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AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA

“Keeping People Safe”

Roads Policing

Assistant Commissioner David Sheahan

Irish CultureV’s

Compliance

• Compliance is the action or fact of complying with a wish or command.

• Irish Culture - Compliance is only because they have too.

• Culture of Compliance – say one thing and do another

• An Garda Síochána Compliance V’s PSNI Compliance

Perception….

What is our Culture Like….

Truth or Dare?

The increase in enforcement can be attributed to the following:

• Introduction of the Road Traffic Act 2016 (13th April 2017)

• The Drager 5000, leading to greater detections of drug driving

• Introduction of the Drager 7510 (upgraded instruments)

• Clancy Amendment ( Roads Traffic Amendment Act 2018)

• Focus on the Performance of Roads Policing Members

*All information in this presentation is based on data contained in the PULSE/FCPS databases as of the 1st October 2019 and is provisional, operational and subject to

change

Enforcement

Enforcement – Life Saver Offences DWI

• Outcome focus and clear direction on saving lives

Clear focus on outcomes and ‘keeping people safe’

• Clear focus on Lifesaver Offences (inc. DWI)

Monthly monitoring of Driving While Intoxicated detections

*Figures for Driving While Intoxicated

include Drivers under the Influence (Over

the Limit) Incidents plus Incidents of Drug-

Driving Offences

2018:

September

2019:

September

Jan-

Sept

2018

Jan-

Sept

2019

ChangeChange

(%)

Oct 2017

- Sept

2018

Oct 2018

- Sept

2019

ChangeChange

(%)

Driving While

Intoxicated697 646 5719 6041 322 6% 7734 8093 359 5%

Drink Driving Fixed Penalty

FCPS

Incidents2018:Aug 2019:Aug

Jan-Aug

2018

Jan-Aug

2019Change

Change

(%)

Sept

2017 -

Aug

2018

Sept

2018 -

Aug

2019

ChangeChange

(%)

DDFP 125 93 933 678 -255 -27% 1433 1107 -326 -23%

• It should be noted that we are noticing a sharp decrease in the number of people detected for DWI who are

just over the limit and qualify for fixed charge notice.

• Year-to-date arrests have been in excess of those for the corresponding period in 2017 and 2018. August saw

the highest number of monthly arrests so far this year but September saw the lowest figures since February

• Figures from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety state that Blood and Urine samples have increased by 40%

in 2019 over 2018

Table below shows a noticed decrease in DWI Incidents just above the limit (DDFP Offences)

Decrease in DWI Incidents just above the limit as of 31st Aug 2019

Drink Driving Gender Breakdown by Age for Jan-Aug 2019

17

138202

16195

31 7

221

1168 1173

743

417

163

55

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

<20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80

DWI Detections Jan-Aug 2019

Female Male

0%

3%4%

4%2%

1% 0%

5%

25% 26%

16%

9%

4%

1%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

<20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80

DWI Detections Jan-Aug 2019

Female Male

Age Female % Female Male % Male Total Total %

<20 17 0% 221 5% 238 5%

21-30 138 3% 1168 25% 1306 28%

31-40 202 4% 1173 26% 1375 30%

41-50 161 4% 743 16% 904 20%

51-60 95 2% 417 9% 512 11%

61-70 31 1% 163 4% 194 4%

71-80 7 0% 55 1% 62 1%

Total 651 14% 3940 86% 4591 100% *DWI Detections correct as of 31st Aug

2019

Use Of Drager

Mandatory Intoxication Testing Return 2019

Month

Total

Checkpoints

Conducted

Total

Breath

Tests

Positive

Breath

Tests

Negative

Breath

Tests

Total

Drug

Tests

Positive

Drug

Tests

Negative

Drug

Tests

Total 47,688 230,154 1,047 229,107 2,464 384 2,080

Mandatory Intoxication Testing Return 2018

Month

Total

Checkpoints

Conducted

Total

Breath

Tests

Positive

Breath

Tests

Negative

Breath

Tests

Total

Drug

Tests

Positive

Drug

Tests

Negative

Drug

TestsTotal 65,092 313,026 1,660 311,366 2,037 269 1,768

MIT Checkpoints and Use of the Drager 5000 Oral Fluid Testing • Incidents of Driving While Intoxicated are up on those for the previous year (+8%)• The number of MIT Checkpoints carried out for this period has also increased (+1%) This is in line with

figures measured over a 12-month period.

Clancy Amendment – Road Traffic Amendment Act 2018

Road Traffic Amendments Act 2018Total Vehicles Seized

Section 41Vehicles Seized

Unaccompanied Learner

FCN issued

Unaccompanied Learner

22 December 2018 –17th September 2019 23340 1870 4545

The number of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána year to date, for an Offence contrary to Section 41(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1994 as amended.

*All information in this presentation is based on data contained in the PULSE/FCPS databases as of the 1st October 2019 and is provisional, operational and subject to change

It’s about saving lives……

Enforcement – Future Vision

• Mobility for Roads Policing

• FCP – Future Vision

• Average Speed Cameras

• Variable Speed Limits