Farms in the autumn and winter months can be dark and secluded places and can prove an inviting target for criminals who are looking to steal farm vehicles, fuel, tools, and equipment. Being proactive about your farm security will help to guard your farm and possessions, act as a deterrent to criminals, and give you extra peace of mind.

1. Rural Crime Prevention Webinar
24th October 2022
IFA Farm Families

2. TACKLING RURAL CRIME
Submissions
• Policing Authority
• Commission on the Future of Policing
• Garda Inspectorate
• Minister for Justice
• Garda Commissioner
• Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality
• Public Meetings
• Media Campaign
• Garda Liaison Group
• Organisational Development and Capacity Improvement
• Confronting Crime

3. Current Trends Nationwide
• Opportunistic
• Organized Crime Groups
• Bogus Traders/ Callers
• Heating oils/ Diesel/ Fuels/Fertilizers
• Farm Vehicles
• Theft of tools/ machinery from sheds/barns
• Theft of trailers, tractors & quads
• Theft of livestock sheep/ cattle
• Misuse of Drones
• Lurchers/ Illegal Hunting and Trespass
• Dog Attacks/ Sheep/ Cattle

4. Combating Rural Crime
• Property Marking Schemes
• a. Garda Property App-
• b. Community Schemes
• Alarms – Home and Farm- Phonewatch
• Vechicle and Asset Tracking
• Community CCTV Schemes
• Community Involvement
• Signage and Notices- Private Lands- No Dogs
• Reporting Suspicious Activity 999/ 112

5. Action in the event of encountering Trespassers
1. Ask them to leave the property- advise of danger to livestock
and animal worrying
2. Do not engage with banter of foul language- do not react to
threats or intimidation
3. Report to Gardai- 999/ 112 not local station. Give Eircode,
Road Number (R999), District, Landmark.
4. Note registration numbers of vehicles and number of
trespassers and description if possible.

6. Community Engagement
Reporting Crime
Supporting Local Gardai
Eyes and Ears Groups
WhatsApp Group/ TEXT Alert/ Crime Stoppers
999/112 - Not Local Garda Station
Reduction in Crime
Arrests, Fines and Convictions
Continuing Projects 2021
FARM CRIME SURVEY 2022

7. Thanks for Listening
Barry Carey
Crime Prevention Executive IFA