Garda suspensions halve this year after rising between 2018 and 2022

At the end of 2016 and 2017, some 27 and 28 suspensions were active respectively. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

New figures show 18 Garda members had been suspended to the end of October, which would reach 22 if trends continued to year end. This compares with 44 suspensions last year and 45 in 2021. The number of Garda members suspended has also fallen to its lowest level for more than a year. At the end of 2016 and 2017, some 27 and 28 Garda suspensions were active respectively. By the end of 2018, just four months into Mr Harris’s term as commissioner, that had increased to 37 and has steadily grown since then, before the more recent drop.

The Garda’s response added the 108 current suspensions arose after a wide variety of allegations were made against Garda members. These included “alleged serious criminal and conduct matters including corruption, excessive use of force in the course of their duties, assaults causing harm, sexual assaults, harassment, coercive control and misappropriation of data”.

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