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Digital evidence gathering by way of Body Worn Cameras will not only support us as we come up against more and more complex circumstances in the course of our duties, but will ensure full transparency for those that we serve also.
#KeepingPeopleSafe
AGSI is currently in a consultation process with Garda management surrounding the Code of Practice for the use of Body Worn Cameras by our membership. This Consultation process is ongoing. Today we received a demonstration at Store Street Garda Station on the new devices.
Bit too cold for the car boot, so brought inside the front door for the night!
No easier way to lose battery than to leave an AED in a car boot all winter.
The Metropolitan police will stop responding to health emergencies from 1 November โ although they will still attend threat to life incidents
Find out what you need to know and why the Met will no longer respond to these emergencies below ๐
Our next batch of Medical Responders bags going out to @AmbulanceNAS Off Duty Responders. Our partnership with NAS enables their Off Duty staff to respond to medical emergencies in their communities. Each bag is fully funded by public donations.
Civil Defence teams prepare for their second day at the #Ploughing in Laois in an operational, promotional & recruitment capacity. Find out about @CivilDefenceIRL and meet the officers & volunteers.
๐ Block 4
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๐ Stand 378
#CivilDefence#volunteers#Ploughing2023
Following a serious collision that occurred at the Sligo Stages Rally, the organisers have halted the event.
We are requesting footage of this collision is not shared on social media or messaging applications. Anyone with video footage is asked to make this available to Gardaรญ.
Search - Cliffs of Moher - 14.5.23
Members from Mayo Civil Defence Drone Team deployed to the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare today, alongside our colleagues from Galway Civil Defence, to assist Clare Civil Defence with an ongoing missing person search in the area. #volunteers
Missing Person Search Operations
Our SAR Team have responded to 2 searches in the last 48 hrs
3/3/23: Assisted #LeitrimCivilDefence with a search in the Carrick on Shannon area.
4/3/23: Assisted Gardai in Ballina with the discovery and recovery of a missing person. May he RIP
Jessie is a trainee trailing search dog and I am her handler - she is training to follow the specific scent left behind by a missing person as they walk through an area, and Iโm learning how to maximise the changes of a successful find. (1/5)
Few days in Wicklow. @Rescue3europe instructor's certificate renewed. 2 instructors currently in @civildmayo. Alongside approx 85 other @CivilDefenceIRL instructors nationally, making sure our volunteers are safe when working in or around water!