16/04/2015

500 Garda Recruits A Year Needed For 'Proper Policing'

Gardaí needs 500 new recruits every year in order to provide a "proper policing service", Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has said.

Ms O'Sullivan was speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Garda Superintendents in Co Kildare.

Welcoming that recruitment had begun again, the commissioner added that the force "constantly needs new people".

(MH/JP)

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