Drugs Offences On The Rise In Clare

Today on Morning Focus, we heard from Chief Superintendent Seán Colleran as figures from the Clare Garda Division covering all of 2019 have now been released and show that overall, crime detections in this county are on a downward trend.

All major theft offences are down, as are the likes of road offences and public order incidents. However, sexual crimes and drugs offences are rising – something that Gardaí locally have said is down to increased faith in their services, as opposed to any particular spike in these incidents. Chief Superintendent Seán Colleran spoke with Clare FM’s James Mulhall following yesterday’s Joint Policing Committee meeting to analyse how this county is performing.

If you missed it, you can listen back below:

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