Top from left: deputy Commissioner John Twomey, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn and Chief Administrative Office Joseph Nugent
This afternoon.
Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris unveils the new Garda Operating Model, considered to be ‘the biggest restructuring of the force in modern times’.
An Garda Síochána says that there will be an increasing number of community policing teams.
It also says that there will be a reduction in administrative structures and the community policing teams will be working with communities to identify and tackle problem crimes in their area.
…the changes are designed to deal with the changes in Irish society, including the diversity of communities, the nature of crime and changes in the garda workforce.
…there will be an improvement in garda technical capabilities to tackle cyber crime, with 50 gardaí currently studying for a postgraduate qualification in economic crime.
Among the changes included is a reduction in garda regions from six to four and a reduction in the number of garda divisions from 28 to 19.
This is designed to release more gardaí to frontline duties and deliver a more localised service to communities…
FIGHT!
Nearly 1,800 extra gardaí at frontline as part of structural changes (RTÉ)
Full report here
Just love the graphic which suggests the old (grey) structure will be replaced by a blue colour and frontline Gardai will be trebled. Can anyone decipher the new services?
Any word on the closure or opening of Garda stations?
Itbwill be better policing in areas where people fear breaking the law and the same old same old refusal to actually tackle the scum that consistently terrorise communities
Less police for rural communities but more police checks in rural Ireland for tax and drink driving
PLEASE say there will be new more flattering uniforms?
Yours,
A.Gay.
please say there will be fit cops
yours a human ;)
Skinny ≠ fit unless you are being sexual in which I shall sniff my salts and then leave the room.
I’m not inta skinny, but I guess even what you mean by that is relative, so many people stress about getting below 17percent bodyfat or whatever.. confidence is the real hot
I preferred the old days when cycle attired Gardaí used to cause accidents around D7/8? It’s all combo shorts now.
The new plan will make 2 Guards out of 1, Drew Harris should trot back to
Belfast minus the armoured jeep and the security detail and tell us how
the activities of Glenarm Gang were investigated….he is not going to reform
the Guards, you simply have to disband the upper establishment and start
again, if the rank and file had any guts, they would have got rid of some of
them ages ago and all appointments above the rank of Sgt needs to be removed
from political control, same goes for the Army
Begone agitator
Does this mean a Coppers franchise?