Garda arrested today

MIN2511

Wow guys...


Garda arrested in criminal activity probe

Wednesday, 5 March 2008 15:41
A 50-year-old garda has been arrested and suspended from duty as part of an investigation into criminal activity in Co Wexford.
The Garda Press Office said the officer was detained after gardaí began a search at a private dwelling in New Ross early today.
The search was supported by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0305/wexford.html

Cuddlesworth

As much as I am shocked and appalled by what you have posted her I would like to say....

Actually wait, I don't care. Cops are humans and they make the same stupid greedy mistakes as the rest of us. If you don't believe that you are a fool and if you think any police service is not corrupt in some way you are a bigger fool.

MIN2511

No one is perfect, crimes are commited by the rich, poor, advantaged and disadvantaged. No one controls another, no one is perfect. I didn't put the thread to say all cops are corrupt/not. It is AH and such things are interesting to know, especially as a lot of people don't read the papers or watch the news....

Run_to_da_hills

Cops should have a code of practice and should show an example. If they go around breaking the law whose supposed to enforce it.

Wishbone Ash

MIN2511 wrote: »

No one is perfect, crimes are commited by the rich, poor, advantaged and disadvantaged

He is only under investigation yet you seem to have assumed a guilty verdict.

kinkstr

Shocking:eek:

Latchy

Cops have more opportunitys open to corruption .There are also racist cops to and their will always be a % in any force in the world who will use their powers to further their own gains .

phantom_lord

one time in school I asked my teacher a question and she didn't know the answer,

The_Conductor

latchyco wrote: »

Cops have more opportunitys open to corruption .There are also racist cops to and their will always be a % in any force in the world who will use their powers to further their own gains .

Which is why so few of the people who volunteered for the part-time force were accepted.......

humanji

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Cops should have a code of practice and should show an example.

As do the clergy, the politicians, the teachers, the media etc. The only thing they all have in common is that they are people. And all people are different and can be tempted by criminal gains. In a perfect world this would never happen, but we all know that we're in a far from perfect world.

It's just good to see that the cops aren't getting special treatment. If they're suspected of something, they're investigated liek the rest of us.

diddums18

You're absolutely correct, cops don't get special treatment. Being detained and questioned in a police station for two days is certainly not special treatment. While some murderers and sex offenders are free to roam the streets,released on bail, an upstanding member of the police force and community has been detained. My heart goes out to this garda's family and friends. I hate to rehash old cliches, but don't believe everything you read! Journalism, like any other form of media, has a tendency to be biased at times and I hope that readers of this thread, and the newspapers that have reported this matter, will give this serious consideration before making any kind of further judgement.

galwayrush

kinkstr wrote: »

Shocking:eek:

Yes, at the fact he got caught.:rolleyes:

ktisel

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Cops should have a code of practice and should show an example. If they go around breaking the law whose supposed to enforce it.

Coast Guard?

Guy:Incognito

ktisel wrote: »

Coast Guard?

:rolleyes:Noob.




Chuck Norris will enforce the law.

galwayrush

Stekelly wrote: »

:rolleyes:Noob.




Chuck Norris will enforce the law.

Chuck Norris is a garda Reserve now?:eek:

Wertz

diddums18 wrote: »

You're absolutely correct, cops don't get special treatment. Being detained and questioned in a police station for two days is certainly not special treatment. While some murderers and sex offenders are free to roam the streets,released on bail, an upstanding member of the police force and community has been detained. My heart goes out to this garda's family and friends. I hate to rehash old cliches, but don't believe everything you read! Journalism, like any other form of media, has a tendency to be biased at times and I hope that readers of this thread, and the newspapers that have reported this matter, will give this serious consideration before making any kind of further judgement.

I completely agree....and I'm also glad that you signed up especially to tell us that. Bravo.

kwalsh000

Well diddums and humanji make good points. All this bitching about how they should be this that and the other. People are people.

As for that remark about who is going to enforce it or police the police if you will....all you have to do is look at the headline "Garda arrested in criminal activity probe". Who has the power to arrest, the Gardai and who did they arrest...a member of the Gardai.

No special treatment is shown, if you break the law you are taking your chances of being caught, whether you are a guard or in any other line of work.

Sierra Oscar

Oh so I guess someone will now try and claim that they are all the same and involved in criminal activity.:rolleyes:

Oilrig

Two points here,

Firstly, while events have shown that the Gardai are no longer covering up for their own, there is still a certain amount of distrust amongst Joe Public, ie you're on the way but not there yet...

Secondly, as an "Accused" is deemed innocent until proven guilty by a jury of his peers, why is his name, address, etc publicised to all and sundry before he's been proven guilty? surely he should be afforded anonymous status until he's actually been convicted of an offence?

smokie78

cops rule!!! **** scumbags

WoollyRedHat

A more disgusting report I've heardin the papers recently a guard was found to have looked at illegal content shall I put it on the garda pc at the headquarters and apparently he could get away with it because it took them so long to investigate. I didn't get to read the article in full now, but in any case that sort of thing is completely unacceptable

Sure you hear this kind of stuff al the time. Politicans driving under the influence etc. Nothing really new.

Hagar

Oilrig wrote: »

...while events have shown that the Gardai are no longer covering up for their own...

That generalization is probably as accurate as saying "all gardaí are corrupt".
The truth I suspect is somewhere in the middle.