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[Article] Garda traffic corps plan out today

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  • 23-11-2004 8:34am
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    Victor
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    http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1123/garda.html
    Garda traffic corps plan out today

    23 November 2004 07:11
    The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, is due to outline plans today for a Garda traffic corps.

    The force is intended to be fully operational within three years.

    More than a thousand officers will be deployed on full-time traffic duties, including 500 new recruits.


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    http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/4492694?view=Eircomnet
    Gearing up for Garda traffic corps
    From:The Irish Independent
    Tuesday, 23rd November, 2004

    PLANS for a Garda traffic corps will be announced today. More than 1,000 gardai will be deployed countrywide on full-time traffic duties.

    The corps, which has been promised by the Government since the last general election, will be officially revealed this afternoon by Justice Minister Michael McDowell. It is expected to be fully operational within three years.

    The corps will absorb 530 gardai from divisional traffic units and the others will be recruited in a new campaign aimed at bringing the force up to 14,000.
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/1123/gardai.html
    Garda traffic corps plan out today
    23 November 2004 08:42

    The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, is due to outline plans today for a garda traffic corps which would be fully operational within three years.

    Under the proposal, it is expected that over 1,000 officers would be deployed on full-time traffic duties nationwide.

    The traffic corps will be headed up Chief Superintendent John Farrelly.

    Around 600 gardaí will be diverted from the existing traffic units and an extra 500 will come from the new recruitment plan.

    Officers will concentrate exclusively on policing traffic. They will only deal with other crimes if they come across them during their traffic duties.

    They will drive a separate fleet of clearly marked patrol cars, and will be backed up by unmarked vehicles.

    332 people have died on Irish roads so far this year, 22 more than last year.

    Drink driving and speeding will be specifically targeted by the new traffic corps.


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