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Originally Posted by James Howard
It's hard to see what on-board Transport Police can do about stone throwers but I agree that some sort of official staff presence on trains is desirable.
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Not much, but stone throwing is largely localised, so they can target those areas.
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As transport police would probably require legislation, this isn't likely to happen.
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Potentially, it could exist as a Garda unit under its own command structure so that its personnel don't get dragged off to do whatever the local superintendent wants.
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Originally Posted by grainne whale
As regards legislation - I'm not so sure, we have Airport Police, Harbour Police, so why not Transport Police
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The problem there is that they are only allowed operate on port/airport property. Transport police would need to be able to operate anywhere on the railway and on roads.