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The Garda Air Support Unit is a unit of an Garda Síochána
Garda Síochána

is the police of the Republic of Ireland.The force is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin....
, the police force of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 which was formed in 1997. The GASU's aircraft are maintained and flown by the Irish Air Corps
Irish Air Corps

The Irish Air Corps provides the air defence function of Oglaigh na h?ireann , in support of the Irish Army and Irish Naval Service, together with such other roles as may be assigned by the Government ....
, and based at Casement Aerodrome
Casement Aerodrome

Casement Aerodrome or Baldonnel Aerodrome is an airfield to the south west of Dublin, Ireland situated off the N7 road main roads in Ireland to the south and south west....
 near Dublin. The unit operates a Britten-Norman BN 2T-4S Defender 4000
Britten-Norman Defender

The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander, specially developed for such roles, as utility transport, casualty evacuation, counter-insurgency and light attack, forward air control, patrol and reconnaissance....
 aircraft, (since 2001) an EC 135 T1
Eurocopter EC 135

The EC 135 is a twin-engine civil helicopter produced by Eurocopter, widely used amongst police and ambulance services, and for executive transport....
. The Eurocopter AS355N Squirrel
Eurocopter AS355

The Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine helicopter originally manufactured by A?rospatiale . The AS355 is marketed in North America as the TwinStar....
 Helicopter, which was in use by the force up until January 2008 has been replaced by a second EC 135 T1.

The Garda Air Support Unit contributed directly to 1,300 arrests within the last three years, and located 14 people during search and rescure operations.






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The Garda Air Support Unit is a unit of an Garda Síochána
Garda Síochána

is the police of the Republic of Ireland.The force is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin....
, the police force of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 which was formed in 1997. The GASU's aircraft are maintained and flown by the Irish Air Corps
Irish Air Corps

The Irish Air Corps provides the air defence function of Oglaigh na h?ireann , in support of the Irish Army and Irish Naval Service, together with such other roles as may be assigned by the Government ....
, and based at Casement Aerodrome
Casement Aerodrome

Casement Aerodrome or Baldonnel Aerodrome is an airfield to the south west of Dublin, Ireland situated off the N7 road main roads in Ireland to the south and south west....
 near Dublin. The unit operates a Britten-Norman BN 2T-4S Defender 4000
Britten-Norman Defender

The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander, specially developed for such roles, as utility transport, casualty evacuation, counter-insurgency and light attack, forward air control, patrol and reconnaissance....
 aircraft, (since 2001) an EC 135 T1
Eurocopter EC 135

The EC 135 is a twin-engine civil helicopter produced by Eurocopter, widely used amongst police and ambulance services, and for executive transport....
. The Eurocopter AS355N Squirrel
Eurocopter AS355

The Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine helicopter originally manufactured by A?rospatiale . The AS355 is marketed in North America as the TwinStar....
 Helicopter, which was in use by the force up until January 2008 has been replaced by a second EC 135 T1.

The Garda Air Support Unit contributed directly to 1,300 arrests within the last three years, and located 14 people during search and rescure operations. Their responsibilities include providing an active support role for the Garda Síochána
Garda Síochána

is the police of the Republic of Ireland.The force is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin....
, Garda Aircraft may be deployed to incidents in the following circumstances,

  • An Immediate threat to life.
  • Incidents of crime, terrorism or of national importance.
  • Immediate threat of serious public disorder.
  • A task, which will lead to the immediate prevention or detection of crime.
  • To gather evidence and to prevent or detect crime or to avert a serious public disorder.
  • To gather information on and deal with incidents relating to Crime, Public disorder and traffic related matters.


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