What does RUC stand for?

Royal Ulster Constabulary (Northern Ireland; now the Police Service of Northern Ireland)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

It is understood Mr Hogan Howe is set to take on a role at Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary instead - an organisation formerly led by ex Royal Ulster Constabulary chief constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan.

Chief pulls out of Ulster top job

A total of 5,500 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers took a group action alleging management had failed to treat PostTraumatic Stress Disorder adequately.

COURT DISMISSES RUC STRESS CLAIM; 5,500 officers fail in damages bid

MIDDLE ROW: Barry Johnson (bomb disposal, Londonderry 1989), Michael Pratt (police duty, Melbourne, Australia, 1976), Henry Stevens (police duty, Kent, 1958), Alfred Lowe (Royal Navy 1948), John Gregson (Merchant Navy 1943), Charles Walker (Royal Navy 1942), Jim Macdonald, representing the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Margaret Purves (rescued scout and leader from the sea at age of 14, South Wales, 1949).

The valiant:

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, 53, was speaking yesterday following a conference in Belfast and his alleged criticism of the Royal Ulster Constabulary has prompted a furious backlash from unionists.

Row over force claim

Among the mourners from across the UK were Sir Ronnie Flanagan, Chief Inspector of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary and former chief constable of the then Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), under whom Mr Cramphorn served as deputy, and Sir Hugh Orde, the current chief constable in Northern Ireland.

MOURNERS PAY TRIBUTE TO POLICE CHIEF

Mulcahy (sociology, University College Dublin) performs a detailed analysis not merely of the violence and its sources but also of the actions of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as it sought the support of the various nationalist and republican communities considered its enemies.

Policing Northern Ireland: Conflict, Legitimacy and Reform

Up to 3,000 relatives of members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the armed forces and prison officers, killed over the last 34 years, were expected to attend the ceremony near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

No winner in daily lottery

SIR Ronnie Flanagan is to stand down as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary next year.

RUC chief to resign