Royal Ulster Constabulary
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) (Irish: Constáblacht RÃoga Ulaidh) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on June 1, 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). At its peak the force had around 8500 officers with a further 4500 reservists, officially members of the RUC Reserve, but in practice members of the RUC (unlike the earlier Ulster Special Constabulary, which was a force in its own right, with its own rank structure).
It became the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2001. Strictly speaking the RUC was not disbanded, but reformed, as is provided for by the final version of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000[1]. The RUC were widely accused by the Nationalist community of one-sided policing and discrimination and there have been long standing allegations of collusion made against the force. Conversely, the RUC was praised by security forces as one of the most professional policing operations in the world.[2] The allegations regarding collusion have prompted several inquiries, the most recent of which was published by Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan.
