An Citeog wrote: » Afaik, Coppers is owned by an ex-guard and the policy is to let guards in for free. If a guard goes flashing his badge to get into any other nightclub, he's asking for trouble.
Xavi6 wrote: » only today I've been informed he is on his way to Limerick by train with his buddies on the piss. Did he pay for the ticket? Did he f*ck. Quick badge flash and he's off.
Kernel wrote: » It makes good business sense for a nightclub to be Garda friendly, as in the case of Coppers/Flannerys, the places are packed throughout the week due to the numbers, odd hours/time off, and chicks wanting to **** Guards. It also makes good business sense for the newsagent to throw out a free cup of coffee, because other guards from the station will use the shop, buy loads of stuff EVERY day and the chances of being robbed are lower, since the crim will know that the shop is full of Guards. Multinational employees get discounts in many places for these reasons. Business acumen. Get over it people, it's a cup of coffee for **** sake. :rolleyes:
yayamark wrote: » Exactly Have a look at statoil onn the dock rd ive seen guards in their the whole time in for FREE coffoe and pay then for sandwich paper or bottle of water whatever. They are only getting free coffoe, they are paying for everything else Why wouldnt statoil give out free coffoe. it equals free security. No security staff needed. Whens the last time u heard a statoil getting robbed? I'll admit its not 100% pc but it isnt the worst thing in the world I think companies adopt this "free " policy, dont think the gardai make them give out freestuff. If people think its so great to get ALL THIS FREE COFFOE why dont they join?
TheNog wrote: » It is true about the free public transport, the free coffee and usually free into niteclubs. theres nothing cowboyish about it
Rob_l wrote: » its criminal for a garda to do it so its very different
daveharnett wrote: » I want my police force clean too, but there's a difference between free coffee and a bribe. If a shop/petrol station feels it would benefit from having a regular stream of cops coming through, that's fine, everybody wins. If a nightclub owner wants the local cops to feel they owe the owner a favour, that's a whole other story. There's a fine line here, something we as a society do not do well with.
maple wrote: » I don't begrudge them tho, the amount of absolute sh1t they have to put up with is unreal.
Xavi6 wrote: » That's not much of an excuse though to be fair. A lot of people have to put up with sh1t in their job and don't get freebies. Put simply, it's an abuse of power. We all know guards get a bigger set of balls once they have a badge in their pocket. I know it's just the way things are but that doesn't make it right.
maple wrote: » free coffee is one of theirs. and besides Coppers is a sh1thole, do you really begrudge them free entry there?
Hagar wrote: » A few days ago I saw the owner of a cafe shop bring out a cup of coffee to a Municipal Policeman* who was on duty minding the kids at the school bus pick-up point. It was a freezing cold morning and the cop was grateful for the hot drink; now was that corruption at work or just a kindness to a fellow human being?* Sorry but I'm not in GardaLand
MrJoeSoap wrote: » You think its just Coppers?
Do they get sacked for any level of corruption? Is there anybody watching to see if any guards are accepting bigger bribes? When was the last time you heard of guard getting done for accepting bribes or doing favours that brought to light by the guards themselves?
eroo wrote: » 1.Yes or the Garda ends up resigning.. 2.Have you ever heard of Garda Ombudsman? 3.Yes as the vast majority of Gardai are decent people,who know right from wrong! They are only human,so if you can get a free cup of coffee,so what?? Personally I would pay,but it is not a form of corruption ffs!! People on this thread have been watching 'the Departed' too much... Once again,could people please come down off their high horses?NOBODY is perfect,Gardai are HUMAN too you know......*shock horror:eek:*
Cathooo wrote: » Personally I couldnt do the job they do. Bravo to them
At some point the scenario is going to occur where a guard will choose the guy who gives him free coffee over the other person in which case they have got a favourable treatment for free coffee which is wrong. Should we all go around giving the guards free coffee in the hope that if we need them, they'll turn up in the hope for more free coffee in the future?
moemar wrote: » I had to register just to give my opinion on this. I worked with consultant engineers who were trying to win multimillion euro contracts from big multinational companies. They used to bring the companies representatives out for meals, drinks, to shows etc... while trying to win the contracts. Was that bribery or corruption? It's not as if there are brown envelopes being passed out or anything (which would of course be totally indefensible), it's a cup of coffee or maybe the odd sandwich. This type of thing happens in all walks of life. It's just that the gardaí are more visible that people see and hear about it. Also the ****e about tackling big criminals - my uncle was responsible for bringing down some of the most high profile criminals this country has ever seen, so don't even say that the gardaí don't tackle the big criminals. In the process he has stared down the barrels of a number of criminals guns. As a result he had to have CCTV fitted around his house and a panic room fitted under his stairs in case of reprisals. Yes he can park in the castle and he has gotten a few perks but he earned it. When you put your life on the line in the course of your job then you deserve a few perks. I am sick of all the garda bashing. Just because there are a few bad apples that abuse their power and act like dickheads people white wash all the force. I know of some terrible nurses who are supposed to visit old people in their houses. Daily, I see one of them walking to work at ten when she should be in at nine and on a saturday morning can be found spending three or more hours at outlet sales when she says she is out with patients. Do I say all nurses are bad as a result, or go on boards and start talking crap about cowboy nurses and how all the taxpayers money is being wasted on the thousands of nurses who do nothing, No I don't, because I know the majority of them do a good job and I'm not going to sully their name or judge them because of a small number of bad nurses.
moemar wrote: » I am sick of all the garda bashing. Just because there are a few bad apples that abuse their power and act like dickheads people white wash all the force. I know of some terrible nurses who are supposed to visit old people in their houses. Daily, I see one of them walking to work at ten when she should be in at nine and on a saturday morning can be found spending three or more hours at outlet sales when she says she is out with patients. Do I say all nurses are bad as a result, or go on boards and start talking crap about cowboy nurses and how all the taxpayers money is being wasted on the thousands of nurses who do nothing, No I don't, because I know the majority of them do a good job and I'm not going to sully their name or judge them because of a small number of bad nurses.
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