Taser use will END assaults on officers...

Frontline gardai to put forward motion for more protection

- JOHN HAND and PAUL HEALY

FRONTLINE gardai believe the use of Tasers would see the soaring assaults on their members fall dramatically. 

The Garda Representative Association’s 45th Annual Delegate Conference kicks off tomorrow in Westport, Co Mayo, where a number of motions are being put forward to address the amount of attacks cops are facing.

Justice Minister Simon Harris has introduced legislation to get gardai body cams.

But in a motion put forward by gardai from the South Central Dublin Metropolitan Region and members from Cork city, they call for that to be promptly executed as well as providing use of Tasers to frontline members.