Commission On The Future Of Policing

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Gsoc officials are increasingly unhappy that they often have to learn about incidents of alleged garda misconduct through the media. Photograph: The Irish Times
Garda Ombudsman says commissioner won’t alert it of complaints

The Garda Commissioner has not agreed to proposals that it voluntarily notify the Garda Ombudsman of alleged misconduct by members of the force. The (...)

The introduction of body cameras has been requested by frontline Garda groups such as the Garda Representative Association. File photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
Garda body cameras could breach privacy rights, ICCL warns

The use of body cameras by the gardaí would most likely be a breach of privacy rights, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has warned. The p(...)

Outside Dublin the areas with above-average crime rates included Limerick, Louth, Waterford, Cork City and Westmeath. Photograph: Getty Images
Dublin’s north inner city has highest crime rate in the State

Dublin’s north inner city had the highest crime rate in the State last year, with the number of recorded offences over five times the national average(...)

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in his public meeting with the Policing Authority. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Head of Policing Authority says public unconcerned about chief superintendents

The head of the Policing Authority has disputed assertions by the largest Garda staff bodies that the reform plans of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris w(...)

Majella Moynihan: disciplined by the Garda when she became pregnant by a male member of the force. Photograph: RTÉ
Drew Harris says Majella Moynihan case only one on record

The Majella Moynihan case is the only example of disciplinary proceedings against a female Garda member who became pregnant while unmarried, Garda Com(...)

Proposed reorganisation could have a ‘significant effect’ on the working lives of gardaí
Road safety ‘downgraded’ in Garda plan, lobby group says

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has raised concerns over the “downgrading” of roads policing within the radical shake-up of An Garda Síochána announce(...)

The plan, by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, involves a reduction in the number of Garda divisions from 28 to 19. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
New Garda plans expected to meet opposition

Garda headquarters is braced for opposition from inside and outside the force to the most radical reorganisation of Irish policing in the modern era, (...)

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris believes the reforms will flatten and streamline senior management
Garda reforms aim for more gardaí on frontline in 19 ‘mini police forces’

Radical new plans for An Garda Síochána will create new autonomous areas of policing across the Republic, each run by a chief superintendent with more(...)

How might contestability for budget and for ownership be managed when the community’s fear of crime requires a public lighting rather than a law enforcement response? And how might this be achieved without weakening independent oversight of the Garda Síochána? Photograph: Getty Images
We need to decide what we want Community Safety to do

Since its establishment in January 2016, the Policing Authority has been in the business of overseeing the performance of the Garda Síochána and the s(...)

The exact number and rank of senior managers who will be allowed avail of the severance package will be at the discretion of Garda Commissioner. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire
Voluntary severance package for senior gardaí at ‘well advanced’ stage

A voluntary severance package for senior members of An Garda Síochána is now at a “well advanced” stage, a garda spokesman has confirmed. The move wi(...)

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