Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Insurance Fraud: Discussion
Mr. John Twomey:
No. They are dealing with administration. There are a number of areas that the revised divisional policing model has focused on. It has streamlined the administrative process to free up gardaí to be redeployed to the front line. It has also streamlined the investigation of serious crime. There is now a detective superintendent in that area who has responsibility for the investigation of serious crime. Heretofore, that crime was investigated by each of the individual superintendents. Now, the more serious crime is allocated to a detective superintendent who co-ordinates the investigation. That enables the district officer to focus on providing the front-line response service to local communities. It is making the whole process within the community more efficient. As part of that, the resources are reporting to the detective superintendent. Additional training is being provided from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau with that support coming from the centre.
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