Just three gardaí suspended for abusing communications system 

One member of garda rank was disciplined in 2019 and a further two, also rank-and-file gardaí, were sanctioned in 2020 for the 'abuse of information services within An Garda Síochána. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Just three gardaí were sanctioned for abusing the force’s communications and data systems in two years where more than 200,000 emergency calls had been cancelled.

More than 200,000 emergency calls were cancelled (deleted from Garda systems before a PULSE record could be created for follow-up action) between January 2019 and October 2020, the period covered by a subsequent internal Garda review of the matter — specifically into more than 2,000 domestic violence/sexual assault calls (DVSA) which appeared to have been cancelled for 'invalid reasons'.