would you arrest a garda?

kumate_champ07

If they go on strike can we make citizens arrests if they cant prove they are genuinely sick as its illegal for them to strike so they'll have to take a sick day?

jumpguy

If they go on strike I hope the union suffers every penalty that can be thrown at them. :mad:

AckwelFoley

You go first.

I'll be right after you laughing as they batton charge your head

Rented Mule

Too much free time ?

twitch1984

most definatley. I would luv a chance to arrest 1 of the smarmy ba&&*^%s.

kumate_champ07

Rented Mule wrote: »

Too much free time ?

yes they certainly do, they can retire at a much earlier age than nurses who prob save more lives than them

Cupcake_Crisis

I would for sh!ts and giggles

kumate_champ07

snyper wrote: »

You go first.

I'll be right after you laughing as they batton charge your head

Im bigger than a garda, and my head is made of granite

Sleipnir

You can't make a citizen's arrest just because someone is probably breaking the law. There has to be a real risk of flight and several other factors that mean a citizen's arrest is the only option.

RobbieTheRobber

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

If they go on strike can we make citizens arrests if they cant prove they are genuinely sick as its illegal for them to strike so they'll have to take a sick day?

***********Serious reply alert*********

I dont think taking a sick day when your not sick is a criminal matter, so I dont think you could try to claim citizens arrest, if you caught one taking the day off!


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AckwelFoley

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Im bigger than a garda, and my head is made of granite

You must be from Longford then :pac:

kumate_champ07

Sleipnir wrote: »

You can't make a citizen's arrest just because someone is probably breaking the law. There has to be a real risk of flight and several other factors that mean a citizen's arrest is the only option.

if my house gets broken into who am I gonna call to come over 60mins later and write down a report? Its my right as an Irish citizen to be 'protected' by a police force.

_JOE_

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

If they go on strike can we make citizens arrests if they cant prove they are genuinely sick as its illegal for them to strike so they'll have to take a sick day?

No. The power of arrest by a citizen is stated under s 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1997.The offence must be an arrestable offence; meaning one that carries 5 years imprisonment or more.
The arrested person has to be handed over to the Garda as soon as possible, and the arrest can only be made if the arresting citizen believes that the offender will avoid arrest.

TheZohanS

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Its my right as an Irish citizen to be 'protected' by a police force.

You might want to check into that, you'll find that your statement above is incorrect.

Cuddlesworth

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

if my house gets broken into who am I gonna call to come over 60mins later and write down a report? Its my right as an Irish citizen to be 'protected' by a police force.

I sir call you a braggart and a liar. Sixty minutes in completely unrealistic, a day is most likely. After having a Van and a house broken into this joke always reminds me of the guards.



George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. Upon closer inspection, George could see that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house?"

George said, "No."

The police then said, ""All the patrols are busy. You should simply lock your door and an officer will be out within an hour or so."

George said, "OK," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you less than a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them because I've just shot them all." He then hung up.

Within five minutes, three police cars, an armed response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

monkeypants

Is a Garda going on strike a criminal offence?

stovelid

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

if my house gets broken into who am I gonna call

.....

wudangclan

monkeypants wrote: »

Is a Garda going on strike a criminal offence?

I believe so ,hence the blue-flu.

AnonoBoy

If by arrest you mean have sex with then....


.....no, no I probably wouldn't.

monkeypants

wudangclan wrote: »

I believe so ,hence the blue-flu.

I see that you're right.

I think that the tough thing is to prove that they're not actually ill without having some sort of medical qualification and time to perform an examination.

biko

Sure I arrested one last year.
Still have the scars to prove it.

jimmmy

Cannot believe they are thinking of going on strike / blue flu. Many of them have such an easy, doss life. One I know retired at 50 on big pension . All he did before that was look after his investment property + chat to people.

Eemia

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I sir call you a braggart and a liar. Sixty minutes in completely unrealistic, a day is most likely. After having a Van and a house broken into this joke always reminds me of the guards.



George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. Upon closer inspection, George could see that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house?"

George said, "No."

The police then said, ""All the patrols are busy. You should simply lock your door and an officer will be out within an hour or so."

George said, "OK," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you less than a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them because I've just shot them all." He then hung up.

Within five minutes, three police cars, an armed response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

You sure this didn't happen in County Kilkenny?

CrazyRabbit

Well there's this female Gardai that I regularly place in handcuffs...

Riddle101

Here we go again with the anti Garda posts. Just for the record, there's not much anybody can do to a garda unless they want to suffer for it. If you try to arrest them, they'll just lob you off to jail yourself for attempting to harm a police officer, there really is no way a Garda can get properly arrested unless it's by another garda.

As for the question. Would I arrest a garda? Eh no, I don't care enough about what the gardai are doing to really be bothered trying to lock one up, or even risk ruining my night by doing some sort of holier than thou
Sh!t. I'd rather just stick to drug dealing and raping prostitutes thank you very much.

hooradiation

jimmmy wrote: »

Many of them have such an easy, doss life.

Really?

Right, best join the guards then. I'd love an easy, doss life.

Lets hope you're not just talking shit, I'd hate to have my new dream career ruined because it turns out you're waffling on about something you haven't got a clue about.

That'd be awful....

monkeypants

So...back to the original poster. Make sure you have a friend or relative standing by with bail money, as I can't see this ending well.

RMD

jimmmy wrote: »

Cannot believe they are thinking of going on strike / blue flu. Many of them have such an easy, doss life. One I know retired at 50 on big pension . All he did before that was look after his investment property + chat to people.

And what are you basing that on?

Dealing with the ****hole Dublin is turning into day after day certainly is an easy job now isn't it? You even working pal? How hard is your job?

WeeBushy

Magnus wrote: »

Sure I arrested one last year.
Still have the scars to prove it.

See now I can't tell if that's an AH answer or if its the truth...
Did you actually? What happened?

Awaits a far-fetched yet still interesting story if it was indeed an AH answer...

El Siglo

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I sir call you a braggart and a liar. Sixty minutes in completely unrealistic, a day is most likely. After having a Van and a house broken into this joke always reminds me of the guards.



George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. Upon closer inspection, George could see that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked, "Is someone in your house?"

George said, "No."

The police then said, ""All the patrols are busy. You should simply lock your door and an officer will be out within an hour or so."

George said, "OK," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. "Hello, I just called you less than a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them because I've just shot them all." He then hung up.

Within five minutes, three police cars, an armed response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

George replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

That is fucking brilliant!

El Siglo

Here's a crowd that love their jobs as a police force and will never go on strike no matter how much of their pay is cut...;)

orourkeda

At least they'll have to buy their own doughnuts.

biko

WeeBushy wrote: »

See now I can't tell if that's an AH answer or if its the truth...
Did you actually? What happened?

Awaits a far-fetched yet still interesting story if it was indeed an AH answer...

I was going to spin a story of how I'm an airport officer but alas, no - it was an AH answer

wudangclan

El Siglo wrote: »

Here's a crowd that love their jobs as a police force and will never go on strike no matter how much of their pay is cut...;)

They look delirious in that picture.

My name is URL

Riddle101 wrote: »

Here we go again with the anti Garda posts. Just for the record, there's not much anybody can do to a garda unless they want to suffer for it. If you try to arrest them, they'll just lob you off to jail yourself for attempting to harm a police officer, there really is no way a Garda can get properly arrested unless it's by another garda.

They'd be breaking a law, so they could be arrested if it's a case that Marshall Law is brought in on any day which they decide to strike

It probably won't happen, but I'd lol if it did

And if they do strike, both civil & criminal charges can be brought to court against the Gardai

wudangclan

Marshall law?

My name is URL

wudangclan wrote: »

Marshall law?

Struth!

ddef

would the lazy fèckers do some work. The army works 10 times as hard as them and don't complain. They just bite the bullet ( no pun intended), and get on with their work

ballsymchugh

snyper wrote: »

You must be from Longford then :pac:

someone mentioned Longford, and this is about the gardai...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7pnsEAkWCQ

Run_to_da_hills

snyper wrote: »

You go first.

I'll be right after you laughing as they batton charge your head

Battons are old hat, Its Taser and Pepper spray now. :eek:

Mike 1972

Riddle101 wrote: »

there really is no way a Garda can get properly arrested unless it's by another garda.

I would hazard a guess and say a member of the defence forces could probably do it as well.

Especially if they had their gun with them

Run_to_da_hills

wudangclan wrote: »

Marshall law?

Martial law when it hits Ireland. :eek:

Evolute

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

if my house gets broken into who am I gonna call to come over 60mins later and write down a report? Its my right as an Irish citizen to be 'protected' by a police force.

If someone breaks into your house you find the biggest heaviest thing to hit them with knock them out tie them up and then wait 60mins for the guards sure it normally takes them that long if they are called around my way.

epictetus2009

The Gardai are heading towards balloting for strike. If that occurs its against the state and army and army reserved may be called up.
Wheres my sandbag

wudangclan

In before the lockout.

Buceph

If they do a blue flu again the only response is in future to demand a medical cert for any sick time taken, no matter how short.

Horsefumbler

Bring it on!

laugh

wudangclan wrote: »

In before the lockout.

Locking threads about pertinant issues again?

Lemondrop kid

Finally, a job opening.
Is that with one baton or two sir...?:D

Biggins

If they strike, who is going to arrest who?

"Joe, you went on strike. I have to arrest you"

"What are ya taking about Mick? So did you!

"I'll tell you what then Joe - you arrest me and I'll arrest you. We can take turns sitting in the cells"

Aye, I can see it happening alright, all the Gardi arresting themselves! :rolleyes:

Dudess

Martial law could lead to military dictatorship, which would be a bitch - worthy of at least five AH threads.