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.
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