Salthill garda station to be downgraded

feargalmcc1

The controversial process of downgrading Salthill Garda Station is expected to commence during 2013 which will ultimately result in fewer Gardaí covering the Salthill-Knocknacarra area, which has a population of more than 20,000 residents.
Sources within the Department of Justice have told the Galway City Tribune that as part of a major rationalisation plan, Salthill Garda Station will be downgraded from a district headquarters and will no longer be open 24-hours a day.
While the Department source said that round-the-clock cover would be provided in Salthill and Knocknacarra through mobile patrols, the number of Gardaí attached to the station would be dramatically reduced and it would only be open for a set number of hours during the day.
The source said that that the continued rationalisation of the policing services would prioritise the closure of ‘one man’ Garda stations across rural parts of Galway before the amalgamation of district headquarters would be proceeded with.
Back in the mid 1990s, Salthill had a sizeable Garda Station with 28 members attached and then it was upgraded to a district headquarters and covered sub-districts like Oughterard, Spiddal, Inverin, Carraroe, Lettermore, Rosmuc, Moycullen and Kilronan. The number of Gardaí attached to the station more than doubled at the time.
There is now every possibility of the Garda Station in Salthill ending up with just a sergeant and a handful of guards.

http://www.galwaynews.ie/27546-number-garda%C3%AD-salthill-set-be-cut

gordongekko

feargalmcc1 wrote: »

The controversial process of downgrading Salthill Garda Station is expected to commence during 2013 which will ultimately result in fewer Gardaí covering the Salthill-Knocknacarra area, which has a population of more than 20,000 residents.
Sources within the Department of Justice have told the Galway City Tribune that as part of a major rationalisation plan, Salthill Garda Station will be downgraded from a district headquarters and will no longer be open 24-hours a day.
While the Department source said that round-the-clock cover would be provided in Salthill and Knocknacarra through mobile patrols, the number of Gardaí attached to the station would be dramatically reduced and it would only be open for a set number of hours during the day.
The source said that that the continued rationalisation of the policing services would prioritise the closure of ‘one man’ Garda stations across rural parts of Galway before the amalgamation of district headquarters would be proceeded with.
Back in the mid 1990s, Salthill had a sizeable Garda Station with 28 members attached and then it was upgraded to a district headquarters and covered sub-districts like Oughterard, Spiddal, Inverin, Carraroe, Lettermore, Rosmuc, Moycullen and Kilronan. The number of Gardaí attached to the station more than doubled at the time.
There is now every possibility of the Garda Station in Salthill ending up with just a sergeant and a handful of guards.

No big deal mill street is only a short drive away

inisboffin

gordongekko wrote: »

No big deal mill street is only a short drive away

They're already understaffed for callouts to Knocknacarra Area being dangerously delayed at times. It might be a big deal.

antoobrien

That's actually good news, since this time last year it was supposedly closing before October 2012.

Mrs OBumble

inisboffin wrote: »

They're already understaffed for callouts to Knocknacarra Area being dangerously delayed at times. It might be a big deal.

It should be the same pool of guards covering salthill / knockers as the rest of the city. Its the same pool of crooks, after all.

inisboffin

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

It should be the same pool of guards covering salthill / knockers as the rest of the city. Its the same pool of crooks, after all.

Will they not be reducing numbers too?

nuac

Always thought it odd that Salthill was a district HQ for a large part of Connemara. Should have been in Oughterard or some other part of Connemara.

Garda city gardaí can cover Salthill/Knocknacarra - I have more sympathy for people in more isolated areas that are a long way from nearest Garda station

Mrs OBumble

inisboffin wrote: »

Will they not be reducing numbers too?

If they were, then I'd expect it to be mentioned in the article.

As the next post says, the Connemara headquarters should be in ... Connemara!

inisboffin

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

If they were, then I'd expect it to be mentioned in the article.

As the next post says, the Connemara headquarters should be in ... Connemara!

You'd imagine they would, but then again...;)

Yeah, it is odd for the HQ location, not even past the 'boundary' of Spidéal.

Sure when they roll in the 'drunk driving permission slips' for rural Ireland that will take care of half of it!:rolleyes: