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Formed | 6 November 2000 |
Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
Headquarters | 11 Church St, Belfast |
Employees | 147 (2022/23)[1]: 61 |
Annual budget | £13.4 million (2022/23)[1]: 35 |
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Website | www |
The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI; Irish: Ombudsman Póilíní do Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Owersman fur tha Polis o Norlin Airlann) 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.