Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Agency overview
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
Agency executives	Marie Anderson, The Police Ombudsman Hugh Hume, Chief Executive
Website	www.policeombudsman.org

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.