Cavan politicians have called for an increase in community policing.
The call was made at a recent Cavan Joint Policing Committee meeting.
At the recent JPC meeting, Bridie McBrearty, a Senior Executive Officer with Cavan County Council, presented the draft copy of the Council's 2022 - 2027 "Anti-Social Behaviour Policy".
It applies to housing let or purchased by the council and aims to reduce anti-social behaviour in its housing stock.
Some of the key area of the plan involves the co-ordination of services within the Local Authority to prevent anti-social behaviour, greater co-operation with the gardaí, and "good estate management".
Bridie told the meeting that there has been an increase in complaints since the onset of the pandemic and said that community policing has been invaluable in mitigating this.
New Garda Community Engagement Units were set up across Cavan and Monaghan in May.
The 22 gardaí working in the units are based in the Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Cavan and Bailieborough stations.
Gardaí say these units "work in partnership with the community" to keep people safe, particularly vulnerable or "hard to reach groups".
TD Brendan Smith echoed this sentiment.
