New proposed garda rosters will have serious negative implication for policing in community

The new proposed Garda rosters will have serious negative implications for policing in Dublin.

The new roster of 5 shifts a day is due to be brought into operation on November 6.

Sinn Féin Dublin City Cllr. Daithí Doolan, chairperson of South Central Joint Policing Committee, said:

“The new proposed Garda roster will have serious negative implications for policing in Dublin. There are not enough Gardaí in the force to make it workable.

“I am deeply concerned that the Garda Commissioner’s decision to go ahead with the new roster will take Gardaí away from drug squads, community policing units and divisonal crime task forces across Dublin.

“I have written to the Assistant Commissioner for Dublin asking that community policing and drug squads are ring-fenced and protected. Unfortunately I have not received a response.

“I will also be raising my concerns in the strongest possible terms at the forthcoming Joint Policing Committee.

“There is simply not enough Gardaí to provide 5 shifts per day. Therefore the new roster should be deferred until the current staffing crisis is resolved.”

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