Garda Commissioner Vows War On Organised Crime

Sierra Oscar

At todays opening of the new Garda station in Ballymun, Garda Commissioner vowed a battle against organized crime, and the force would continue to target those putting fear into communities.

Im just hoping that the government does not restrict funding for the Gardai due the current economic climate that it would result in the Gardai being unable to continue an effective "war on gangs".

The Garda Commissioner has said the force would continue to target and face down organised crime thugs who are putting fear into the community.
At the opening of a new Garda station in Ballymun this afternooon, Fachtna Murphy said he shared people's concern following four murders linked to organised crime.
However he said in the past two weeks gardaí have seized 21 firearms including eight handguns and more than €4m worth of drugs.

Also at the opening, the Minister for Justice said tackling organised crime was the Government's priority. Ballymun in Dublin is said to be one of the parts of the country badly affected by organised crime but also one of the areas where the gardaí have good relations with the community. Community policing - such as meeting and talking to young people on the ground - is what the Garda Commissioner says is at the forefront of policing violent and organised crime.

Mr Murphy said he shares the concern people have about organised crime in the wake of the four recent murders but he says he is confident of bringing people before the courts in relation to them. He said that other lives have been saved through Garda interventions. He also said there were intelligence-led operations targeting particular individuals in organised crime.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0126/crime.html

The new model of community policing was also launched today:

http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=2354

djtechnics1210

Don't know how he plans on doing this.... AGS budget has been cut way down and will probably be cut again, which in turn results in no overtime or sub to carry out surveillance, investigations etc on these gangs, only so much a person can do in an 8 hour shift, and criminals don't work to an 8 hour shift.
I myself have on many occasions worked on without overtime so as to get a good result/capture but members, me included can't do this all the time.

pa990

It's just another 'Sound Bite'.

Anytime there is a big capture or a court outcome, you get these type of comments from the brass

shakin

demot ahern also said that the target of 16000 gardai may not be met in the lifetime of the government:mad:

Eru

shakin wrote: »

demot ahern also said that the target of 16000 gardai may not be met in the lifetime of the government:mad:

Well the employment levels going down which means the population probable will as well. Swings and roundabouts. Thought it was 15000 though

pipsqueak

27million knocked off ot budget. Whats that leave ?33m odd?