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Say something nice about An Garda Siochana

  • 29-12-2020 09:25PM
    #1
    badabing106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭badabing106


    Talk about the good cops rather than bad cops?


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  • #2
    Wesser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    The guard that stopped me during the pandemic was so incredibly polite and pleasant to me


  • #3
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,708 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Frontline AGS do a dangerous job often in very difficult circumstances with resources stretched to the limit and receive very little thanks for it.

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    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



  • #4
    NickNickleby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭NickNickleby


    I've been stopped at 4 checkpoints during Covid. Two in Offaly, one in Killester and one on the M1 at Balbriggan.

    Each of the Gardai I encountered was polite and friendly, and in each case we wished each other a "stay safe".


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 241 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They're great at small talk....never know if they're bored and devoid of human contact or secretly interrogating me.


  • #6
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 13,475 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Most of them don't have guns. That's nice.

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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  • #7
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    The gestapo is always the gestapo


  • #8
    Bill Ponderosa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Bill Ponderosa


    They're not as bad as covid.


  • #9
    boombang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭boombang


    Gave great support to a family I know that lost a son in an accident. Very kind both at the time of his death and his funeral.


  • #10
    purifol0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭purifol0


    Nice of them not to go on strike in the middle of a pandemic

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/gra-president-reports-concerns-over-militancy-of-organisation-to-minister-1.4447051


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They keep the cars clean.


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  • #12
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Great bunch of lads.


  • #13
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    The takeaways the guards go to are usually the best ones.


  • #14
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    Frontline AGS do a dangerous job often in very difficult circumstances with resources stretched to the limit and receive very little thanks for it.

    They get paid for it like any job.


  • #15
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    My son is a member of AGS he’s decent and hardworking plus loves his job. Actually believes it’s important.He’s in the job 3 years so cynicism hasn’t conquered him yet, I truly hope it doesn’t.


  • #16
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Great bunch of lads.

    And sure they love kids and help the old folk Cross the road.


  • #17
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,591 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Got burgled last year and they were very nice when they came round. When our parked car got hit they found who did it and repairs etc didn't come from our insurance or our pocket as a result.

    Not always the easiest particular guards to get hold of but I can't knock them at all.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • #18
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,140 ✭✭✭✭PsychoPete


    There's a local garda to me and she has a lovely bottom


  • #19
    gigantic09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭gigantic09


    Got arrested years ago for something really stupid on my part. Went back to the station the following evening to apologise. The cop was really sound and gave me the benefit of the doubt and didn't press charges.


  • #20
    thunderdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭thunderdog


    Some great musicians in the garda band


  • #21
    enricoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,954 ✭✭✭enricoh


    A cop stopped me at one of the checkpoints during the last lockdown. He apologized for stopping me but his sargeant had turned up so he had to look lively. I got a good laugh out of it!


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  • #22
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    There's a local garda to me and she has a lovely bottom

    They don't call you psycho for nothing maybe the next time you see that bottom you should give it an auld smack. Sure if you can still use your hands when the guards are finished with you, you can let me know what hospital your in and I'll bring you up grapes. Oh sorry no visiting during covid. Anyway psycho that bottom is itching for a smack


  • #23
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    I got pulled over by an undercover guard for going through a red light, he let me off with a warning no fine or penalty points.


  • #24
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    I dont't blame them as the law and judges above them make their jobs as 'keepers of the peace' so damn hard.

    Most are hard working good folk and it's a job I'd never dream of doing.


  • #25
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    thunderdog wrote: »
    Some great musicians in the garda band

    I actually met a retired member of the garda band while hiking in the Dublin mountains a few weeks ago, he told some brilliant stories, that it was suggested he should write a book


  • #26
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,624 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    LessOutragePlz wrote: »
    I got pulled over by an undercover guard for going through a red light, he let me off with a warning no fine or penalty points.



    They are a lot sounder than the UK police where you wont be given a chance.
    Irish cops are a sound bunch, anyone who hates them is just a scumbag in my opinion.


  • #27
    CharlieHaghy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭CharlieHaghy


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    There's a local garda to me and she has a lovely bottom

    Careful now they all have lovely bottoms.


  • #28
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,227 ✭✭✭gifted


    We have no idea of the ****e that the gardai have to put up with, or the scum that they have to deal with every day. We get clips on social media that are only a drop in time of the ****e they put up with.
    Not for all the money in the world would I do their job.
    They put up and deal with the low life so we the law abiding people can stay safe .


  • #29
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,905 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    ThewhiteJesus wrote: »
    They get paid for it like any job.

    It's not like any job though.


  • #30
    kildare lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    Just ordinary people doing hard job . Ye there's a few a- holes in them but by and large any dealings with them they've been fine . Imagine having to deal with drunks , junkies , criminals everyday ...no thanks


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  • #31
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,346 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Restraint, de-escalation and actual policing are great.
    Crime clearance rates in Ireland are the envy of many others.

    The professional aspect of the force has really improved massively over the last 20yrs.

    There is a huge drive for cultural change and it is a slow process but it is happening.
    I spend a lot of time with members and with potential members and the drive to learn and to improve across the lower and middle ranks is huge.
    Those middle ranking members are slowly moving up the ladder and dragging that change with them.


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