Neighbourhood Watch Merged Thread

I live in Ladyswell and I've luckily only had to call gardai a few times but they have never arrived. People in certain areas are lower priority it seems. It really does feel like the guards don't care about us.

737max wrote: »

I lived in one of those areas which you suggest are the ones the Guards don't care about.
A significant minority of the locals in those ares don't make them feel very welcome when they do call.

My street is full of families and old people. They have nothing to be afraid of. Afaik there have been no attacks on gardai up here so I don't think they can use that excuse.

737max wrote: »

having lived in a similar area I can believe it but would I if I were a Garda be up and atom for visiting my estate at 3 in the morning...There be dragons.

They have a job to do and I'm entitled to the same protection and garda support as anyone else in D15. I could understand if they were at physical risk of attacks but in all my time here there has never been an attack on a guard. They patrol the area on bike so it can't be that much of a danger zone and I shouldn't have to justify why the people living here deserve the same treatment as anyone else.

beauf wrote: »

I'm the same. Its a tough job no argument.

But the response times in Blanch have always been poor. Regardless of where in D.15

Who would be the appropriate people to reach out to to try change this? How can we campaign for improved Garda presence in the area?

Gardaí in Blanch dont respond anywhere :rolleyes:

Its all a numbers game. You have to be realistic here lads.

10,696 Garda (according to their website)
Take away detective rank out of that and Garda members who work in an office..
Lets be very generous and leavie uniform numbers at 10,400

Then divide your remainder by 5 units = 2080

Divide that number by 26 counties = 80

Dublin is a priority so add a good few more to that 120 then leaving 40 for the other 25 counties...

120, lets say taking just the 10 of busiest Garda Stations in Dublin
Store Street
Pearse Street
Tallaght
Blanchardstown
Finglas
Kevin Street
Cabra
Coolock
Crumlin
Sundrive Road

12 working Garda for those stations at one time.. that would be leaving NOBODY for the rest of Dublin....

From your number take two away for your station who would be working inside, some station depending would take more in the station to operate it.

Take away another 2 for holiday or sick

Split your remaining 8 on the Unit. 6 in cars one will need paperwork to deal with the things he had last week, send the last one out on his own on a pushbike...

Take Blanchardstown with a population of 120,000... It wont be long before those 3 cars and one bike get stopped at a call and the calls build up


I think my maths are right.. Its a numbers game.

Shemale wrote: »

Ok officer :rolleyes:

Realistic like saying Leitrim has the same Garda numbers as Dublin?

Go to the station in Blanch any night and all you can see/hear are the Gardai having a laugh in the back while you wait over an hour for a form to be stamped.

How many Gardai pass you on the street a month in Blanch?

I'll pass the message on next time I see than no having a laugh while in work! 😂

are you serious wrote: »

I'll pass the message on next time I see than no having a laugh while in work! ��

Mad idea, four of them could have a laugh and the fifth could go to the desk.

Some poor soul in ongar is going to wake up this morning to see their 2011 VW passat with its passenger window smashed and the top of the door bent back.

The car had a big yellow steering wheel lock and they still done this damage.

They're breaking into empty house in Manorfields, starting fires in parks and robbing phones from kids in Hansfield littlepace area.

Can't wait for mid term to be over.

Whats the Neighbourhood Watch organisation like in the affected areas?

Murt10 wrote: »

Worth bearing in mind.

http://theliberal.ie/fighting-back-gardai-increase-their-presence-in-west-dublin-after-feral-teenager-gangs-mug-and-attack-local-residents/

That's exactly what I'm hearing from friends, and locals.
This needs to be stamped out quickly or the area will go down quickly.

I'm not surprised though, especially with the high amount of non nationals and the ghetto type of accommodation in a certain parts of D15.

I'm hearing a African family in social accommodation in tyrrelstown got moved to littlepace due to continual antisocial behavior and this chaps mates have weekly meet ups and cause murder in and around ongar.

I'm only saying what I've heard in person and read on facebook and facebook resident groups.

Lets get one thing clear here folks... Regardless of how bullshítty the articles were in the past on this website, this article posted is far from lies. Trust me on that. Wish it was bull but it's not.

Larbre34 wrote: »

This usual nod wink stuff is tiresome. Without naming names or races, what has been witnessed going on in the area and where? What is being done to address it? What can ordinary folk do to help?

Witnessed has been several phone thefts at knife point, house break ins and squatting in abandoned houses, shop robberies, taxi robberies at knife point and delivery vans. Pretending to be delivery men and barging into houses... I could go on. My mate recently joined a WhatsApp group for the area and he sends me on pics and videos. Some people go o.t.t on small time incidents (none like the above) and the group can be noisey, so he mutes it. I'm not going to join it.

Apparently some of them are in a gangster rap video from a year ago filmed in Tyerllstown.

Nalz wrote: »

Apparently some of them are in a gangster rap video from a year ago filmed in Tyerllstown.

Pathetic little scrotes.

In terms of practical advice, are there any particular repeat locations that these events are occurring, so that people can guide themselves and their families? Any modus operandi? What numbers are we talking about in this gang?