Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Agency overview
Formed6 November 2000
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Headquarters11 Church St, Belfast
Employees147 (2022/23):61
Annual budget£13.4 million (2022/23):35
Agency executives
  • Marie Anderson, The Police Ombudsman
  • Hugh Hume, Chief Executive
Websitewww.policeombudsman.org

The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI) is a non-departmental public body intended to provide an independent, impartial police complaints system for the people and police under the Police (Northern Ireland) Acts of 1998 and 2000.