Friends in the Gardai

stovelid · 27-11-2010 11:02PM

I know one Guard. She no sooner talks about it then I would bore her about my job.

squeakyduck · 27-11-2010 11:10PM

Well people in the guards want an off night. It's all in your head. I used to go out drinking when I was underage with a friend of my sisters. He never batted an eye lid.

Very handy people to have around if **** goes down!

byhookorbycrook · 27-11-2010 11:45PM

My best friend and her sister are banners. Once off duty, they are off-duty.

RMD · 28-11-2010 12:28AM

Have a friend in the Gards who smokes about half an ounce a week. He's just a regular guy once he's off-duty.

round tower huntsman · 28-11-2010 12:37AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Does anyone here have friends who are gardai and if so do they act differently around them. The reason im asking is because I was out a few weeks ago with a friend who isnt in the gardai, but who works for them. A few of them joined us later on in the night and they seemed like nice people but I felt I couldnt relax in their presence. It was like I was being monitored all night.

cops are never off duty. when a mate joins the cops he'll say its just a job,im still me etc.........before long he'll be only hanging out with other cops and he WILL change. if it walks like a pig and grunts like a pig,it is a pig.

user banned for this post, biko

zapata · 28-11-2010 12:51AM

I know a few Guards and they definitely don't smoke weed or drink drive or lines of coke or beat their wives\girlfriends or speed or walk out of a restaurant without paying or hang around after closing time for a lock in or do nixers. However, I've met quite a few regular blokes who do all of the above. But it would be more sensational if the Guards did it. :rolleyes:

cursai · 28-11-2010 12:56AM

round tower huntsman wrote: »

cops are never off duty. when a mate joins the cops he'll say its just a job,im still me etc.........before long he'll be only hanging out with other cops and he WILL change. if it walks like a pig and grunts like a pig,it is a pig.

Your a very simple person aren't you. With images of tj hooker running around in a Garda uniform!!

:)

elspecia · 28-11-2010 01:04AM

My brother is in the guards, but I certainly don't act any differently around him than I would have before he was a guard.

I still wouldn't tell him if I did drugs weather or not he was in the guards or not.

eurokev · 28-11-2010 01:10AM

No gaurds are probably the best craic to be out with. They know all the tricks

ILoveGreen · 28-11-2010 01:12AM

Quite a large amount of gardaí frequent Coppers in town... they're just the same as all the rest of the drunken (mainly from the countryside) folks there.

In relation to some regularly smoking weed etc... are they not drug tested on a regular basis???

Star Bingo · 28-11-2010 01:15AM

friends are the Gardai. i had a GF that was in the force, thats when i wasn't forcing it in her.. tara she was a faithful one. all the misdemeanours she'd just.. overlook.

scientific1982 · 28-11-2010 02:01AM

ILoveGreen wrote: »

Quite a large amount of gardaí frequent Coppers in town... they're just the same as all the rest of the drunken (mainly from the countryside) folks there.

In relation to some regularly smoking weed etc... are they not drug tested on a regular basis???

Yeah I though that too. Have a mate in the army and he has to get tested all the time.

scientific1982 · 28-11-2010 02:04AM

So from the posts it seems that the gardai act arbitrarily when in the presence of friends and family.

Star Bingo · 28-11-2010 02:11AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Yeah I though that too. Have a mate in the army and he has to get tested all the time.

aren't most jobs doing tests, my friend works ship maintenance he lost a few 4 month contract stationed off palermo for some weed he had one puff of months previous

28-11-2010 02:35AM

My brother and my sister-in-law are both Gardaí and I know quite a few others through them. I don't think my brother has changed much, if at all, as a result of joining the force. I have no issues hanging around with any of the group and have found them all to be really nice people. One thing they all have in common is that they're mad for the drink!

Star Bingo · 28-11-2010 02:41AM

Karsini wrote: »

One thing they all have in common is that they're mad for the drink!

and the yolks and the coke.. and maybe a smoke whatever's doing the rounds if anyones' ever bn to one of them sesh where said cop's profession is accidentally revealed after so long

FruitLover · 28-11-2010 02:54AM

Star Bingo wrote: »

and the yolks and the coke.. and maybe a smoke

I hear they also like a good joke, particularly if they're a bloke. Those living in the big shmoke are usually broke, so on Saturdays nights it's an omnibus of Hollyoak(s), then run the bath and have a nice soak. Then lucky ones can get the missus round for a poke

The rest have to make do with an aul' stroke

Interesting folk!

ascanbe · 28-11-2010 02:55AM

My best friend is a guard. His dad was a guard before him and he followed in his footsteps.
He didn't let the fact his dad was a guard influence how he acted as a kid/teenager; he thought for himself.
And he hasn't let the fact he's a guard subsume his opinions or character; he does his job well but still thinks for himself.
I trust him implicitly. Far more than i'd trust anyone else.

Sharkey 10 · 28-11-2010 03:24AM

My father is a guard and he is sick and tired of new guards coming through with awful attitudes . He fears for the future of the force with the thuggish element who are joining . They have no common sense .
Its true when you hear people say about teachers and guards sons and daughters that they are often the opposite of what you would expect . Im halfway to being danny dyers character in human traffic

Irish_polizei · 28-11-2010 04:03AM

RMD wrote: »

Have a friend in the Gards who smokes about half an ounce a week. He's just a regular guy once he's off-duty.

Clearly an imaginary friend.

TouchingVirus · 28-11-2010 04:13AM

Irish_polizei wrote: »

Clearly an imaginary friend.

I know a few Gardai, some of them fairly well and none of them have ever been tested for drugs. I've also heard some stories about people who do dabble somewhat regularly in light stuff.

To get back to the OPs question - no. Most of them couldn't care less about what you do with yourself if they're off duty unless you're going to seriously break the law (as in assault etc). Unclench, act normal and have a good time - they're people at the end of the day.

And as stated, don't put them in a compromising position and you'll be grand.

scientific1982 · 28-11-2010 04:14AM

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

My father is a guard and he is sick and tired of new guards coming through with awful attitudes . He fears for the future of the force with the thuggish element who are joining . They have no common sense .
Its true when you hear people say about teachers and guards sons and daughters that they are often the opposite of what you would expect . Im halfway to being danny dyers character in human traffic

I'll tell you what, you're right there. Two of the maddest fcukers ive ever met were sons of gardai. One of them was a big enough dealer.

scientific1982 · 28-11-2010 04:18AM

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I know a few Gardai, some of them fairly well and none of them have ever been tested for drugs. I've also heard some stories about people who do dabble somewhat regularly in light stuff.

To get back to the OPs question - no. Most of them couldn't care less about what you do with yourself if they're off duty unless you're going to seriously break the law (as in assault etc). Unclench, act normal and have a good time - they're people at the end of the day.

And as stated, don't put them in a compromising position and you'll be grand.

See thats my point. When im out I like doing things that would put them in compromising positions.

Sharkey 10 · 28-11-2010 04:25AM

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I know a few Gardai, some of them fairly well and none of them have ever been tested for drugs. I've also heard some stories about people who do dabble somewhat regularly in light stuff.

To get back to the OPs question - no. Most of them couldn't care less about what you do with yourself if they're off duty unless you're going to seriously break the law (as in assault etc). Unclench, act normal and have a good time - they're people at the end of the day.

And as stated, don't put them in a compromising position and you'll be grand.

I agree , i often had freinds ask me whats it like having a guard for a father ? Is he really strict? Im pretty sure he was pretty similar to many fathers. My father didnt really care about people breaking the law when he was off duty but there are guards who seem to be on duty the whole time.

TouchingVirus · 28-11-2010 04:38AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

See thats my point. When im out I like doing things that would put them in compromising positions.

Like what? Unless you randomly abuse people or sell drugs you should have nothing to worry about.

CDfm · 28-11-2010 05:00AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

I'll tell you what, you're right there. Two of the maddest fcukers ive ever met were sons of gardai. One of them was a big enough dealer.

Having a Dad a guard does not make a person more moral or law abiding than anyone else. I was expected to be great at Irish at school because my mother was a teacher and grew up in the Gaeltacht - Irish is not heriditary either

scientific1982 · 28-11-2010 05:09AM

CDfm wrote: »

Having a Dad a guard does not make a person more moral or law abiding than anyone else. I was expected to be great at Irish at school because my mother was a teacher and grew up in the Gaeltacht - Irish is not heriditary either

Yeah I know that, but you'd expect them to be law abiding considering fcukups could put daddy in a very compromising position.

TouchingVirus · 28-11-2010 05:24AM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Yeah I know that, but you'd expect them to be law abiding considering fcukups could put daddy in a very compromising position.

You gotta live your own life, not the life of your parents. My grandfather was highly thought of in the army, my dad got drunk on duty, chased civilians who annoyed him (with the loaded gun, leaving his post) and spent a fair bit of time in the cells

Sticky_Fingers · 28-11-2010 05:52AM

RMD wrote: »

Have a friend in the Gards who smokes about half an ounce a week. He's just a regular guy once he's off-duty.

Its that attitude that really pisses me off, being someone who enjoys the odd smoke if I was collared by such a hypocrite I would be furious. If you are a Guard you shouldn't break the law, why should I be subject to arrest for something that you are happy enough to indulge in yourself? It's not really a comfort to know that the arresting officer sympathises with you and likes the same substances when they are actively f@cking up your life by pursuing a charge against you.

angelfire9 · 28-11-2010 09:54AM

round tower huntsman wrote: »

cops are never off duty. when a mate joins the cops he'll say its just a job,im still me etc.........before long he'll be only hanging out with other cops and he WILL change. if it walks like a pig and grunts like a pig,it is a pig.

Lovely!
Its idiots like you that used to OINK at me when I was walking to school as a kid just because my father was a cop
My hubby is a cop now and I swear if someone started oinking at my daughter at school I'd be down at their parents complaining faster than lightning!

Cops are human they can enjoy a night off just as much as anyone else BUT if they are off duty and witness a crime (I think it has to be an arrestable offence) being committed they are OBLIGED to take action if they are fit and able (i.e. sober) enough to do so

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