Section 36 of  the Garda Siochana Act, 2005 provides for the establishment of a Joint Policing Committee in each Local Authority administrative area.  The purpose of these Committees is to provide a forum where a Local Authority and the Senior Garda Officers responsible for the policing of that area, with the participation of Oireactas members and community interests, can consult, discuss and make recommendations on matters affecting the policing of the area. 

It is intended that the committees will be co-operative in nature and will operate with the minimum of formality.  Through the work of the committee both partners - the Local Authority and the Garda Siochana - along with Oireachtas Members and community interests will have the opportunity to contribute to the improved policing, in its broadest sense, of the area to the benefit of its residents by carrying out their duties and performing their functions.

The Membership of the Mallow Joint Policing Committee is as follows:

Cllr. Jerry Mullally (Chairman)
Senator Paul Bradford
Ms. Brid Coakley
Cllr. Richard Dempsey
Ms. Margaret Desmond
Cllr. Dan Joe Fitzgerald
Sgt. John Foley
Cllr. James Kennedy,
Superintendent Pat McCarthy
Cllr. David O'Callaghan
Cllr. Noel O'Connor
Mr. Pat O'Connor, Town Clerk.
Deputy Ned O'Keeffe
Sgt. John O'Leary
Cllr. Willie O'Regan
Deputy David Stanton
Mr. Tom Stritch
Cllr. Jack Tierney
Mr. Paddy Whelan
Cllr. David Willis