adressing a member of ags on duty

emmet the rover

i do alot of coummiunity stuff through the order of malta and have gotten to know a couple of guards on a first name basis while on duity with the ambulance. however in a situation like being stopd at a checkpoint I usually address them as Guard whats the generall opinion here as to this. am i being to formal or spot on?

also is it more correct to address a guard wearing three chevrons as seargent rather than guard?

pa990

emmet the rover wrote: »

i do alot of coummiunity stuff through the order of malta and have gotten to know a couple of guards on a first name basis while on duity with the ambulance. however in a situation like being stopd at a checkpoint I usually address them as Guard whats the generall opinion here as to this. am i being to formal or spot on?

also is it more correct to address a guard wearing three chevrons as seargent rather than guard?

yes guard., no guard, 3 bags full.guard
or
yes sergeant, no sergeant 3 bags full sergeant.

goldie fish

If adressing a garda... "Yes Sergeant"
If adressing a Sergeant "Yes inspector".

Smooths things along no end.
"I'm glad you stopped me" is another good one.

Mister Jingles

This should straighten things out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHR1tk5xvU

Iwannahurl

Not sure why, but to me if feels a bit odd to address an AGS member as "Guard". For those with stripes, "Sergeant", "Inspector" etc, followed by their surname if I know it, is my preference.

Probably because I lived in the UK for a while (where in my experience the police were very polite, even addressing members of the public as Sir and Madam, IIRC) I use the general term "officer".

However, this has not always gone down well with individual members of AGS. I once asked a Garda to deal with a road traffic law situation, and in doing so I addressed her as "Officer".

"We're not officers," she replied rather grumpily. "We're Guards."

Tyron Jara

Garda or Guard will do fine for any rank. The general public will not recognize an inspector from a garda normally unless there tuned into the rank structure. Normally they just see the uniform.

goldie fish wrote: »

If adressing a garda... "Yes Sergeant"
If adressing a Sergeant "Yes inspector".

Smooths things along no end.
"I'm glad you stopped me" is another good one.

Goldie fish is dead on here XD

I quiet agree with this one.

Iwannahurl wrote: »

"We're not officers," "We're Guards."

Esel

Don't use Muffin or Skippy anyway...

One of my little pet hates is the term guard or guards to refer to them. I always use Garda or Gardaí.

I'm fairly certain I'm in the minority on this one, though

GRMA

Deleted User wrote: »

One of my little pet hates is the term guard or guards to refer to them. I always use Garda or Gardaí.

I'm fairly certain I'm in the minority on this one, though

Its amazing the amount of Irish cops who dont understand when to use those two words, and what they mean.

Tyron Jara

Deleted User wrote: »

One of my little pet hates is the term guard or guards to refer to them. I always use Garda or Gardaí.

I'm fairly certain I'm in the minority on this one, though

I prefer Garda myself but I wouldn't slate anyone for guard. Now Ban Garda grinds my gears.

pa990

Tyron Jara wrote: »

I prefer Garda myself but I wouldn't slate anyone for guard. Now Ban Garda grinds my gears.

what about banner

kub

pa990 wrote: »

what about banner

Or gorgeous?

deadwood

GRMA wrote: »

Its amazing the amount of Irish cops who dont understand when to use those two words, and what they mean.

Please enlighten us.

misterdarkness

guard or garda is just fine. officer is alright but we see it as more polite and more homegrown just to say guard or garda and in return you get Sir back . also does not matter what rank, as an organisation we are gardai so even if its the commissioner you could still say garda and your fine. just from experience i fine that the term guard is used 99% of time

3rdDegree

KKV wrote: »

One of my little pet hates is the term guard or guards to refer to them. I always use Garda or Gardaí.

I'm fairly certain I'm in the minority on this one, though

Minority of two.

Address female gards as Pet, or simply Luv.