Call to policing body for Garda hate crimes unit

A specialist Garda hate crimes division should be set up to improve the reporting of offences and the quality of investigations, according to a submission to the Policing Commission.

Call to policing body for Garda hate crimes unit
Tue, 28 Aug, 2018 - 05:20
Cormac O’Keeffe

A specialist Garda hate crimes division should be set up to improve the reporting of offences and the quality of investigations, according to a submission to the Policing Commission.

The submission calls for the Garda Racial, Intercultural, and Diversity Office to be scrapped, saying it has “limited resources and expertise”.

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