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easygoing1982 wrote: »

That's not customs. That's the assisted admissions team from allied admissions. Follow the link below

https://alliedadmissions.ie/assisted-admissions-team/

Reminded me of Indian movie 'Akira' where a girl is 'taken forcefully' to a mental hospital to prevent her testifying against a corrupt police supt. In reality there are people out there who are mentally dangerous enough to require specialist transport, seems these people do that. Like the 'Private Ambulance' yokes that recover dead bodies instead of hearses.

The Transit Custom model is between the small Transit Connect and the full size Transit

easygoing1982

Capri wrote: »

In reality there are people out there who are mentally dangerous enough to require specialist transport, seems these people do that. Like the 'Private Ambulance' yokes that recover dead bodies instead of hearses.

The Transit Custom model is between the small Transit Connect and the full size Transit

I probably wouldn't describe the patients as mentally dangerous. They'd be so mentally unwell that they don't know they're unwell and may have to be admitted against their will.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/96694176/police-reveal-new-te-reoinspired-vehicle-for-mori-language-week

Following from the Pride markings, NZ Police doing Maori themed patrol cars
Wonder if Garda mgmt will do a Book of Kells theme for Seachtain Na Gaeilge

Thai Royal Palace S class police cars https://youtu.be/ja6o-1wqmvw

kooga

looks like that skoda contract included the outgoing Rapid Model as well as Ocatvias

EI321

Is that the contract from about 6 months ago?

I assumed that it also included Superb's for the higher power class. Are they all unmarked / traffic cars or are some going to be regular Garda?

I'd rather a fleet of Skoda's over Hyundai's any day!

kooga

EI321 wrote: »

Is that the contract from about 6 months ago?

I assumed that it also included Superb's for the higher power class. Are they all unmarked / traffic cars or are some going to be regular Garda?

I'd rather a fleet of Skoda's over Hyundai's any day!

all i've seen are unmarked skodas

Stupid video but one of the Dublin based armed skoda repsonds at the end of the video

I have a video on my phone of a ASU Skoda superb in black at scene with victim of a fight outside the CCJ today. I cant upload it.at the moment file size is to big.
The superbs are the regular models nothing done or twerked in anyway. The annoying thing about them is the LED alignments are similar to the i40 whereby they are very hard to see if it's coming passed you at speed in daylight. The same sounders too as the i40 which sound very cheap and not good if you have a radio on loud. That Other than that the skodas are well skodas absolute tanks.
While in the CCJ the RLine lads had to make a fast exit was unreal seeing it fly at full pelt follow by a 161 silver Volvo which I've never seen

Who signs off on lighting and sirens as it seems a toy cop car actually has better lights and sirens...

punisher5112 wrote: »

Who signs off on lighting and sirens as it seems a toy cop car actually has better lights and sirens...

Probably a do gooder in procurement with no driving no driving experience looking for cheap options to please the accountants. It's unsafe to go full on with especially on a motorway.

I know they need to meet certain EU specifications for lights and sounds but I can only imagine the vast amount of options they had they have gone with the cheapest possible, they are a disgrace.

I believe Skoda manufacture these I believe they are called the aggressive rumbler. Apparently you can feel physically if your close to it. In a built up city this is needed. Especially on a machine like a skoda.

https://youtu.be/zezs3CN5N30

I drive large vehicles and only for we as a group are constantly looking in our mirrors otherwise we wouldn't have a clue any emergency vehicles were coming up as the sirens are so poor.... I find mostly since 2016 onwards.

The siren on the mark3 Mondeo as an example was a siren which should have been kept or even better go for the worbler type in the US..,..

Amazing sirens they have over there.

Ambulance I find are the only ones to still have a loud siren and anything else modern is hit and miss....

Lighting very poor on any unmarked vehicle and only have to look at UK or US on great ways of hiding these....

I've complained in writing and got nowhere, do you think there is any other body that would listen!?? Garda was useless... Oh we meet standards was the reply and the best bit was they want the unmarked vehicles to not stand out....

I fell off the chair laughing while I peed a little too....

punisher5112 wrote: »

I've complained in writing and got nowhere, do you think there is any other body that would listen!?? Garda was useless... Oh we meet standards was the reply and the best bit was they want the unmarked vehicles to not stand out....

I fell off the chair laughing while I peed a little too....

Driver the Hyundai's just as bad, especially if you need people to actually see you. Your moving into area you should not, for people to see the car coming. It's risky and ridiculous.
The Mondeos were a great all round patrol car. The Q7s and BMWs have the legit systems and lights on them. Again the government go cheap.

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Driver the Hyundai's just as bad, especially if you need people to actually see you. Your moving into area you should not, for people to see the car coming. It's risky and ridiculous.
The Mondeos were a great all round patrol car. The Q7s and BMWs have the legit systems and lights on them. Again the government go cheap.

ARU Q7/X5 still not great compared with HSE i40 for example , doesn't seem to be any check on the lumens / decibels produced by the equipment (except in the dark echo chamber of The Garage ðŸ˜´) Does Esmark Fitch do the HSE stuff as well, and to the same spec. ??

I've noticed the rear reflective isn't protruding to side as much as it use to.....

Seems the less is better???

Capri wrote: »

ARU Q7/X5 still not great compared with HSE i40 for example , doesn't seem to be any check on the lumens / decibels produced by the equipment (except in the dark echo chamber of The Garage ðŸ˜´) Does Esmark Fitch do the HSE stuff as well, and to the same spec. ??

Battenburg wise I think the BMWs and Audi's look ridiculous. They should have those vechiles marked in a metropolitan police red or silver scheme. Or even the interceptor vechiles with the black bonnet.
The amps on the sirens are restricted in Ireland because the council's especially dublin city requested it needs to lower for noise pollution reasons. RSA stated that the blue lamps or LEDs must be 50watts no more. Custom's vechiles are 36watts as they operate in Port and airport areas that are generally well lit and they rarely pull over vechiles in Mass with gards present. Personally there are far too many voices and opinions on how management purchase vehicles. For example military police vechiles have no restrictions on noise and a 80watts LED as no civilian board has an input on there purchasing of vechiles.
Everything with gards is too PC even down to by particulars for vechiles.

The best scheme I've seen so far in Dublin is this photo for the DFB Tucson's. I've driven behind them and they stand out an awful lot more than the white and yellow paint strip.

RandomAccess

Hogzy wrote: »

I see its a Golf R. See Video here

Nice growl from the Golf R this evening.
See first clip.

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/incredible-videos-show-bedlam-garda-16685772

Jesus watching a few of those clips would make you wonder. It seems like a bit of a free for all for the gardai to chase suspects. 60% of the cars seem to be unmarked and yet not one of the pursuit vehicles seems to be a traffic corps car. Are they not the ones trained for pursuits? I witnessed a chase there last week from my balcony in Dublin 8 and again, about 9-10 garda cars were chasing the suspect and the 4 cars immediately pursuing the getaway car (which was a MK V Golf) were unmarked Hyundai i40s. Even in the clip on Dublin Live the Pajero that doesn't even have a lightbar and is usually seen towing a horse box is in on the action. Just seems like a totally unprofessional, unstrategic method of pursuing a suspect.

RandomAccess

Hogzy wrote: »

Jesus watching a few of those clips would make you wonder. It seems like a bit of a free for all for the gardai to chase suspects. 60% of the cars seem to be unmarked and yet not one of the pursuit vehicles seems to be a traffic corps car. Are they not the ones trained for pursuits? I witnessed a chase there last week from my balcony in Dublin 8 and again, about 9-10 garda cars were chasing the suspect and the 4 cars immediately pursuing the getaway car (which was a MK V Golf) were unmarked Hyundai i40s. Even in the clip on Dublin Live the Pajero that doesn't even have a lightbar and is usually seen towing a horse box is in on the action. Just seems like a totally unprofessional, unstrategic method of pursuing a suspect.

Yeah it was pretty silly stuff.
Two or three cars should be enough you would think.
Anything more is just pointless and complicates pursuit plus makes it newsworthy when it’s really not.

Looking at some of the other pictures it seems he ditched the car close to where this was filmed and headed onto the rail lines.
Possibly then the majority of the cars were just to get boots on the ground for a search, but if so the Sirens should be unnecessary.

Sexual Chocolate

There's Pajaro at the front is a traffic car followed by the Q7.

RandomAccess wrote: »

Yeah it was pretty silly stuff.
Two or three cars should be enough you would think.
Anything more is just pointless and complicates pursuit plus makes it newsworthy when it’s really not.

Looking at some of the other pictures it seems he ditched the car close to where this was filmed and headed onto the rail lines.
Possibly then the majority of the cars were just to get boots on the ground for a search, but if so the Sirens should be unnecessary.

It just seems wrong that unmarked cars can take the lead in pursuits. Surely they should only have marked units involved in a pursuit once they are available and joined in. Iv nearly colided with an unmarked hyundai i40 that came around a corner on the wrong side of the road before. Whilst he had his blues and twos on they werent audible from a distance.

I just seems like a bit of a public safety hazard to have that many unmarked cars presumably driven by detectives on a wild goose chase. It sceams benny hill.

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Hogzy wrote: »

Jesus watching a few of those clips would make you wonder. It seems like a bit of a free for all for the gardai to chase suspects. 60% of the cars seem to be unmarked and yet not one of the pursuit vehicles seems to be a traffic corps car. Are they not the ones trained for pursuits? I witnessed a chase there last week from my balcony in Dublin 8 and again, about 9-10 garda cars were chasing the suspect and the 4 cars immediately pursuing the getaway car (which was a MK V Golf) were unmarked Hyundai i40s. Even in the clip on Dublin Live the Pajero that doesn't even have a lightbar and is usually seen towing a horse box is in on the action. Just seems like a totally unprofessional, unstrategic method of pursuing a suspect.

The Pajero is the dog unit. In some of the other videos you see Traffic Corp Pajero and Tuscon. Some of the unmarked i40's would be specialist units.

Command and Control have gone very good at managing pursuits in the last few years and are quick to stand them down if necessary.

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Hogzy wrote: »

Iv nearly colided with an unmarked hyundai i40 that came around a corner on the wrong side of the road before. Whilst he had his blues and twos on they werent audible from a distance.

That's a fault of the driver, not the sirens or car.

foreign wrote: »

That's a fault of the driver, not the sirens or car.

I can absolutely assure you that it was not my fault. Never had the issue with the old mondeos or vectras.

A certain degree of caution should have been taken by the Garda driving the car which was not taken. But you obviously know more than me from behind your computer screen :rolleyes:

Leo Demidov

Hogzy wrote:

A certain degree of caution should have been taken by the Garda driving the car which was not taken. But you obviously know more than me from behind your computer screen

I think it was the driver of the Garda car that the previous poster was referring to.

There was shot fired in the same area that car stolen in and one thing led to another. Dog unit, RPU and DDU response cars went to the scene and that car was driving erratically in the opposite lane. That's reasoning behind the reaction.

In addition to this, the night previous a member was held and dragged from inside another car.
Personally Overkill and a no nonsense approach was needed.
Puts a show of force on show too...

It also makes it easier to box in...