{"id":271329,"date":"2026-01-07T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/271329\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:51:08","slug":"garda-restructuring-sees-new-appointment-in-limerick-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/271329\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda restructuring sees new appointment in Limerick Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUPERINTENDENT Alan Cullen, a former head of the drugs squad at Henry Street garda station has been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/1341\/jobs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> transferred<\/a> to Mayorstone Garda Station with responsibility for the Limerick Performance Assurance Functional Area, Limerick Garda Division.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Cullen&#8217;s transfer takes effect from today. He was the acting Superintendent in Bruff for a period prior to the Covid-10 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Garda Operating Model was introduced as part of A Policing Service for the Future, which is the implementation plan based on the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>This model is recommended by both the Commission of the Future of Policing in Ireland and the Garda Inspectorate.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1981667\/limerick-homeless-woman-appears-to-view-prison-as-a-holiday-home.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Limerick homeless woman &#8216;appears to view prison as a holiday home&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The restructure reflects international best practice as well as the realities of modern day policing in Ireland, the changing nature of crime and population trends.<\/p>\n<p>The model introduced restructuring at national, regional and local levels to provide a greater focus on community policing based on local needs.<\/p>\n<p>The model introduced changes to the structures of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na by providing a wider range of policing services for people in their local area.<\/p>\n<p>The model enhances the investigation of crime through the delivery of a greater range of specialised services in local areas, such as the investigation of sexual crime, domestic violence, cyber-crime, and economic crime.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUPERINTENDENT Alan Cullen, a former head of the drugs squad at Henry Street garda station has been transferred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[956,9,10,892,18,13,14,6,35305,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-271329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-bruff","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-featured-news","14":"tag-featurednews","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-henry-street","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115851315348149724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}