FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST 
 
Request Number: 
F-2009-03846 
 
Keyword: 
Human Resources 
 
Subject: 
Number of Ex-RUC Officers Currently Serving in the PSNI. 
 
Request and Answer: 
 
This is to inform you that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has now completed its search for the 
information you requested.  The decision has been taken to disclose the located information to you in 
full. 
 
Question 1 
I request that you release the statistics regarding the number of ex-RUC officers currently serving in 
the PSNI. 
 
Answer 
Figures as of 1 December 2009 are:- 
  
  
 
PSNI Regular  PSNI FTR 
PSNI Con PT 
    Former RUC 
3839
Serving
 
419 
535 
 
  
 
 
 
If you have any queries regarding your request or the decision please do not hesitate to contact me 
on 028 9070 0164.  When contacting the Freedom of Information Team, please quote the reference 
number listed at the beginning of this letter. 
 
If you are dissatisfied in any way with the handling of your request, you have the right to request a 
review. You should do this as soon as possible, or in any case within two months of the date of issue 
of this letter. In the event that you require a review to be undertaken, you can do so by writing to the 
Head of   Freedom of Information, PSNI Headquarters, 65 Knock Road, Belfast, BT5 6LE or by 
emailing [email address].   
 
If following an internal review, carried out by an independent decision maker, you were to remain 
dissatisfied in any way with the handling of the request you may make a complaint, under Section 50 
of the Freedom of Information Act, to the Information Commissioner’s Office and ask that they 

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investigate whether the PSNI has complied with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.  You 
can write to the Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, 
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. In most circumstances the Information Commissioner 
will not investigate a complaint unless an internal review procedure has been carried out, however 
the Commissioner has the option to investigate the matter at his discretion. 
 
Please be advised that PSNI replies under Freedom of Information may be released into the public 
domain via our website @ www.psni.police.uk 
 
Personal details in respect of your request have, where applicable, been removed to protect 
confidentiality. 
 
 
 

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