Ulster Constabulary badge. The Royal Ulster Constabulary had been responsible for law enforcement in Northern Ireland since being split from the all-Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary before the partition of Ireland. During The Troubles, they had been accused by nationalists of having a unionist bias against the nationalist minority. [4]