St Cuthberts Park. Recommendations relating to SDCC & Gardaí jointly

           

The sub-group recommends, notwithstanding the existing liaison with Gardaí, that the arrangements for cooperation between Park Rangers and Gardaí  be enhanced through establishment of Park Safety Teams. Park Safety Teams should be established on an area basis involving community Gardaí from the local station and park staff from the local depot. Park Safety Teams should meet regularly to plan for particular situations and
to share information. Countywide meetings of all Park Safety Teams should also take place to review and share experiences across all areas and to advise county-level strategic planning. Reports from these countywide meetings should feed back to the Joint Policing Committee.
The sub-group recommends that Park Safety Teams (involving SDCC Parks and Landscape Services Department and Community Gardaí) should facilities greater co-ordination and consultation with elected Councillors and local residents on matters pertaining to the policing and maintenance of our parks.
The maintenance of this park is undertaken from the Grange Depot at Lynch’s Lane.
Maintenance staff engaged in grass cutting, litter collection or landscape development.

 The sub-group recommends that the SDCC Parks and Landscape Services Department conducts a review of current cleansing arrangements with a view to implementing more regular cleansing of watercourses in our parks.

Garda CCTV cameras located at one end of park only. Entire of park not covered by CCTV. The sub-group recommends increased use of both Garda CCTV monitoring and remote CCTV monitoring with live voice warnings. To ensure maximum CCTV coverage of St. Cuthberts Park

The sub-group recommends enhanced sharing of CCTV footage collected by both Gardaí and private monitoring firms to assist SDCC litter wardens to identify and pursue persons involved in illegal dumping in our parks.
The sub-group recommends extensions of Halloween festivals and supervised bonfires to St. Cuthberts Park.

Source: http://www.williamlavelle.ie/wp-content/uploads/Final-Report-of-the-JPC-Parks-sub-group-Sept-2010.pdf