'We’re relying on grainy phone footage from a member of the public to bring these issues and let the public see what Gardaí are subjected to.'
His calls for body cameras were echoed by Mark Ferris, the local GRA representative in Ballyfermot.
“This video has sensationalised the issue and we have always stressed that body and dash cams will assist investigations and will show society the difficulties our members are facing,” he said toldMr Ferris added that better equipment would improve both morale in the Gardaí and the health and safety of the public.
“Government and politicians have to provide them [Gardaí] with the tools that we need to carry out our job,” he continued. “We are looking at a quarter to one in the morning, at unfortunately discussing footage from a phone recording when we should be brought up to speed with having the resources available and ready for us to conduct our work.
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