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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.
The RUC was a militarised police force [17] [18] [19] and played a key role in policing the violent conflict known as the Troubles. Initially, Sinn Féin , which represented about a quarter of Northern Ireland voters at the time, refused to endorse the PSNI until the Patten Commission's recommendations were implemented in full.
18 July: the INLA attacked an RUC vehicle patrol with two blast bombs in the Markets area of Belfast, slightly injuring an RUC officer. [138] [164] 19 July: an INLA sniper fired two shots at an RUC patrol at Lisbon Street in the Short Strand area of Belfast. The officers returned fire but claimed no hits and were later treated for shock. [165]
16 July 1972: Two British soldiers were killed in an IRA landmine attack on their armoured vehicle in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. In Belfast an RUC officer was killed in an IRA gun attack on his patrol car. A member of the IRA Youth Section , was killed by a rubber bullet fired by security forces in Strabane, County Tyrone. [53]
1 May: the IRA carried out a rocket attack on New Barnsley RUC station, Belfast. [182] 1 May: a British soldier was injured in an IRA attack in the New Lodge area of Belfast. [182] 2 May: an IRA volunteer (Finbarr McKenna) was killed in a premature bomb explosion during an attack on Springfield RUC base in Belfast. A woman nearby was injured.
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The RUC SPG was based on the Metropolitan Police model with the main roles of preventing outbreaks of public order and an anti-terrorist role. The SPG in London was disbanded in January 1987 and the same fate befell the RUC Special Patrol Group. They were replaced by Divisional Mobile Support Units operating under local divisional control. [5]
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