How does Irish policing handle digital forensics? Let’s look at two cases reported today. In one, a rape of a girl by her stepfather, there was a five year delay in examining a seized computer. The second, child abuse images, saw a seven year delay. 1/
These delays are at the high end but are unfortunately typical of a system which has been chronically underfunded. Even in recent cases there seems to be a 1-2 year delay in forensic examination: kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2018… 2/
Here’s what the Policing Authority had to say a few months ago. (They weren’t impressed.) /3
Increased resources have been promised by the head of the Cyber Crime Bureau; but whether the Department of Justice and Garda management follow through remains to be seen:
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