AGSI: Drew Harris is doing 'best he can' with scarce resources

Earlier this week, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris directed uniform gardaí to conduct 30 minutes of 'high visibility roads policing' per shift. Picture: PA

Frontline Garda supervisors have said Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was doing the “best he can” in deploying scarce Garda resources into roads policing to combat rising traffic deaths.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) said the underlying problem was insufficient garda numbers, directly caused by a recruitment and retention crisis, which the Government had “not addressed”.