Number of gardaí assigned to road policing falls 17%

Gardaí have carried out 27,000 checkpoints so far this year and detected 5,100 people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Picture: Robbie Reynolds

The number of gardaí assigned to the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau has fallen by 17% over the last decade, the Irish Examiner has learned.

In 2013, there was a total of 804 officers working in the section, then known as the Traffic Corps. Latest figures by An Garda Síochána show up to July this year 664 members of the force were working in road policing nationwide.