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Commissioner rules out increasing armed gardaí numbers

 

The Garda Commissioner has dismissed suggestions from middle ranking Gardaí that there are not enough armed officers.

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The annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors in Co. Wexford will debate a motion later, calling for an increase in the number of licences being issued.

The  association says the level of officers trained to use weapons in every division has dropped.

A-G-S-I General Secretary Joe Dirwan says more powerful firearms, aside from handguns, are needed:
 

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