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Gardaí who cancelled thousands of 999 calls are still answering emergency calls from the public

Sunday, 27 June 2021 15:41

It's since been reported Garda staff implicated in the scandal still remain in their positions

It's after the Garda Commissioner admitted over 3,100 calls about domestic violence had been marked cancelled, with 600 of them not receiving an appropriate policing response.

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Justice Martin Kenny says the individuals responsible should be held to account: 

"The truth is this was not human error, it was human intention that cancelled these calls, and in that context I think it will be appropriate that the people who were involved would at least be stood aside until there's a fuller formal investigation and that needs to be the case immediately. The thousands of people who made those calls who are in distress, really deserved better and the public deserves better. And the only way we can re-establish confidence in the system and the Garda Síochána on this issue is to see that there are clear repercussions for people who behave in this manner."

 

 

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