UK police force liaised with gardaí on pursuit training

Devon and Cornwall Police have been working with gardaí to provide vehicle pursuit training for An Garda Síochána. Garda College driving instructors visited the training center in Devon and Cornwall earlier this year to observe and learn from their methods. This train-the-trainer approach aims to have gardaí conducting pursuit training within the year.

The initiative comes in the wake of a tragic incident where five teenagers were killed in a two-car collision on the M9 last Sunday after one of the vehicles drove the wrong way down the motorway in Moone, Co Kildare. The Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, has stated that legislation is being drafted to improve protection for gardaí during pursuits.