Expert warns of ‘vested interests’ in policing plan

The content and style of the Government’s implementation plan for Garda reform “do not inspire confidence” that past failures to enforce policing reforms will not be repeated, a leading expert has said.

Expert warns of ‘vested interests’ in policing plan

The content and style of the Government’s implementation plan for Garda reform “do not inspire confidence” that past failures to enforce policing reforms will not be repeated, a leading expert has said.

Professor Dermot Walsh said the structures that have been set up to implement the recommendations of the Policing Commission were more “government orientated” than necessary and could be there to “protect vested interests”.

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