Garda inspectorate to have its own investigation staff

Victor

http://home.eircom.net/news/TopStories/story.asp?id=1
From: Ireland.com
Friday, 22nd November, 2002

There will be a three-tier disciplinary process for gardaí under the new Garda inspectorate legislation, according to the Minister for Justice.

Mr McDowell said the legislation would be published next year.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony for 118 new members of the force in Templemore yesterday, Mr McDowell said he wanted to ensure that there was a system in place to ensure that abuses like those alleged in Donegal did not take place, and where they did those involved would face appropriate action.

"I want to ensure that the admirable quality of loyalty to one's colleagues does not turn into complicity," he told journalists after the ceremony.

"I told the graduates that their first loyalty was to the force and the community."

Of course the Irish times accompanied this story with a picture of a Garda laughing her head off. :rolleyes:

amp

This isn't a news channel. If you're going to bring up news then lead/end it with a question or a statement or something.

Victor

Originally posted by amp
This isn't a news channel. If you're going to bring up news then lead/end it with a question or a statement or something.

My statement (also that of the IT), indeed my point was:

Originally posted by Victor
Of course the Irish times accompanied this story with a picture of a Garda laughing her head off.

For ease of use, there has been great concern that up to 100 gardaí have been prosecuted in the last 3 years for everything up to GBH and paedophilia and there is a perception among the citizenry that the is one law for us and another for the gardaí and that no matter what the Minister tries, it will be resisted. This is not including the Donegal scenario and the linking of the May Day “riot” with the deaths of Garda Tighe and Garda Padden.