COUNTY STILL WELL POLICED DESPITE MANPOWER REDUCTIONS SAYS GARDA CHIEF

Date Published: 26-Mar-2012

County Galway is still being policed at a very high level despite a reduction in the number of Gardaí in the force.

Garda superintendent Marie Skehill made the comments following a meeting of the county joint policing committee today.

The latest crime figures reveal burglaries in the county are UP 17 percent in the first two months of the year compared to the same two months last year.

However, overall crime in the county has dropped by 46 percent.

Speaking to Galway Bay FM News Superintendent Skehill says all communities are being policed.