Nobody caught illegally dumping yet by new north inner-city CCTV
But the scheme is a success, said a council official's report, as that shows the cameras are a deterrent.
Schemes to post wardens around O’Connell Street and Wolfe Tone Square are part of a pilot aimed at improving feelings of safety in the north inner-city.
The guards are deeply involved in inquests, even when garda conduct is at issue in the death being investigated.
Respondents mostly felt that the partnership provided a forum for inter-agency collaboration but that it needed more resources and better staffing to work.
An Garda Síochána’s Dublin Metropolitan Region “emphasizes their commitment to arresting individuals using scramblers illegally”, a spokesperson says.
They’re being set up with the aim of getting more people and agencies working together to make neighbourhoods safer.
These were two of the issues discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee.
Former council planner Kieran Rose says the council has lost the plot. “It’s crazy,” he says. “If we do this we are giving up on the city.”
“Temperatures seem to be heating up by the week,” said Social Democrats Councillor Tara Deacy at Monday’s meeting of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee.
“So people are still using it, which is unfortunate,” says Sinn Féin Councillor Ann Graves.
“On-the-ground management decisions and staff allocations do not reflect a commitment to community policing,” says Labour Senator Marie Sherlock.
Mohamed Tienti says that the morning after it happened, he felt ashamed showing his face at work.
“I laughed when I heard people say that they should put armed guards on the streets,” says Eddie Mullins. “What are they going to do? Shoot people?”