Some €3.2m spent since start of last year on public order kit, including protective bodywear, riot shields and more powerful pepper sprays
Missiles are thrown at members of a Public Order Unit outside the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock, Dublin, in July, amid tensions over plans for the facility's use to accommodate International Protection applicants. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Photosis to significantly increase its public order resources in coming months in the face of unrest and violence around anti-migrant gatherings.
The moves to bolster resources come as the number of Garda members trained for Public Order Unit duties in Dublin alone has increased three-fold, to almost 700, in the last two years.Laura Whitmore: ‘It’s all coming out now, the stuff I tried to speak about eight years ago’Since the start of last year, some €3.2 million has been spent on public order kit, including new protective bodywear, riot shields and more powerful pepper sprays.
The need to muster units from conventional frontline policing can cause delays when Public Order Units are required for deployment as unexpected public disorder breaks out.that units were assembled when rioting broke out in Coolock last month and were on the streets between two and three hours after they were requested. However, he did not believe standing Public Order Units should be created by the Garda, as such a move would change the nature of Irish policing.
“In other jurisdictions, near and far, there is a big emphasis on displays of force, and I just don’t think that’s in our policing model,” he said.
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