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Gardai spat or coughed at 100 times since April

Jun 16, 2020 17:20 By Shannonside News
Gardai spat or coughed at 100 times since April
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Gardaí have been spat or coughed at 100 times since April. However, there has been a high level of co-operation with gardaí during the

Gardaí have been spat or coughed at 100 times since April.

However, there has been a high level of co-operation with gardaí during the pandemic.

Since gardaí were given new powers to enforce Covid-19 restrictions on the 8th of April they have had over a million interactions with people across the country.

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In total officers had to enforce specials regulations 307 times, these included arrests, and incidents without someone being taken into custody.

Anti-spit guards had to be used on 75 occasions, as gardaí were spat or coughed on 100 times.

There were 2,086 pre-existing offences carried out during the same period such as drink driving, and drugs and weapons seizures.

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Despite this, an garda Síochána says there has been very good compliance with public health guidelines.

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