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Garda bad press

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  • 30-09-2018 6:40pm
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    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭


    I'd have very little interaction with the guards. I own a couple of firearms so we cross paths about that and they were always fine.

    Had a car broken into but not stolen. The investigating Guard saw my tape (yeah it was in those days) collection and we had a long conversation about Abba and Nick Cave.

    Just today had a van with 2 Gardai stop and ask me and a few others what we were up to (and rightly so we did look a bit sus) but once we explained they were fine and we had a good long chat.

    Ain't all bad !!

    Post positive Gardai interactions !


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    #2
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,409 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    What were you up to?


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    #3
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I've never had anything but very positive, professional and helpful interactions with Gardaí down the years.


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    #4
    Eggs For Dinner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,940 ✭✭✭Eggs For Dinner


    Gardai are grand. I'd like to see more of them on our streets and on mobile patrol, especially for motoring offences


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    moonage
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭moonage


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    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Most guards are grand, like any normal people you will find that sugar works better than vinegar with them.

    Eg.

    If you get pulled over for breaking the speed limit, you're obviously much more likely to get a telling off and let on your way if you apologise to the guard in question, explain that you rent familiar with the limit on the particular stretch of road, than you are by pulling in mouthing off to the guard that you pay his salary with your taxes, and say something along the lines of imbecile in a uniform abusing his authority.

    It's not rocket science.


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