No surprise, and the problem here isn’t just enough Gardaí, it’s that there’s no plans for Gardaí to be recruited and stationed proportional to increasing need for them
Violent crimes in Dublin are occurring at a rate of 481 to 100,000 people going by the CSO’s 2022 publishing and increasing by around 30% every year, this isn’t even taking into account the ongoing issue with how AGS records crime to the point the numbers obtained from them by the CSO are considered unreliable due to how likely they are to misrepresent or underestimate the actual numbers
And here we have a situation where potentially dozens of violent crimes will not be addressed in any way nor make it into PULSE
It’s laid out in black and white, the scale is proven and with injuries to show for it and yet this is the response from the Gardai – ‘we promise to do nothing.’
>Insp McDevitt said he could not promise an immediate response as “serious things happen and we have to prioritise”. But he told the meeting he appreciated that the bikes were their livelihood and understood the other concerns being expressed.
“*If you don’t respond to crime how can it become a crime stat*”
“*A garda spokesperson refused to comment on the figure of 523 unresponded calls by Dublin gardaí but confirmed that there were incidents being held over on a regular basis.*”
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No surprise, and the problem here isn’t just enough Gardaí, it’s that there’s no plans for Gardaí to be recruited and stationed proportional to increasing need for them
Violent crimes in Dublin are occurring at a rate of 481 to 100,000 people going by the CSO’s 2022 publishing and increasing by around 30% every year, this isn’t even taking into account the ongoing issue with how AGS records crime to the point the numbers obtained from them by the CSO are considered unreliable due to how likely they are to misrepresent or underestimate the actual numbers
And here we have a situation where potentially dozens of violent crimes will not be addressed in any way nor make it into PULSE
It’s laid out in black and white, the scale is proven and with injuries to show for it and yet this is the response from the Gardai – ‘we promise to do nothing.’
>Insp McDevitt said he could not promise an immediate response as “serious things happen and we have to prioritise”. But he told the meeting he appreciated that the bikes were their livelihood and understood the other concerns being expressed.
“*If you don’t respond to crime how can it become a crime stat*”
“*A garda spokesperson refused to comment on the figure of 523 unresponded calls by Dublin gardaí but confirmed that there were incidents being held over on a regular basis.*”