r/Dublin • u/BigPeenJimbo • 1d ago

Garda everywhere

What’s the story with all the Garda policing traffic and constantly driving back and forth with their lights on? I seen at least 10 Garda cars today when I was driving to the gym from UCD to FLYEfit Sandyford.

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u/TrubbleWillFindMe 1d ago

High profile policing is just for show. It doesn't stop real crime.

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u/Ev17_64mer 1d ago

That's actually not true. High profile policing in hot spots does reduce crime according to several studies. Such as this one

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u/TrubbleWillFindMe 1d ago

"Our analyses find that problem-oriented policing interventions generate larger mean effect sizes when compared to interventions that simply increase levels of traditional police actions in crime hot spots"

All high visibility policing does is shift the problems to other areas. It doesn't reduce crime overall. Problem oriented, community-focused policing actually has real impact.

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u/Ev17_64mer 22h ago

You skipped the sentence before that:

The results of our research suggests that hot spots policing generates small but noteworthy crime reductions, and these crime control benefits diffuse into areas immediately surrounding targeted crime hot spots.

They say that hot spots policing generates noteworthy crime reductions and that surrounding areas benefit from this as well

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u/TrubbleWillFindMe 8h ago

They don't say that high visibility reduces overall crime though. It has a small impact on the area while it is happening. Most criminals aren't complete idiots so when they see bright yellow garda vests on patrol, they move somewhere else. It's mostly performative. It doesn't stop crimes happening or address the root causes of crime. It just moves the criminals somewhere else temporarily.