RURAL CRIME & POLICING
Below are a few graphics from The Times, neighbourhood
crime survey published recently.
Crime rates recorded by all 563 Garda stations across the country
https://t.co/VZqTGwTWDk is a link to the full data where you can extract a lot of interesting stuff.
Reported crimes are up as we can see in the first picture. The second picture shows the breakdown of types of crimes reported in each local station. The 3rd graphic shows a steep rise in reported crime figures to the Castlerea station. Is this due to it being the head office for Boyle, Elphin etc?
Below we can see that recruitment in general is pathetic considering the numbers that retire annually. The government will need to step up hugely from the few hundred promised recently. Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Cavan & Longford have really been left behind. How does the government expect the force to function when they have depleted their manpower, resources and morale?
This last graphic is perhaps the one that really jumps out at you. Roscommon and Leitrim, lit up in the middle of Ireland. We are ignored for jobs, devastated by emigration and our Garda stations and indeed Gardaí are under threat from this government. We are on a level with Dublin for nothing other than % rise in crime rates. This government and the last have shown that they will follow the instructions from Europe no matter what the cost to essential services in Ireland. Operation Thor is a sticking plaster, election gimmick from Fine Gael and Labour. We must put an end to them and their campaign against rural Ireland. Let's fightback. Vote them out.
