Policing Authority alarmed at fall in sex crime detections

The Policing Authority has expressed serious concern at the sharp drop in the detection by gardaí of sexual crimes and the rise this year in recorded assaults.

Policing Authority alarmed at fall in sex crime detections

Authority members questioned senior Garda management, led by acting commissioner Dónall O’Cualáin, about the issues at a public meeting with the authority yesterday.

It emerged at the meeting that gardaí have overcharged relatives of people who died or were seriously injury in road crashes for traffic collision reports over a period of six months.

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