He was told that Sergeant Murphy broke his leg in two places but was recovering.

"Sergeant Murphy, what the hell makes you think you're going to have any heavy weapons at all?"

Sergeant Murphy and four accompanying gardai then took the men's names and addresses.

"We're talking to people she was close to," Sergeant Murphy said.

"It was a sick person who did this," Sergeant Murphy said.

"We have to be able to recreational ride while on patrol," said Sergeant Murphy, who has been training officers since 1996.

Even Sergeant Murphy wasn't in the office assigned to the police.

Walking through the communications area, he stopped in to see Sergeant Murphy, who was permanently assigned to the medical examiner's of- rice.

But the seven drug raids this year are the lowest total in years, Sergeant Murphy said.