Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. Barry Carey:
Recently, there was a helicopter in the sky and armed support units on patrol looking for a particular group. Members of the local community saw individuals on the road who were suspected of having been involved in the incident. They telephoned the Garda station, only to be told that it was not happening in its area. They were asked, "What helicopter? What car?" However, within half an hour, they received a call back from the station and were asked where the culprits had gone to. The vehicles had been found quite close to the scene of the incident.
That became a boundary issue when one side of the system was investigating with air support and armed units but the local Garda station did know anything about it.
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