Gardaí to spend €1m on basic training for 1,000 officers to counter cybercrime

Gardaí are to spend around €1m on training up to 1,000 frontline staff on cybercrime over the next two years.

A request for tenders issued by An Garda Síochána is seeking to ensure there is a broad knowledge among gardaí in stations around the country about cybercrime including fraud offences and the possession and sharing of child abuse imagery.

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