Issue Date: 22nd APRIL 2024
The following appointments and allocations of Chief Superintendents take place today 22nd April 2024 following recent promotions and consequential transfers:
Chief Superintendent Majella Armstrong on transfer to Ballymun Garda Station with responsibility for DMR North Garda Division.
Chief Superintendent Peter Burke on transfer to Crumlin Garda Station with responsibility for DMR South Garda Division.
Chief Superintendent Garrett Billings on promotion to DMR Regional Office.
The following appointments and allocations of Superintendents take place today 22nd April 2024 following recent promotions and consequential transfers:
Superintendent James Flanagan, on transfer within Galway Garda Division to North Western Region HQ with responsibility for Galway Performance Assurance Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
Superintendent Patrick O Shea on transfer within Galway Garda Division to Gaillimh Garda Station with responsibility for Galway City Community Engagement Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
Superintendent Finbarr Philpott on transfer within Galway Garda Division to Oranmore Garda Station with responsibility for Galway West Community Engagement Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
Superintendent John Fitzgerald on transfer to Bray Garda Station, Wexford/ Wicklow Garda Division with responsibility for Wicklow North Community Engagement Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
Superintendent David Callaghan on transfer within Kerry Garda Division to Tralee Garda Station with responsibility for Kerry Community Engagement Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
Superintendent John Moroney on promotion to Tallaght Garda Station with responsibility for DMR South Division Performance Assurance Functional Area (Garda Operating Model).
An Garda Síochána can confirm the following allocations, which took place at end of March 2024, in line with the Garda Operating Model in Wexford/ Wicklow Garda Division:
Superintendent Patrick Connell, Wexford Garda Station with responsibility for Wexford/Wicklow Crime Functional Area.
Superintendent Gavin Hegarty, New Ross Garda Station with responsibility for Wexford/Wicklow Performance Assurance Functional Area.
Superintendent Jarlath Duffy, Wexford Garda Station with responsibility for Wexford South Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent David O’Sullivan, Enniscorthy Garda Station, with responsibility for Wexford North Community Engagement Functional Area.
Superintendent Rory Sheriff, Wicklow Garda Station, with responsibility for Wicklow South Community Engagement Functional Area.
Background:
The Garda Operating Model is introduced as part of A Policing Service for the Future, which is the implementation plan based on the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. This model is recommended by the both the Commission of the Future of Policing in Ireland and the Garda Inspectorate.
The restructure reflects international best practice as well as the realities of modern day policing in Ireland, the changing nature of crime and population trends.
It included restructuring at National, Regional and local levels to provide a greater focus on community policed based on local needs. The new model introduces major changes to the structures of An Garda Síochána by providing a wider range of policing services for people in their local area. It will particularly enhance the investigation of crime through the delivery of a greater range of specialised services in local areas, such as the investigation of sexual crime, domestic violence, cyber-crime, and economic crime.
The Operating Model will see the number of Garda Divisions reduce from 28 to 21.
