Many successes in Balbriggan district
BALBRIGGAN Garda Station has given an indication of some of the successful operations it has carried out during 2011 in a report given to the Fingal Joint Policing Committee (JPC).
The force in Balbriggan has said that in the past year it has mounted several operations aimed at the detection of crime through what it calls ' high visibility policing'. Operations Anvil, Hybrid, Creeper, Lush and Leto all followed this pattern with designated checkpoints mounted by both uniformed and plain clothes units in the detection of all kinds of crime. The year has also brought a special effort on behalf of Balbriggan gardaí to improve security for older people in the community through its Older Persons Strategy Implementation Plan. The plan has involved that a personal visit is made by community police to any victim of crime over 65 years of age. The hard-working community policing department in Balbriggan has continued to expand its programmes and engages regularly on community safety issues with local residents groups, community groups and youth groups. The unit also makes regular visits to schools and talks to students on topics from alcohol and substance abuse, antisocial behaviour, graffiti and knife crime.
