Gardaí pledge to reduce crime levels by 2%

GARDAÍ plan to cut crime levels and improve detection rates this year, according to the force’s strategy for 2007.

In a bid to reverse rising crime rates, garda bosses have set themselves a target to reduce overall crime levels by 2%.

And the force also wants to turn around the downward trend in detection levels in recent years and increase the rate at which they solve crimes by 2%.