In the Limerick Leader…
Fintan Walsh reports:
Gardaí will soon be able to use mobile phones to access CCTV footage, record statements and check vehicle registrations, thanks to an app the Limerick division is piloting.
Speaking after a joint policing committee meeting at City Hall, Supt Derek Smart said that the ambitious scheme is “at a very advanced stage” and is being driven by Chief Supt David Sheahan.
Another feature being considered by the gardaí is the installation of CCTV access in garda patrol vehicles.
…Explaining the app’s concept, Supt Smart told the Leader last Friday: “If I am in the patrol car I will be able to check, if I see a car in front of me, I can put the reg number into my phone and I can check it. I don’t have to ring people inside in Henry Street to check it.
“You will be able to do it out and about on the street. There will be all apps built into specific phones in regard to it. It basically replaces the notebook. But it becomes a modern tool as well. You can go back into the station, you dock your phone, you download into the system and it is recorded there.”
New garda app piloted in Limerick (Limerick Leader)
Powerful technology… people may be concerned that this type of technology could be abused , but I think we can trust the Gardai , after all they swore an oath …
Gardai and phones. What could go wrong?
came here with the same thought :)
That’s great news.
catching up with technology that other forces are using.
Whatever about phoning, inputting text while driving isn’t safe. Or are they trained in that?
Maybe the guard in the passenger seat, the one who holds the chipper bag, operates it.
Slippery slope to a greasy crotch
“Slippery slope to a greasy crotch, are you receiving me? Over.”
hmm…. it’s almost as if I’ve just stumbled upon your and Mildred’s pet names for one another.
Nah, we’re Fred and Rose :)
So that’s what happened to Kieran NYC.
:)
I thought they’ve had ANPR systems in Ireland for a few years. Obviously not.
Or not in Limerick anyway
Anything to drag Garda technology out of the 1970s is welcome.
Anything to drag the Gardai out of the 1970s is welcome.
Limerick…
Supt Derek Smart….
Technology….
Gardaí…
Innovation…
…at a very advanced stage…
Your joke is too elaborate to be taken seriously.
You’re trying too hard.
But what if they lose the phones?
Sounds good – as long as it’s password protected or secured in another way (without a yellow sticky on the back of the phone with the password), and, most importantly, with a full audit trail of who accessed what, perhaps automatically taking a selfie when used, in case someone says “oh it wasn’t me that accessed Clare Daly’s movements, someone must have hacked me phone”.