Dropping The Anvil
The Garda Commission has stated that Operation Anvil, the task force to fight against organised crime, will not be wound down; but to be honest would anyone notice if it was?
Another gangland killing and we all come out and say how disgraceful and how much of a tragedy it is, but at the end of it all are we anywhere nearer to this coming to an end? Can the Garda Commission honestly say that they have a grip on crime?
From where I stand it doesn’t look like it at all. We all want to feel safe and we all realise that to do this is not something that can just materialise in an instant. However what we’re looking for is to know that the authorities are trying to do something about this; that they are trying to fight the free reign criminals seem to have in Ireland at this very moment. Perhaps Al Capone would have had a field day?
In the last two years more 570 guns have been seized, 5000 people have been arrested and €13m worth of property has been recovered under 0peration Anvil. It’s a start but it’s not enough for politicians and task forces to rest on their laurels and trump up the statistics as reason for re-election.
When we’re taking the “next steps forward” as our government’s campaign advised us to do with them, can we do so without having taken four or five steps back?
Monday, March 10th, 2008 and is filed under Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.
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Valerie Says:
Here in Los Angeles, LAPD Chief William Bratton has brought crime levels down to those of the late 70’s, through effective administration. Perhaps your government should contact him ; I live in one of the worst parts of the city and can’t tell you how heartened I was to actually see uniformed foot patrols along my boulevard every 1/2 block in the middle of the day on a sunny Saturday afternoon! I feel my tax dollars are well-spent. Bravo, Chief Bratton.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:29 pm