Laois Offaly Gardai and Irish Rail staff attend workshops
Laois Offaly Gardai and staff at Irish Rail attended joint workshops to enhance their cooperation along the rail network.
Gardai work with Irish Rail staff when they patrol the rail network to tackle criminal behaviour. They also respond to other incidents involving trains such as railway bridge strikes.
The latest workshops took place between Irish Rail staff and gardai from Laois, Offaly, Kildare and the Dublin Metropolitan Region(DMR) West.
“Today An Garda Síochána and Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail held a post incident workshop involving Irish Rail staff and Gardaí from Laois / Offaly, Kildare and DMR West,” Gardai said.
“Examples of previous incident scenarios on the rail network were highlighted , including anti social behaviour were discussed with problem solving positive feedback and collaboration between both organisations,” Gardai added.