Catholic police office Michael Ferguson shot dead by the IRA in Derry in 1993
Detectives from the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch arrested the 64-year-old in Derry on Monday.
He is being held under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
The suspect has been taken to the serious crime custody suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast for questioning.
Constable Ferguson, from Omagh, was shot twice, at close range, in the back of the head by an IRA gunman in Shipquay Street on January 23, 1993.
Scene of the murder of Constable Michael Ferguson in Shipquay Street
He wasa rushed to Altnagevlin Hospital but died from his injuries.
One man was jailed in connection with the murder.
