This book offers the first comprehensive history of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI) – considered the global ‘gold standard’ for police complaints systems. Created in November 2000, it is the only functioning example in the world of a fully independent, civilian controlled model of dealing with complaints against the police – in this case the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). While much research has been devoted to the reform of the former Royal Ulst...