Demonstrations and Gardaí

pog it · 2011-11-16 13:58:43

Saw a lot of Gardaí on the streets in Dublin today due to the Trinity College students' demonstration against fees- actually I lost count of how many Gardaí there were. Are these Gardaí brought in from the stations or are they on overtime? How does this work? There is a lot of talk about not enough Gardaí, etc. but I have…

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#32 01-12-2011 03:40PM

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dubguffer wrote: »

I'm sure there are plenty of decent guys who have joined up and actually do the job they swore an oath to do, We seen that a couple of weeks ago with that young guy who lost his life trying to help people out during the floods.. and, he off duty at the time.. but you have to admit,there are plenty of guys and gals who joined up for the pension,the power buzz etc...and more time than most these people can be equally responsible for causing trouble at events such as this and they also should be reprimanded by their superiors and that my friend is never seen to happen. and we certainly would'nt receive an apology or have a donation into the students benevolent fund or any other fund

Well there are bad apples in all groups of people whether protesters or gardai, but I don't think there's a whole lot of incentive. But there's a difference between carrying out a lawful order which someone fails to comply with, and acting beyond the law.

If in the former there are mechanisms available and gradually widening, such as the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission as well as civil redress from the Courts.

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