Mr. Barry Carey:

We have greatly encouraged our membership to be involved in community engagement and support for the police forces and to give information as quickly as possible. We have a pilot scheme in a WhatsApp group in an area that has experienced certain levels of violent crime, vehicle theft and trespass. This approach has worked very well and An Garda Síochána is getting real-time information about events. The text alert in communities has been quite good but we must refocus on it and encourage more members to become more involved with online, real-time reporting. This approach has worked very well.