A successful community policing programme will mean that residents will be able to personally name their community Garda – the contact point responsible for the visible policing of their community. A real commitment to visible and effective community policing will require the recruitment of additional Gardaí and not the diversion of serving members. This will mean a policing service of at least 15,000 in the lifetime of the next government, even allowing for the numbers of existing Gardaí who are released back into core policing duties through greater civilianisation and more effective rostering.
positive towards equality or social justice, e.g. protection of underprivileged groups or fair distribution of resources