Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland

E431448

The Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland was an independent body established as part of the peace process to recommend comprehensive reforms to policing structures, practices, and oversight, ultimately leading to the creation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body established under the Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
independent commission ⓘ
public inquiry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
basedOn Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
chairperson Chris Patten ⓘ
Lord Patten of Barnes ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1999 ⓘ
field policing reform ⓘ
hasImpactOn community–police relations in Northern Ireland ⓘ
human rights standards in policing in Northern Ireland ⓘ
police accountability in Northern Ireland ⓘ
influenced Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 ⓘ
subsequent policing legislation in Northern Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Good Friday Agreement policing provisions ⓘ
location Northern Ireland ⓘ
namedAfter Chris Patten ⓘ
partOf Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
publicationDate 1999 ⓘ
published Patten Report ⓘ
purpose to recommend comprehensive reforms to policing structures, practices, and oversight in Northern Ireland ⓘ
to review policing in Northern Ireland ⓘ
recommended a new policing culture based on partnership with the community ⓘ
changes to police recruitment practices ⓘ
changes to police symbols and emblems ⓘ
creation of District Policing Partnerships ⓘ
creation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ
establishment of a Policing Board ⓘ
greater community oversight of policing ⓘ
increased Catholic representation in the police service ⓘ
measures to ensure human rights–compliant policing ⓘ
new policing oversight structures ⓘ
stronger accountability mechanisms for policing ⓘ
replaced Royal Ulster Constabulary with the Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ
resultedIn creation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland ⓘ
reform of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
startTime 1998 ⓘ
subjectOf debate on police legitimacy in Northern Ireland ⓘ
titleOfReport A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland ⓘ
topic reform of security institutions in post-conflict societies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Ulster Constabulary → subjectOf → Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: RUC
Patten Report → authoringBody → Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland
Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland → alsoKnownAs → Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland
A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland → publisher → Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland
A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland → author → Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 → implementsRecommendationsOf → Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Patten Commission on the future of policing in Northern Ireland