Stopped by unmarked garda

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894015#Comment_120894015

Every access to any government IT system is logged against the person who accessed it. Nothing is untracable.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894082#Comment_120894082

Thats the best thing to do and it will help put your mind to rest. Its seems he should have complied with your request for ID though and for that he should get a ticking off, but its unlikely that the person you speak to will be of higher ranks so it will probably come to nothing unless you make a formal complaint.

The problem with stirring things up with the Garda is they can end up taking it out on you at some point in the future - and thats a battle you are unlikely to win.

pgj2015

What make of car was the Guard driving?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120892372#Comment_120892372

All Gardai have a Reg number.

newmember2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894167#Comment_120894167

Don't feed the pedant

wotzgoingon

Some prick about three years ago flashed blue lights behind me in Dublin one evening, another one of those fake Garda wanabee's. He pulls up beside me with my driver window down and his passenger window. He had really bad English and I do not even know what he was saying as I couldn't understand him and then he shoots off. Odd, what the hell do they get out of it anyway.

picturehangup

I was stopped by an unmarked car a number of years ago, around Lucan, dublin bound, turned out to be fake, I assume!

He said I had been speeding, but he had been tail-gaiting me to a dangerous degree for some time, hence I did speed up just where the limit changes from 120 -80kms.

He pulled me in, the lights flashing were white, not blue. He looked unkempt, and short of stature. I only opened my window down a little, showed me a badge, but I remember there was a building on it, not the intertwined serpents/snakes.. whatever the significance of that is! He proceeded to ask for me license, I didn't have it, but I was told to produce it at a Garda station which I duly did. I went to Tullamore GS and was interviewed by the Sergeant there, who didn't seem to have a clue what I was talking about. He said he would investigate.

I never heard another thing, so I def think it was some clown masquerading as a Garda.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894191#Comment_120894191

why would you pull in for white lights? 🤦‍♂️

Witcher

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894191#Comment_120894191

Intertwined snakes...Wha?

picturehangup

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894257#Comment_120894257

Ha, just googled it there, it's an intertwined G and S, it does look a bit creepy!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894223#Comment_120894223

I didn't know at the time that they had to be blue, and in the shock of the moment one wouldn't be thinking quite straight. It is quite a shock when it happens. Tullamore never got back to me, but I'm ripping that I didn't think to get the reg.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894223#Comment_120894223

idk I suppose they were a bit taken aback by it, worried what they did wrong and not looking to piss of a garda? As well as any offence they are suspected of committing I don’t think they felt like adding on failing to stop.

You asked me why I didn’t take down the reg number, in that situation with what I was going on and the questions I’d been asked I never even thought to check. I was more concerned with getting on my way because the whole thing felt like a garda out to make my day worse. I was spooked.

Like you can be as aware of the right and wrong things to do as much as the next guy but in the moment these things can slip your mind. I’m raging now i didn’t press for ID or take a reg down obviously but it wasn’t my primary concern at the time.

My point being if you’re here to help and offer advice that’s sound and I appreciate you for it but do you need to speak to people as if they’re stupid for not having the best response to a stressful situation?

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895063#Comment_120895063

I have been in a few situations like this, I always took the reg and it always paid off. I would try get a picture of the person as well if I thought they were pretending to be a Guard.

tb66

Sometimes these wanna be Guards get their comeuppance.😀

https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/garda-impersonator-driving-car-with-flashing-blue-lights-who-pulled-over-real-garda-jailed/40964198.html

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895159#Comment_120895159

As I said I had no reason to suspect they were not a real garda. An ignorant one? Yeah. A fake one? Well I’m not so sure.

I still don’t think they were a pretend garda. Doesn’t make sense they had a garda notebook, we’re well able to search me on PULSE, how could it not be? Like I said though he refused to cite a reason for stopping me and refused to give any ID when I asked. Just replied “I don’t need it”.

from replies here anyway id say it’s either

1. a garda with too much time on their hands and who likes to poke a reaction
2. a detective who thought my car was one of interest/I was a potential person of interest & they wouldn’t give their ID or anything else because it might have given away their case? Idk how the detectives operate usually if that’s normal for them.

I did not see a firearm which detectives usually carry if I understand correctly but he may have left in his car or he was just a plain clothes garda in an unmarked.

His shirt was a designer brand so I suspect he’s not just a rank and file garda.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895183#Comment_120895183

similar story here.

" I think there has been an accident around the corner" 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uK5hSqdyBs

Anyway, thanks everyone for the insight. I knew it wasn’t normal questions and enquires to ask but I had never been stopped personally (but been a passenger at checkpoints etc before) so was just curious if this sounded normal.

maybe not relevant but he was an older lad too definitely in his 50’s so I wonder if the detective theory is the most likely.

ill ask the station garda when I drop down the licence and insurance during the week see what they can find out. I will almost definitely make a complaint about it I think. Just not sure if it’s a good idea and tbh it’s my word against his at the end of the day.

Fair enough it will prob show they accessed pulse profile but it’s not as easy to claim he said X or Y when I’ve no proof. As mentioned it may be a bad idea to make an enemy of them just to go have a whinge at a superior. 😂

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895727#Comment_120895727

If ask the sergeant rather then the guard, tbh.

Count Dracula

Hello Emerson Crooked Flick.

How would the Gards have details about your mental health issues on their Pulse system?

Have you ever been detained or arrested before?

If you haven't been, how could they know? Straight question?

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895770#Comment_120895770

Every incident that a Garda is involved with is recorded on pulse. If you have even handed in a lost wallet, your details are on pulse. Gardai are involved in lots of incidents, not necessarily all criminal.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895770#Comment_120895770

As I said already I won’t directly divulge why but if you use your imagination you’ll answer your own question.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895807#Comment_120895807

I once got a great laugh when they checked up on me on the walkie talky so I heard everything. It was about 15 years ago in Galway city. I got into an altercation with this larger than me foreigner on a bike. I was walking and someone called the Garda on me. They must not have been far away as they got there pretty quickly a bunch of them. They got me anyway and searched me found ID and called it in. And they have a massive file on me. Kinda funny hearing all the things.

Going off topic but on point they keep a record of everything. I had to change my phone number one time as they were ringing me up so often. I should change it again as they have my new number as they called me a few times on that number too.

coolbeans

Can you get information on your Pulse file via FoI?

kirk.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120894257#Comment_120894257

What this about

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895887#Comment_120895887

Yes, you can apply.

Count Dracula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895831#Comment_120895831

Well then I can only assume that you have been involved in a scenario where you have been previously arrested and have shared this information with the Gards? I cannot really imagine another instance where this might occur?

It must be a really laser sharp and efficient system ( PULSE ), whereby in the space of you being randomly pulled over by a special Garda operative to the GARDA being able to convey to you that you suffered from mental health problems. Like super fast, don't you imagine?

Thoughts?

From a random pull over to being told you have a disability, like that PULSE system seems soooooopa fast on the draw?

What do you reckon Raíchu?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120895807#Comment_120895807

He is right though yes I was arrested and detained because I contacted a doctor that I felt.. things and then did not attend the appointment and left my phone off.

that was obviously very silly to do, I had no intention at all of hurting myself or anyone else but as you’d imagine the Gardai were called and they felt the best COA was arrest, detention & evaluation.

Now that I’ve divulged that personal information about myself for no reason can we stop asking why it’s there and just focus on whether it was appropriate, relevant or professional to mention it, thanks.

not a go at you either suv, just don’t see why so many people are so confused or interested by the reason but anyway.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120896242#Comment_120896242

sorry, what exactly are you on about now?

L1011

Count Dracula - whatever you're trying to get at is not something for here. Do not post in this thread again.

suvigirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120896268#Comment_120896268

No one needs to know the reason, Gardai have lots of involvement with many things that are not criminal and yes they keep records of everything they are involved with.

it still doesn't give any member to bring up unrelated incidents with you on the side of the road, or anywhere for that matter.

Can that personal information be deleted ?