What would you like to see in the new and improved Gardaí?

mickydoomsux · 11-05-2014 11:40PM

hfallada wrote: »

.... most rural garda see Dublin something similar to south central LA(a crime riddled **** hole)

It is an utter ****ing kip compared to most of the rest of the country to be fair.

I hate having to go up there for any reason. So many scumbags. I don't know how tourists deal with it, it'd be like going to America and only visiting central Detroit.

Spring Onion · 11-05-2014 11:40PM

I would like to see them open their eyes. Especially in dubh linn.

woodoo · 11-05-2014 11:41PM

I'd like to see some police brutality administered to criminals they know the courts won't deal with properly.

debabyjesus · 11-05-2014 11:42PM

Id like to see them as an actual deterrant. I'd have them armed and taking no **** whatsoever.

Id also like to actually see them, a regular visual presence.

Maybe create a new armed force that deals exclusively with street law enforcement and deterring crime and leave community policing to the gardai.

ryan101 · 11-05-2014 11:44PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

shorter skirts and bigger diddys

and what would you like to see the women gardai wear ?

the_syco · 11-05-2014 11:54PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

shorter skirts and bigger diddys

I think you've been watching the eurovision song contest winner a bit too much...

Adamantium · 12-05-2014 12:03AM

Rest assured you could make them fascist as you like and people on boards.ie would not say, that still wasn't enough.

Most countries hate their police force and refer to them as road nazi's (USA), we're very lucky in comparison. A little power is too much power, and it's a slippery slope to nowhere

Dublin is not Mega City One.

donvito99 · 12-05-2014 12:06AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It is an utter ****ing kip compared to most of the rest of the country to be fair.

I reckon Athlone, Limerick and plenty of other places in this remarkably (or relatively, whatever) safe country have a higher proportion of undesirables than the capital.

I hate having to go up there for any reason.

So do yer christmas shopping elsewhere, get another job, fly out of Knock. Jeesh.

So many scumbags. I don't know how tourists deal with it

They come back in their droves every year.

it'd be like going to America and only visiting central Detroit.

I think you'll find central Detroit to be ok actually. No. It would be like going to America and visiting Boston. Sure, Southie and Charlestown have a bad reputation, but the Somerville, Brighton and Cambridge areas as well as the suburbs are great places to be. The people are ridiculously friendly also. So that's a closer fit I reckon. I'd sooner compare Limerick to Detroit, a chara.

Reiver · 12-05-2014 12:09AM

donvito99 wrote: »

I'd sooner compare Limerick to Detroit, a chara.

More Limerick bashing. In my fifth year here and only had one or two minor incidents occur. Seen worse in Ennis and Dublin when I was in for the day.

Cienciano · 12-05-2014 12:09AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It is an utter ****ing kip compared to most of the rest of the country to be fair.

I hate having to go up there for any reason. So many scumbags. I don't know how tourists deal with it, it'd be like going to America and only visiting central Detroit.

I disagree. Big towns are the dumps of Ireland. Dundalk, Athlone, Navan, Letterkenny, every big town in Tipperary, Athy, Kildare, Cavan Town, Longford....

Cienciano · 12-05-2014 12:12AM

Reiver wrote: »

More Limerick bashing. In my fifth year here and only had one or two minor incidents occur. Seen worse in Ennis and Dublin when I was in for the day.

I've been either working or living in Dublin for 25 years and I never had one incident. Worked in Finglas for 5 of those

mickydoomsux · 12-05-2014 12:15AM

donvito99 wrote: »

I think you'll find central Detroit to be ok actually.

Go to this page and sort the crimes in descending order in the "violent crime" column.

You.

Are.

Wrong.

Actual stats once again kill the paper-thin "the place isn't that bad" argument. Dublin is as much of a dump.

donvito99 · 12-05-2014 12:20AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Dublin is as much of a dump.

As Detroit, as you say?

lol

Perhaps it's a good thing you won't come up to Dublin very often...

Stavro Mueller · 12-05-2014 12:28AM

More accountability. I can't speak for the guards in other places but the ones in my home town would make Polyanna cynical :mad:

mickydoomsux · 12-05-2014 12:29AM

donvito99 wrote: »

As Detroit, as you say?

lol

Perhaps it's a good thing you won't come up to Dublin very often...

It's great to be honest. Let the scum stay in their scumcity being scum.

I thought Detroit wasn't that bad anyway according to you.

I do love when someone tries to defend the utter ****hole they live in. I've been in numerous cities in various different parts of the world and Dublin is pretty much the only one that I've found to have a constant atmosphere of dread. It's a free for all because the police are rightfully scared of the burgeoning scumbag population.

Cienciano · 12-05-2014 12:39AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It's great to be honest. Let the scum stay in their scumcity being scum.

I thought Detroit wasn't that bad anyway according to you.

I do love when someone tries to defend the utter ****hole they live in. I've been in numerous cities in various different parts of the world and Dublin is pretty much the only one that I've found to have a constant atmosphere of dread. It's a free for all because the police are rightfully scared of the burgeoning scumbag population.

"atmosphere of dread"! LOL!
Bless.

smellmepower · 12-05-2014 12:51AM

Guards from Dublin actually being based in Dublin,so when you ring the station or 999 looking for help they have at least a rough idea of where you need them to go!

Kaiser D · 12-05-2014 01:01AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It's great to be honest. Let the scum stay in their scumcity being scum.

I thought Detroit wasn't that bad anyway according to you.

I do love when someone tries to defend the utter ****hole they live in. I've been in numerous cities in various different parts of the world and Dublin is pretty much the only one that I've found to have a constant atmosphere of dread. It's a free for all because the police are rightfully scared of the burgeoning scumbag population.

LOL, that made me giggle at how ridiclious every bit of that was.

Strumms · 12-05-2014 01:11AM

"A constant atmosphere of dread". Love it

. What horse ****

donvito99 · 12-05-2014 01:22AM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It's great to be honest. Let the scum stay in their scumcity being scum.

I thought Detroit wasn't that bad anyway according to you.

I do love when someone tries to defend the utter ****hole they live in. I've been in numerous cities in various different parts of the world and Dublin is pretty much the only one that I've found to have a constant atmosphere of dread. It's a free for all because the police are rightfully scared of the burgeoning scumbag population.

Cheers for the heads up there.

Now I know to expect the sporadic sniper fire on my way to work tomorrow, will dodge shots accordingly.

suicide_circus · 12-05-2014 01:31AM

Lasers

Karl Stein · 12-05-2014 01:43AM

Stop making criminals out of young people smoking weed and go after the real scum who cause immeasurable harm to society i.e. the child abusers, rapists, corrupt politicians, white collar fraudsters, tax-evaders etc.

RobbingBandit · 12-05-2014 01:44AM

A little of this

A little of that.

motivation · 12-05-2014 02:00AM

I think they are doing a good job, just a few bad apples I think

martingriff · 12-05-2014 02:39AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

Stop making criminals out of young people smoking weed and go after the real scum who cause immeasurable harm to society i.e. the child abusers, rapists, corrupt politicians, white collar fraudsters, tax-evaders etc.

But they are.

It should not be go after this or not this it should be go after all. If someone thinks they can get away with one thing they will try other things.

WilyCoyote · 12-05-2014 05:40AM

Complete new ethos in Templemore. Then when these get out ....... they will be less inclined to the auld nudge, nudge, wink, wink type of policemanship.
Also teaching them that INACTION is corruption.
If Ireland could change the attitude of smokers ......... it should have no problem changing the judicial status quo. Just a bit of government will.
But the revolving door conviction system has to be changed.

BuilderPlumber · 12-05-2014 05:54AM

I think the gardai need to be better equipped (they should be armed for starters) and the emphasis should be completely on solving and ridding Ireland of crime. All too often, the focus is on the soft issues like drink driving, speeding, etc.

When a country has major crime problems like a woman being stabbed to death in the daytime in public by a drugged up crazed idiot and drug dealers shooting each other on the streets of Dublin and other cities to name but a few, you get a sense that the country is losing the plot and sliding into anarchy. Armed cops should be on hand to stop these type of people in their tracks before any more innocent people have to die.

Drink driving, speeding and the like are trivial in comparison. While these issues need to be dealt with too, I think it should be handed over to some other body like traffic wardens, etc.

EyeSight · 12-05-2014 06:00AM

As said, for them to actually crack down on the scum. The gangs of scummy kids in Dublin, open drug use etc.

For them to not come at you with snide remarks during traffic stops. I have been stopped at check points in the past, probably due to being a guy in his early 20's and even though i never had anything wrong and didn't give cheek, usually they would throw me a few snide remarks. Childish!

If they believe the courts of government are hindering them i would like them to be able to speak up

FullblownRose · 12-05-2014 09:30AM

Firing two guns in the air at once, while jumping over car bonnets.

anncoates · 12-05-2014 09:33AM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Vaulting over car bonnets.

Chasing criminals down council flat stairwells to a wah wah soundtrack.

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