Community policing to be remodelled

THE Oireachtas Justice Committee is to carry out a detailed examination of community policing, which has been described as the “cinderella” service of the police force.

The committee intends to outline models of community policing, which could be adopted by the Department of Justice.

“Community policing has been operating for 30 years, yet it is unstructured, under resourced, understaffed and is the cinderella of the force,” said Labour Party justice spokesman Joe Costello.