Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has said senior Garda management must be held to account and victims and communities properly compensated for the force\u2019s utter failure to prosecute juvenile crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victims of these crimes and their communities continue to pay an incredibly heavy price for the abject failure of our national police force to carry out its duties. \u00a0When known youth offenders go unpunished, communities live in fear and trust in the force is completely shattered.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD has said senior Garda management must be held to account and victims and communities properly compensated for the force\u2019s utter failure to prosecute juvenile crime.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall was commenting on today\u2019s Garda report showing massive problems with the handling of juvenile crime, which resulted in 3,500 children and young people going unpunished for crimes including violent offences.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt beggars belief that the Garda\u2019s system of juvenile justice could be so woefully inadequate that so many children and teenagers have not been prosecuted for crimes including serious assault, rape and firearms offences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more than 3,400 victims of these crimes and their communities continue to pay an incredibly heavy price for the abject failure of our national police force to carry out its duties. \u00a0When known youth offenders go unpunished, communities live in fear and trust in the force is completely shattered.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the young offenders themselves, the failure to prosecute even the most serious of offences creates a perception that they are untouchable under the law. This sense of impunity can lead young people down the path of a lifetime of criminal behaviour. Persistent anti-social behaviour including drug dealing by minors is directly linked to the failure of garda\u00ed to use the powers available to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall added:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has to be a watershed moment for how An Garda Sioch\u00e1na under Commissioner Drew Harris handles juvenile offenders and its relations with both victims and communities. While I welcome the reforms the Commissioner has announced today, we need to see evidence of action \u2013 and that must include disciplinary action against senior Garda who allowed these failings to continue over a seven year period.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the wake of the penalty points scandal and the revelations of falsified breath tests, the public including crime victims needs to start seeing evidence that the force is actually turning a new page. This means action on the fundamental reforms contained in the recent report by the Commission on the Future of Policing, which placed great emphasis on information-led policing and reliable data, as well as a shift to community policing.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
17th<\/sup> January 2019<\/p>\n
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