This past year will certainly be remembered as one where every one of us was forced to change and adapt to an unfamiliar new reality. Everything changed almost overnight. For Wexford Gardaí, it's been a strange year too. While lockdowns and travel restrictions may have seen a slight decrease in areas such as burglaries, thefts and public order, they've seen themselves catapulted into the enforcement of Covid regulations and seen increase in areas such as domestic violence, as more people are confined to their homes. 'It's been a remarkable year really,' said Garda Chief Superintendent Denis Ferry. 'Covid caused such big sudden changes. All of a sudden we had our lads out working back to back 12 hour shifts, manning checkpoints, engaging with the public etc. At first that was it, but in the past six months, courts are back and we've some return to the usual types of crime with shops opening up again. Thankfully detections are up too though. All the while, the lads are still out doing the Covid checkpoints and calling to check premises etc too, on top of their usual work.'