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Station Selection

  • 13-12-2013 11:33am
    #1
    Ted_almighty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    What is the policy for determining where one might be placed?

    Can you request your area? Would they locate you 'away from home'?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    pah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭pah


    You can be sent anywhere.

    If you have a situation such as children etc you can make a case on welfare grounds to be located closer to home. as a student with children i was placed 90 km from home, as a probationer it was 50km


  • #3
    candidate2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭candidate2013


    Would people from the Northwest of NI generally get County Donegal?


  • #4
    pah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭pah


    You can be sent anywhere - if you don't have a case for welfare be prepared to go anywhere. I can see a large percentage going to dublin


  • #5
    thekopend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭thekopend


    pah wrote: »
    You can be sent anywhere - if you don't have a case for welfare be prepared to go anywhere. I can see a large percentage going to dublin

    Ya Dublin or cork I'd say


  • #6
    Santa Cruz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Santa Cruz


    candidate2013 wrote: »
    Would people from the Northwest of NI generally get County Donegal?


    No. You will be allocated top wherever the Commissioner believes Gardaí are needed. Dublin lads and ladies usually get the city mainly because of the sheer demand for Gardaí in the city. As the border is no longer policed to the level it was there is not as much need for Gardaí in that region.
    I would say that married Gardaí will be reasonably facilitated close to their home place. This would mean of course that single Gardaí can be sent anywhere


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  • #7
    TheNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭TheNog


    Ted_almighty wrote: »
    What is the policy for determining where one might be placed?

    Can you request your area? Would they locate you 'away from home'?

    Thanks

    Ah this old chestnut is asked every time. As posters already said you can be stationed anywhere. Unfortunately some people think they will be stationed fairly close to home and get a huge shock when they aren't.

    The rules are you cannot be stationed within 80 km of your home. When people go into Phase 1 they are asked to provide a list of all their aunts, uncles, grandparents and addresses for them. You cannot be stationed near them either.

    I would imagine city stations will get the vast majority of new members. Unfair I think as the country stations are equally under pressure for manpower


  • #8
    shakin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭shakin


    After your stint in templemore, you will be sent to a "designated training station" to carry on your training...or so ive been told, open to correction on this.


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