| All serving officers of good standing were entitled to join the RUC, the fledgling Six Counties police force. |
| The RUC deployed Shorland armoured cars mounted with heavy Browning machine guns. |
| One RUC District Inspector was even wielding his blackthorn stick, the official symbol of his authority. |
| After being bombarded with stones and petrol bombs from nationalists, the RUC, backed by loyalists, tried to storm the Bogside. |
| Beckett had complained that he was barricaded into his home by an RUC Landrover which parked against his front door. |
| The latter provision would be used by loyalist ultras to demand that the RUC remove the Irish Tricolour even when it was being displayed in a predominantly nationalist area. |
