Gardaí issue plea for doctors to carry out vital investigation work

GARDAÍ can’t get doctors to come to police stations to do crucial work such as taking samples from suspected drunk drivers and treating rape victims, a garda conference heard yesterday.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) decided also to raise the “unacceptable” conditions for prisoners in cells with the European Commissioner on Human Rights unless action was taken.

The AGSI annual conference, held in Killarney, Co Kerry, passed a motion calling for suitably qualified personnel to be available to gardaí on a 24-hour basis nationwide.