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GARDAÍ WORKING AROUND one of Dublin’s busiest shopping streets have said shoplifters during the festive season come from all backgrounds and age groups, and many are first-time offenders.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Garda Inspector Tony Kelly, who is based in Store Street garda station, said they deal with “a huge volume of shoplifting, especially this time of the year”.
“A high percentage of the prisoners we would have in here would be shoplifters.”
“They are all sorts, all ages – children, as young as 12 or 14, right up to senior citizens in their 70s,” Kelly said. “They’re taking all different types of items – makeup, jewellery, cosmetics and food, which speaks volumes itself.”
Detection figures have not increased during the festive period as the large crowds make it easier for opportunistic thieves, but stores in the Henry Street area have been reporting significantly higher stock losses in recent weeks.
Though there are a lot of repeat offenders, Kelly said many would be first-time offenders.
A lot of it would be under the adult caution scheme, where first time offenders are entitled to an adult caution.
Under this scheme, a person will be cautioned but will not have a criminal record.
“The aim is to try to keep people away from the criminal justice system. It works really, really well,” Kelly said.
People are given chance, it’s not a recorded conviction so if you’re looking for your J1 visas as a student or there was garda vetting in your job it won’t show. But if you commit a second offence, it can be given in evidence and you will be prosecuted and brought to court.
“If it is their first offence, normally they’re quite upset and embarrassed,” he added. “It’s very obvious early on that these people are suitable for it, to the point that you think there would be nothing gained by bringing these people through the criminal justice system.”
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This wont end well. Have they not seen the movie Alien.
@Niallers: HAL 9000
@SFNutters: IG-88
@Means of escape: it looks a lot like the chappiee bot.
@Means of escape: or Android (the 1982 film with Klaus Kinsky) or even Saturn 3 (also released in 1982, with Kirk Douglas and Harvey Kitel).
@David Jordan: Prefer the real steel robot/cobot.
@Niallers: beat me to it :D
Have ye not seen 2001? What could possibly go wrong HAL? ‘I am afraid I can’t tell you, John.’
@willow moon: An interesting fact about HAL in 2001 A Space Oddessy. The acronym HAL is IBM shifted one letter forwards. However this was a complete coincidence. Arthur C Clarke (the author) never knew this until a fan pointed out out years later.
@Paraic: one letter backwards
@SFNutters: Meant to say: “HAL is IBM WHEN shifted one letter forwards”. Typo.
Danger Will Robinson, Danger!
@Leroy Brown: lol lost in space tv programme
A robot in space ummm. A Russian robot, christ
@Tommy C: it’s a robot.. but its russian… my gawd!
Ed-209: “Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.”
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Will he be back?
Really like this cobot as its human mimic controlled. I wonder how big the time delay is and how they plan to overcome this in realtime control.
@Simon O Flaherty: the minimum lag could be as little as 0.24 second to the ISS but likely longer as the instructions would he complicated. Still basically immediate control. Here is an article I got the answer from https://www.wired.com/2013/02/a-duet-from-space/
@Edmund Murphy: Interesting article, thanks.
It’s ok though, battery technology is still too primitive so he will need to be plugged in to the mains. Just unplug it if it misbehaves.
Once robots have long lasting power sources though, that’s a different story.
This robot can’t even stand. If you look at it well it held by 2 ropes.
@Oleksandr Savitskyy: it is designed to operate in a zero gravity environment where launch weight is a major issue. I’m surprised they even bothered to give it legs and not a second set of hands. Not being able to stand is no issue.
I hope he doesn’t do a Hal 9000 on them!
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