‘Underreported, Underrecorded And Underplayed’

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John Mooney, of The Sunday Times, on last night’s Prime Time

The Garda Inspectorate Report is set to be published today.

It looked at allegations made by whistleblowers, former Garda John Wilson and Sgt Maurice McCabe, that many serious crimes were not fully investigated.

Last night, on Prime Time, journalist Rita O’Reilly reported that the report is expected to reveal that true crime figures were “underreported, underrecorded and underplayed”.

Last Sunday, John Mooney, security correspondent at The Sunday Times, reported:

The practice of “massaging” crime statistics is said to be widespread in some garda divisions. It means that the true scale of crimes such as burglary, theft and criminal damage is downplayed in some divisions, which could have a bearing on officers’ chances of promotion.

The inspectorate, which is led by Bob Olson, a Canadian police consultant, examined more than 150 incidents over three years and found that in some cases gardai did not even record crimes on Pulse, the force’s computerised database.

In other cases it found evidence to suggest that gardai did not respond to reports about certain types of crime, including incidents of domestic violence.

It is understood the Garda Inspectorate is considering investigating the force’s response to domestic violence.

Meanwhile…

Following on from Sgt Maurice McCabe’s fresh allegations in September – that certain gardaí were continuing to cancel penalty points, despite the introduction of new regulations three months previous, in June – last night Katie Hannon, of RTÉ’s Prime Time, reported that a report into these fresh allegations has found them to be true.

This new report was carried out by the Garda Professional Standards Unit.

Eighteen months have passed since Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahony’s May 2013 internal Garda report into the penalty point allegations concluded there was no widespread quashing of penalty points.

Watch Prime Time in full here

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3 thoughts on “‘Underreported, Underrecorded And Underplayed’

  1. Truth in the News

    When will the Penalty Points that were cancelled be reinstated by way
    of Judical Review which would see the names of all those involved
    brought into the public domain.

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