Gardai on youtube (again) [MERGED]

100gSoma

No doubt this will be mentioned in the media shortly if not already. Has this been posted on boards yet? Couldn't find it in a search.
Was emailed to me this morning along with the usual diatribe about how "no wonder the gardai are too busy when you call them up" etc etc tut tut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnFD8Ocg4c

r3nu4l

This was doing the rounds on IRC last night, if you look at some of the comments you will see that Mr. Campbell is referred to as being mentally challenged. If these really are Gardaí on the video then I think they will definitely get the chop.

Anyone stupid enough to film themselves doing a crap job or abusing their authority gets all they deserve imo.

irishpartyboy

I don't really see any major problem TBH. The boys are only lads at the end of the day and there's no law saying you can have a sense of humour on the job.

I'd imagine they get lots and lots of nuisance phone calls and they could just tell them to F*ck off, stop wasting garda time and hang up.

kleefarr

Either Brendan Campbell is a complete windup or he has more serious problems.
Which ever it is, unfortunately the Gardas did not handle the situation correctly IMO.
A simple "Sorry Mr/Brendan Campbell, the Sergeant isn't available at the moment, we'll pass on a message for you or you can ring back later" would have sufficed.
To film themselves taking the proverbial while on duty is sheer lunacy.
Losing their jobs may be a bit severe, but a final written would be expected.

100gSoma

I agree Kleefarr. I'm sure the gardai deal with 100s of these very "trying" calls everyday. I'm sure if Mr. Campbell was after ringing up 5 or 6 times it would become quite frustrating. Filming it for the purposes of humour is a bit unprofessional and perhaps will sully their otherwise hard work though. I'd say the gardai featured will get a rap on the knuckles for it alright, but would be stupid to sack them given we are already short of fully trained serving members of An Garda Siochana.

Cabaal

I'm sure the Gardai get prank calls all the time and personally I think anybody that makes them should be fined for doing so (same goes for fire service) but making a video of themselfs its just bloody thick!

Think somebody needs to have a chat to the muppet in the video and scare him abit, very unprofessional!

jackdaw

the guy on the phone is a fukin retard ...

100gSoma

I think someone will chat to him. quiet sternly.

'Garda' caught in YouTube sneer

By Eugene Moloney
Thursday June 07 2007

VIDEO footage showing what appears to be a uniformed garda making fun of a member of the public has sparked top-level investigations after it was posted on the internet.

The posting of the video on a website comes just a week after mock footage of troops firing at civilians in Liberia was also posted onto the same YouTube site.

Both the gardai and the new Garda Ombudsman commission have launched separate investigations.

The 4½-minute video shows what appears to be a clearly visible young uniformed garda taking a phone call from a member of the public and repeatedly laughing and mocking the man who requests to speak to a sergeant.

At one stage the caller, who has been put on speaker phone, asks the 'garda' to "have a bit of manners" and to stop laughing at him.

In the course of the video the 'garda' utters the man's name repeatedly and can also be seen looking at the camera and gesturing with his face as he holds the phone in front of his mouth.

Gardai said they had been aware of the existence of the filmed footage since Saturday. Supt Gerry Giblin, from Cavan station, has been appointed to investigate the matter. He will also establish whether the station involved is Kingscourt, Co Cavan, as was indicated on the video clip.

First reports indicate the footage was most likely filmed using a mobile phone and posted onto the internet after being circulated to other mobile phones in the locality.

The Garda Ombudsman Commission is also investigating the matter following a number of complaints from members of the public in recent days.

Kieran Fitzgerald, head of communications and research with the Garda Ombudsman Commission, told the programme that, on first viewing, the contents were such that an investigation by them was warranted.

BigTommyBomb

I posted this in the video section last night first but whatever prick didnt post it up.

projectmayhem

BigTommyBomb wrote:

I posted this in the video section last night first but whatever prick didnt post it up.

did you just call yourself a prick?

...and are you really still here?

Pighead

BigTommyBomb wrote:

I posted this in the video section last night first but whatever prick didnt post it up.

Lose the tude BigTommyBomb, its obvious you fcuked up whilst trying to post the video. Your whole life long you've been blaming others for your own shortcomings.

Maybe its time you started taking some responsibility for your actions. Maybe its time you had a bit more respect. Maybe its time you had a BigTommyRealisation

Duggy747

There's a thread just down the page on this forum about that video "NO NO MR.CAMPBELL" It's an obvious fake, you can tell the caller is a recording. Just some Guard's having the craìc.

RVD420

BigTommyBomb wrote:

I posted this in the video section last night first but whatever prick didnt post it up.

If that's aimed at me...DO ONE!

BigTommyBomb

Pighead wrote:

Lose the tude BigTommyBomb, its obvious you fcuked up whilst trying to post the video. Your whole life long you've been blaming others for your own shortcomings.

Maybe its time you started taking some responsibility for your actions. Maybe its time you had a bit more respect. Maybe its time you had a BigTommyRealisation

Do you like talking to yourself?

BigTommyBomb

Duggy747 wrote:

There's a thread just down the page on this forum about that video "NO NO MR.CAMPBELL" It's an obvious fake, you can tell the caller is a recording. Just some Guard's having the craìc.

Lots of people from Cavan have come out about the guy being a real nutcase. Not to mention the gardai are actually investigating this incident.

subway

thats a f*cking remix or something.
listen to "im not mr campbell, im brendan camopbell" its the exact same saying, never any variation in tone etc

flogen

I don't think this is a N/M issue so I'm going to throw it to the wolves (read After Hours).

I've deleted davidj's comment first, though, because he seemed to suggest that the Gardaí's job is to beat up annoying or mentally disabled people. It's not, as much as some would like it to be.

Huggles

Listen carefully, it is a recording, Mr Campbells Voice doesn't change, Chris Moyles does them on the radio in the UK all the time.

I'm more concerned about 'the lads' having the craic on the job.

biko

We'll just have to wait for the lawsuit against the guards for misconduct and the subsequent letting go of the two guards.

Heisenberg.

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Caliden

what fecking clown would record that and put it up on the net. Surely they would watch it and no they would get in trouble.

I'd say whoever took the recording is getting his arse well and truly kicked.

SuzyS1972

Ridiculous the caller should be done for wasting police time
The media don't tell the full story at all - if you listen the man wants to speak to a Sargent to make sure the area will be patrolled properly - they make it sound way worse than it is.

How many of us can put our hands up and say we have never had a bit of craic at work ?

yermandan

according to the comments below the video on that page of youtube, this Mr. Campbell is a known nuisance caller

BigTommyBomb

what fecking clown would record that and put it up on the net

Do you really think they wanted it up on youtube? Use your brain. Its obviously a phone job that was kept within friends and then spread.

'Listen carefully, it is a recording, Mr Campbells Voice doesn't change, '

Its called autism. And his voice does change througout if you listen.

Boston

Gardi are people too. And actually the guy on the video seems more understanding then most, even if he is taken the piss.

flogen

yermandan wrote:

according to the comments below the video on that page of youtube, this Mr. Campbell is a known nuisance caller

Oh, well that's alright then.

Owen

SuzyS1972 wrote:

How many of us can put our hands up and say we have never had a bit of craic at work ?

There is a monumental difference between us having craic at work, and the Gardaí doing the same. They should be professional. It wouldn't be tolerated in the UK police force, why should it here? Yerah sure, he was only having a laugh ... :rolleyes:

Binomate

Anyone see the video of Gardaí beating the crap out of that young lad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

quarryman

Binomate wrote:

Anyone see the video of Gardaí beating the crap out of that young lad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

damn you, damn you, damn you....

Ruen

SuzyS1972 wrote:

How many of us can put our hands up and say we have never had a bit of craic at work ?

Everyone is entitled to a bit of craic in work but when you're in such a responsible public service position you shouldnt be having that craic at the expense of a member of the public, I think it undermines all Gardaí and adds to a bad reputation when any of them does something stupid like that.
I don't think Mr. Campbell is a recording.

Beans_On

this has to be a fake..can anyone say the same sentance in the same tone that many times??

dulpit

Binomate wrote:

Anyone see the video of Gardaí beating the crap out of that young lad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

You're some dickwad... :mad:

On topic, not too sure if thats real or not, if you filmed that to put it on the net, you would expect that people will find out... would a garda man be that silly? Don't think so...

Also, how are we able to hear your man on other end of phone? if he was on loud speaker then why did garda man have phone in hand?? And sound quality is very good too...

Oriel

The caller's obviously a dick.
I don't see the harm in what their doing.

MikeHoncho

Very funny. Sounds fake to me though. The lines delivered by Mr ... er i mean Brendan Campbell are all the exact same pitch. I reckon its a looping of his voice with the Gardai just having a bit of a laugh to it. No harm there except it ended up on the web which is a big Uh Oh for them. Wha Happen?

rymus

what I thought was especially funny a bit of the way through that video is the garda that's filming it was stupid enough to film his number... Takes a special kind of genius to do that.

Plissken1

dulpit wrote:

You're some dickwad... :mad:

On topic, not too sure if thats real or not, if you filmed that to put it on the net, you would expect that people will find out... would a garda man be that silly? Don't think so...

...

No thats defo Rick Astley

admiralofthefleet

i thought it was very funny, mr. cambell obviously doesnt need the garda in an emergency so they were right to take the piss. mr cambell sounds like some sort of nosy neighbour

event

ah didnt know it was that time of the week for the usual gardai thread

was there a thread about the garda that got injured in the line of duty and was hospitalised?

didnt think so

Jonny Arson

Ahahaaaa that video is f**kin' gas

Sorry Mr. Campbell......

cournioni

I only live a few miles out side of Kingscourt and according to some of the lads I know from the Kingscourt/Kilmainhamwood area. This "Mr. Campbell" is the sort of guy that is on the phone non stop to Gardai. If that is the case I can fully understand the Gardai wanting to wind him up.

That is basically all the Guard is doing, winding him up. He doesn't really say anything out of the ordinary. I can't see how saying "yes, yes, yes, yes" and "sorry Mr. Campbell" should get him into hot water, if it does it will be due to the over-sensitive society we have today. It would sicken me to see this guard, that was having fun at the expense of a known phone pest, because in fairness "Mr. Campbell" isn't exactly being polite on the phone either.

I know if someone was annoying me like that in my line of work, I would let them have it. Gardai are human also. Apart from RoboCop of course...

homah_7ft

But would you film it?

Stench Blossoms

On one side i can see how that guard should have been more professional ie not filming it but on the other side its actually hilarious and if i got away with doing that in work everyday i'd do it.

Sully

I disagree with a lot of the support the Gardai are getting. I don't have anything against them, and id normally be the one supporting them - but in this case, I think its plain stupid what they did. The Guard deserves to be punished (fired is perhaps a bit to far) for his actions. Likewise, the caller needs to be sanctioned into a mental home (if he has mental health) / arrested for nuisance calling / cautioned / phone number blocked from calling the station due to abuse.

They are providing a public service, and there duty is to respond in a professional and friendly manner to phone calls received. No matter who arrogant or stupid the dude on the phone is. If you cant handle the call, pass the buck or hang up - then report it to your senior immediately.

If this chap has called several times, and is known as a nuisance caller, the Gardai should have arrested him or warned him not to call again or face serious consequences. Alternatively, his number could be blocked.

The Gardai failed twice here;

1.) Not addressing the nuisance caller by hanging up, arresting / cautioning him. Even asking Eircom to block the number. He could even request the sergeant to pay the chap a visit or call him back. Anything to get him from stop calling.

2.) To record himself mocking and making an eejit out of a nuisance caller, which is not professional nor appropriate. As a result of taking time of his work to take the piss out of a caller whilst on duty - he managed to block more serious callers that might have been trying to get in touch.

The simple way to address the call was;

"Sorry Brendan, he is not available at the moment. I understand your concerns and will make sure he calls you back once he returns from the patrols. Alternatively, you make an appointment to speak to him in person and address your concerns."

When the caller keeps pestering and demanding to speak;

"Sorry Brendan, there is very little I can do. I assure you, he will call you on his return. He is not currently in the station."

After being so nice and professional, there are lots more ways to address the calls from that point onwards. Its the most basic training you get for answering calls in any job. You do NOT mock the caller. No matter how much of a pest the caller is - you do NOT stoop to that level. More importantly, this chap has a very serious and important job - clearly taken for granted.

Is our money going towards paying idiots to have fun and mock a possibly mentally challenged caller? I say possibly, as I have no proof to back it up. He may very well have just been perfectly sane and abusing the system. Are we paying them to keep the line busy, preventing more serious callers? Are we paying them to let muppets like this abuse the system?

Both parties were wrong, both deserve to have action taken against them.

smemon

it's like something straight out of Fr.Ted..

phone; "i'm not mr campbell im brendan campbell"

garda; "sorry mr campbell"

times 20

MooseJam

very funny stuff, and I always thought the guards were all humourless ******s , learn something new every day

FlutterinBantam

Guard on the clip should be promoted immidiately.

Fcuker should have told that jackass to "Go and fcuk yourself" about two minutes into the conversation...

6th

Pighead wrote:

Maybe its time you had a BigTommyRealisation

This is now one of my favourite Pighead lines.

Mossy Monk

Binomate wrote:

Anyone see the video of Gardaí beating the crap out of that young lad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

One of the classics, I salute you.

Boston

subway wrote:

thats a f*cking remix or something.
listen to "im not mr campbell, im brendan camopbell" its the exact same saying, never any variation in tone etc

Mentally ill people can be like that, feic it, anybody can be like like.

FlutterinBantam

My bollix.... that cretin should be charged with wasting Garda time

Boston

Sully wrote:

Both parties were wrong, both deserve to have action taken against them.

Ok yes, maybe, but thats unlikely. Even if the garda is nailed, your man wont be.