Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Policing Matters: Discussion

Mr. Brendan O'Connor:

The drugs unit is like the community policing unit in that it was under threat if we had to move back to the five-unit shift pattern. We hope the immediate threat has been removed but, again, the problem is recruitment. We just do not have the personnel and those units are becoming more and more depleted. As Deputy Smyth said, there are fewer numbers in them. We see that across the country.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.