New property recording app launched by gardaí

Tech launched An Garda Siochana at the National Ploughing Championships.

An Garda Síochána has launched a new Property Recording App at the National Ploughing Championships.

The An Garda Síochána Property App is a newly developed mobile app that allows the public to index and record their personal property, for example, bicycles, laptops, farm machinery etc.

An Garda Síochána has for years, been encouraging people to clearly mark their property and make a record of it.

Property that is clearly and obviously marked they say is less attractive to a thief as it is more difficult to sell on.

The app will enable the member of the public to take photographs, record receipts, store registration codes, photograph the property markings.

The app is designed as completely standalone. It can be downloaded for free on Google Play Store or the Apple Store.

It can also be downloaded from the Garda website. Once downloaded, the public can safely record their personal information in the app and then begin to record your property.

Any information entered into the app is then either stored locally on the device, or backed up to your cloud account. An Garda Síochána recommends making a regular backup as the onus is on the owner to manage the data. No data will be stored by An Garda Síochána.

In the situation where a user has their property stolen, the app also has the facility to report the theft to An Garda Síochána. This feature allows the user to select the item(s) that was stolen and easily and securely report the theft to An Garda Síochána.

This is a similar process to that of the Declaration of Theft of Property process on the Garda Website.