Gardaí need to develop a “balanced” and “consistent” approach to policing the planned supervised drug injecting centre, a former top Australian police commander has said.
Pat Paroz said it was “critical” that Garda management was clear about the law regarding such centres and develop a document on policies and procedures in implementing it on the ground.
In a major shift in policy, Ireland is set to have its first medically supervised injecting centre this year.
Mr Paroz, former Commander of Drug and Alcohol Co-ordination for the New South Wales Police Force, was speaking at a drugs conference in Dublin, attended by international experts and drugs strategy minister Catherine Byrne.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, The Irish Examiner, 22/01/17
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