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Assistant Commissioner, Roads Policing & Community Engagement

Title: Assistant Commissioner Roads Policing & Community Engagement 

Name: Denis Ferry

Appointed: 18 June 2026

Career highlights:

Assistant Commissioner Ferry was attested to An Garda Síochána in September 1995

  • He has operational and specialist experience across the ranks of Garda, Sergeant and Inspector.
  • He has served across Strategic Transformation and IT Operations & Security as a Superintendent.
  • He is has been allocated as Chief Superintendent, HRM since 2021 with responsibility for Garda Allocations, Health and Safety, Employee Assistance, Workforce Planning and RDMS implementation.  He also supported the rollout of the Organisation Operating Model during that time.
  • Prior to that he was Divisional Officer for Wexford & Wicklow from 2019 to 2021. 

Qualifications:

  • Barrister at Law, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, an M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. In Applied Science.
  • Strategic Commander Course and Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership in Policing - Garda Executive Leadership Programme (GELP), Irish Management Institute (IMI) & University College Cork