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Only policing and respect can alter street behaviour
There has been only one topic of conversation in the city this week — and that is the fall-out from the incidents that took place over a few days last weekend. Because individuals have appeared before the courts in relation to those events, I am precluded from commenting specifically on them. However, my points this week will be based on the generality of the decline of behaviour on the streets of our main cities and towns, and what we need to do to make sure they are the exception rather than the norm. There is a real fear that someone’s life may be lost, whether a participant or an innocent bystander, as some incidents spill over into the public domain.
Calm down before someone is killed, Mayor tells feuding groups after week of street violence
Feuding groups who contributed to the series of violent incidents in and around the city centre last weekend have been told by the Mayor to “calm down, step back and take responsibility before anybody loses their life.”
Drugs issue in west is leading to volatility and violent organised crime, JPC told
The prevalance of a burgeoning drugs trade in the west is leading to a volatile and violent organised crime network, the Galway City Council Joint Policing Committee was told on Monday.
Issue of illegally parked cars raised at JPC meeting
The issue of cars parking on footpaths and green areas across the city was raised at this week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council when members said that the issue might lead to emergency vehicles being unable to gain access to areas.
Deaths of five children on Galway roads this year has changed roads policing, Chief tells JPC
The deaths of five children on the roads of Galway city and county this year has changed the way that Gardai are looking at roads policing, the Galway City Council Joint Policing Committee meeting was told this week.
No point hankering for days of garda living in the local station, said Chief Supt
The days of policing revolving around the idea of a garda living and waiting in the local station all day for a call are long gone, and there is no point in hankering for them, this week’s meeting of Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee was told.
JPC off to rocky start as councillors feel ‘untrusted’
This week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council got off to a stormy start when councillors complained that they felt untrusted by Gardai because the crime stats reports normally furnished before a meeting would not be circulated until afterwards.
