Call the Cops!, Ours or theirs?

mike65

Boy some silly ideas get more credence than they deserve when the context is Norn Iron but todays "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes" moment takes the biscuit.

Some FFer who I've never heard of but is apparently a "senior figure" has suggested that Garda are sent in to police republican-provo hotbeds like Crossmaglen and Newry. I can just see it now
as, a unionists line up across roads to stop em crossing and, b loyalist gangs lay traps for them if they do cross.

Does anyone really think this is a goer?

Mike.

sceptre

I don't.

(especially given that we don't have a constitutional claim on the area any more)

rien_du_tout

Yeah, I think it could work out. We send fire brigades etc there in emergencies, it's possible gardas could work in the north. We may not have a constitutional claim to the north anymore but the thing of the moment is cross border co-operation and I dont see why this couldnt stretch to policing. Although the strength of a police force is its knowledge of the area and people so that could be a concern.

seán

spongebob

de Guards get south Armagh and the RUC riot squad can reciprocate by policing the aftermath of traveller weddings .....fair deal, nix 2 no go areas in one fell swoop.

M

Bard

Is it not technically unlawful for anyone but the PSNI (who are the officially appointed police service in the country of Northern Ireland) to be enforcing the law there?

Whether it is or not, whoever suggested it, I think it's an utterly woefully bad idea.