An Garda Siochana - Do you respect them?

MagicSean · 17-11-2010 03:06PM

overeager wrote: »

I find it hard to respect a group of people who coutinuously show me discoutesy in every day dealings.

I have had many dealings with the gardai: administrative, traffic, getting in (small) trouble etc.. 95% of time i was unhappy with the service

A few rotten apples you say!?? 1 or 2 fresh ones would be putting it nicely..

You have to be a special type of person to be accepted by the gardai, it begins with 'c', ends with 't' and has a 'u' and an 'n' in the middle

(and its not a coconut)

So they didn't respect your right to commit crimes and break traffic laws?

Antomus Prime · 17-11-2010 03:22PM

I have the utmost respect for the guards. Well the majority of them anyway, there are plenty of power hungry f***s that like to act as if they rule the country, particularly the traffic corps but you get that in every job.

In my opinion its not really the guards themselves that are the problem. It's the laws and policies that they are made to inforce! It's like in any job, you have a quote or a target to achieve and you have to do it, weather you agree with it or not.

People who s***e on about police brutality in this country need to have a look at what happens over in the likes of vietnam, burmagh, ect.... What happens here doesn't have a patch on they way the authorities over there treat people!!!

Beruthiel · 17-11-2010 03:25PM

It always amuses me when people complain about the Garda and how they have been treated by them.
I've managed to go through my life without ever having to deal with a Garda.
I know how to obey the law.
If I don't, I expect to be treated accordingly.

They get to deal with all the sh!te so the rest of us can go about our business in relative safety.
They put themselves in harms way for very little money.
Our Garda are the most laid back police you are lightly to encounter in any country.

overeager
If seven people tell you you're sick, you should probably lie down.

Greyfox · 17-11-2010 03:28PM

Never had any problems with them and the few that I have dealt with in my life have been grand

Ush1 · 17-11-2010 03:29PM

k_mac wrote: »

So they didn't respect your right to commit crimes and break traffic laws?

Or they may have been on a power trip.

overeager · 17-11-2010 03:33PM

k_mac wrote: »

So they didn't respect your right to commit crimes and break traffic laws?

Actually one of the sound/professional/respectable gards I have dealt with is one who made me throw away a drink in public.

Also the gardai do regularly stop motorists without them having broken any traffic laws, so you dont have to do anything wrong to have them display their lack of social skills!

yarwood · 17-11-2010 03:34PM

I live mostly in England and the gardai are a disgrace in comparison to the Police Force here. But Ireland deserves a force such as they have, the whole 22 counties are a disgrace so in fact they compliment the country.

Ireland in general has become a disgraceful country in the past 10-15 years so instead of focusing on section of the populace take a look at the picture in general

NOT PRETTY is it

RussellTuring · 17-11-2010 03:39PM

Elevator wrote: »

yes, they have a terrible job at the best of times, I have to laugh at some people I know who "hate" the Garda and I always ask hem what is the first thing they would do if they got knocked down crossig the road??

Call an ambulance.

seamus · 17-11-2010 03:41PM

yarwood wrote: »

the whole 22 counties are a disgrace

So which 4 do you approve of?

overeager · 17-11-2010 03:51PM

Beruthiel wrote: »

overeager
If seven people tell you you're sick, you should probably lie down.

I'm not too sure what you're getting at there Beruthiel

sfakiaman · 17-11-2010 03:54PM

biko wrote: »

If you don't like the guards call a hippie next time you're in trouble

Always willing to oblige

:D.

johngalway · 17-11-2010 03:54PM

Yes, I do respect them generally. However, I have had genuine reason to question that decision in individual instances. There are problems in the Gardaí

The Waltzing Consumer · 17-11-2010 04:05PM

yarwood wrote: »

I live mostly in England and the gardai are a disgrace in comparison to the Police Force here. But Ireland deserves a force such as they have, the whole 22 counties are a disgrace so in fact they compliment the country.

Ireland in general has become a disgraceful country in the past 10-15 years so instead of focusing on section of the populace take a look at the picture in general
NOT PRETTY is it

The whole 22 counties?

Can you point to Ireland on a map?

FatherLen · 17-11-2010 04:07PM

yarwood wrote: »

I live mostly in England and the gardai are a disgrace in comparison to the Police Force here. But Ireland deserves a force such as they have, the whole 22 counties are a disgrace so in fact they compliment the country.

Ireland in general has become a disgraceful country in the past 10-15 years so instead of focusing on section of the populace take a look at the picture in general
NOT PRETTY is it

can we get rid of this troll(f*cker)??

Beruthiel · 17-11-2010 04:08PM

overeager wrote: »

I'm not too sure what you're getting at there Beruthiel

That maybe it's not them, it's you.

TT09 · 17-11-2010 04:44PM

TBF the majority of Gardai in this country are a joke we all know the kind of the person who join's the service, people in your school or area's who never really socialised,had friends etc..
then they are put out on the street to deal with the ordinary citizen who they never were able to get on with in the first place and you get the end result rude, unhelpful and in extreme cases violent.

talla10 · 17-11-2010 04:47PM

TT09 wrote: »

TBF the majority of Gardai in this country are a joke we all know the kind of the person who join's the service, people in your school or area's who never really socialised,had friends etc..
then they are put out on the street to deal with the ordinary citizen who they never were able to get on with in the first place and you get the end result rude, unhelpful and in extreme cases violent.

So the force is filled with 14,000 friendless people??

marzic · 17-11-2010 04:57PM

yeah... I respect the gardai...the boys in blue, the cops... the old gardai shickalonies!...

the pigs, the peelers, the bluebottles, the shades... the 5-O, the fuzz, the bizzies, the filth ... yup, respect 'em all.

admiralofthefleet · 17-11-2010 04:58PM

yes ive always respected them, they have a hard thankless job and ive always said that if you live by the law they wont bother you

Saruman · 17-11-2010 05:00PM

Yes I do for the most part. I respect everyone until they do something that deserves to have that respect taken away.

TT09 · 17-11-2010 05:03PM

talla10 wrote: »

So the force is filled with 14,000 friendless people??

No they make friends with individuals like themselves and the result is what you come across on the street/roads as i have mentioned above.

talla10 · 17-11-2010 05:08PM

TT09 wrote: »

No they make friends with individuals like themselves and the result is what you come across on the street/roads as i have mentioned above.

ha ha ya cant honestly believe that all Gardai are some kind of loners before they join up and then join, make friends and then hunt in packs to 'get back' at the 'normal' people who wouldnt be their friend??

MagicSean · 17-11-2010 05:17PM

yarwood wrote: »

I live mostly in England and the gardai are a disgrace in comparison to the Police Force here. But Ireland deserves a force such as they have, the whole 22 counties are a disgrace so in fact they compliment the country.

Ireland in general has become a disgraceful country in the past 10-15 years so instead of focusing on section of the populace take a look at the picture in general
NOT PRETTY is it

Priceless.

overeager wrote: »

I'm not too sure what you're getting at there Beruthiel

If it looks like a criminal, talks like a criminal and gets arrested all the time well then.........

TT09 wrote: »

TBF the majority of Gardai in this country are a joke we all know the kind of the person who join's the service, people in your school or area's who never really socialised,had friends etc..
then they are put out on the street to deal with the ordinary citizen who they never were able to get on with in the first place and you get the end result rude, unhelpful and in extreme cases violent.

Fantastic insight.

Angron · 17-11-2010 05:17PM

I wouldn't envy their job but I wouldn't respect them. I don't have respect for a faceless mass/people I don't know.

man.about.town · 17-11-2010 05:22PM

dangerousdavem wrote: »

Im sure this will ruffle a few feathers but what the hell. I've seen a good few posts on boards about the guards and problems people have with them. I have had nothing but unpleasant experiences with them. Anytime I am stopped in my car they are rude and seem to have some sort of attitude problem. Don't get me wrong I have met a few guards that are sound but in my opinion alot of them just seem to get off on abusing their powers and acting like a twat. The recent student protest is an example of this. My question is who respects the guards these days?

i respect the gardai. no matter where you go in the world you will see that the police forces arent liked. its down to the simple fact that people want the law enforced but not on themselves.

if someone crashes into to you, you expect the gardai to prosecute them if there in the wrong but when your caught speeding, you think the gaurds wrong to stop you because your only speeding.

i always wonder about people posting these anti police comments, they seem to have a beef with the police because of there numerous times dealing with them, i have never been stopped by the police or had anything but good dealings with them. do you know why? because i dont break the law, its that simple. stop doing illegal things and they wont stop you.

roboshatner · 17-11-2010 05:25PM

No They are bullies.

When ordinary people report crime they ask you did you do what it is you are reporting.

I don't trust Garda and I just stay clear of them they are noting but trouble.

LFC5Times · 17-11-2010 05:29PM

Respect some not all, had good and bad experiences with them. I respect the majority however it is the bad ones that annoy me.
Waiting for people to tell me there is no bad Gardai - of course there is like all people in all walks of life.

Some of them are sound and decent and if your out and about pi$$ed will have a chat with you and send you on your way.

Others are just @rseholes and want to know everything about you even if you have done nothing at all.

The bad ones are just power trip freaks who had a sh1t childhood where they had little or no mates and where social outcasts, now they have a bit of power and abuse it.

The bad ones could do with being more friendlier and just have more respect for people and stop thinking they are bigger and better than Joe Soap.

Ush1 · 17-11-2010 05:32PM

Kind of strange this idea of respect.....applied to ANY profession really.

Is it elitism? The Gardai are not the most intelligent or gifted amongst us.

Should we have a thread asking McDonalds employees - Do you respect them?

man.about.town · 17-11-2010 05:33PM

yarwood wrote: »

I live mostly in England and the gardai are a disgrace in comparison to the Police Force here. But Ireland deserves a force such as they have, the whole 22 counties are a disgrace so in fact they compliment the country.

Ireland in general has become a disgraceful country in the past 10-15 years so instead of focusing on section of the populace take a look at the picture in general
NOT PRETTY is it

really? arent all our laws verbatim of English laws? does england not have the highest rate of police compensation payouts of all the eurozone countries, am i not correct in saying that english police need only there gsce's(equivalent to junior cert) to apply to the police force... yeah seems like a great police force.

as for our "disgrace" of a country??? what does this mean?? 22 counties??, dont you mean 26? geography not yor strong point ehh?? ireland is a beautiful country and more influential than people know. we are globally recognised and welcomed the world over. the same can not be said for england or the english people.

i would just like to add im not anti british,english or anything like that. these points were made only in response to the above. irish and proud

angelfire9 · 17-11-2010 05:33PM

Funnily enough as the daughter of a cop and wife of another cop I do respect the Gardai

For a good chunk of the last 35 years the blue uniform has put food on my table and clothes on my back so to be fair i'd be expected to say i have respect for them

Yes there are some muppets in the force, the idiots in Donegal did the force in general no favours whatsoever

The vast majority of the circa 14,000 Gardai in Ireland are decent blokes who have a crappy enough job

I was talking to a girl this morning who's husband works in Newcastlewest and you can bet her husband wishes he had been off duty yesterday

Generally speaking, in my experience the people who complain loudest about the job done by AGS are those who have fallen foul of the law at some stage

An Garda Siochana - Do you respect them?

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