Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána

2:00 am

Dr. Shawna Coxon:

No. The new policy relates to community policing guidelines and puts into practice the ethos of community policing. Our previous policy was quite prescriptive and we want to give more flexibility, which is what the Deputy is talking about. We want to be able to tailor the community response to what is needed locally. There will be principles but it will not be as prescriptive as what we currently have. There is a plan with respect to what high visibility looks like in Dublin and it is written into this plan.