The force is increasingly urban – and increasingly overstretched
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There are two facts about policing modern Ireland that emerge from our analysis of garda staffing resources for last year: the age of the village garda is gone and An Garda Síochána’s policing priorities are predicated on the demands of a rapidly changing society.
Our figures show that garda resources are being stretched to the limit as the force tries to cater for new crime trends and offences.