13,000 sign up to Galway Garda text alert scheme

Nearly 13,000 households have signed up to text alert schemes in Galway. The latest figures from Gardaí show that there are 74 schemes operating in Galway with 12,900 subscribers. Under the Text Alert service, subscribers receive text messages from Gardaí advising them of suspicious or criminal activity in their local area. Nationally, the number of people signing up to the service has more than doubled in just three years. Sgt Amanda Flood from the Garda Crime Prevention National Centre of Excellence said it's proved to be a very effective scheme across the West.