City policing forum calls for hate crime to be recorded by Gardai

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The city Joint Policing Committee is calling for the recording of hate crime as a specific category in garda statistics. It comes as minor assaults in the city and Salthill increased by almost a third in the first eight months of the year. According to the latest garda report, which was presented at a meeting of the city JPC this week, there has been a 31 per cent increase in assaults. Assaults causing harm have also increased by 13 per cent in the year to the end of August. More at 10