Community Alert Groups in the region are being encouraged to 'enthuse' new people to join.
Vanessa Clarke is the Regional Officer for Community Alert in Cavan and Monaghan and recently told the Cavan Joint policing committee that a review into the contact structures and systems would be needed nationally.
She says that committees locally need to work with their volunteers and communities to re-establish their groups and should look to engaging with new members in a safe way, which may mean including online meetings for a time.
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Speaking to Shannonside Northern sound Vanessa suggested that groups be open to change as some previous volunteers may not return :
