Who s behind the Gardai road checks?

Coillte_Bhoy · 05-01-2019 2:31am #1

I dont think my locality (rural Mayo) is any different but for whatever reason in the last few months the amount of Garda checkpoints etc has been ramped up to an incredible degree, they are everywhere at all hours, breathalyzers, tax checks, speeding etc. I mean it makes zero sense for a force that was always complaining and maybe rightly so about being under resourced. obv a decison has been taken at a high level and im wondering by whom and for what reason?

uch · 05-01-2019 2:36am

I'd say the Gardaí

Jim Bob Scratcher · 05-01-2019 2:51am

Shane Ross

Andrew00 · 05-01-2019 2:52am

Vermin

griffin100 · 05-01-2019 2:54am

‘Zero sense’ about catching drink drivers, uninsured drivers (who we all pay for when they hit someone) and tax cheats??? It’s called enforcement of the law, something we should all be happy about.

Noveight · 05-01-2019 2:55am

Bobby Shmurda.

Stacksofwacks · 05-01-2019 2:57am

Half the country who are still drink driving

pleas advice · 05-01-2019 2:57am

Theres a new sheriff in town, he's gonna shake things up, theres been a huge decrease in breathalyzer numbers, people are slacking off, well not any more...

Patser · 05-01-2019 2:57am

The illuminatii controlled, Global mega Corporation that produces those disposable blow pipes that you need to put on a breathyliser.

It's all part of their world domination scheme, that and their latex glove empire, that almost every profession seems to need to stockpile now.

Kevin Finnerty · 05-01-2019 2:59am

uch wrote: »

I'd say the Gardaí

Some of em stand out front.

Rubberchikken · 05-01-2019 3:08am

there should be a lot more and at different time and different locations.
not enough is done to rid the roads of the drunk or uninsured or nontaxed or even no nct lot.
a clown of a system where speed vans are flagged up and visible so the arrogant so and sos can slow down and avoid detection. there should also be cameras at traffic lights- might cure the need for breaking red lights that is so prevalent nowadays.

05-01-2019 3:15am

Like other posters here ii am wondering why you question this? The gards doing their job

Lucy8080 · 05-01-2019 3:18am

Mayo,eh! West of the Shannon rural pubs are full of Gardai, drinking after hours, and driving the roads in the early morn.

I often wonder, how do they get through the road checks?

sk8erboii · 05-01-2019 3:19am

George Soros

05-01-2019 3:25am

sk8erboii wrote: »

George Soros

And the leftiist media.

12gauge dave · 05-01-2019 3:40am

Noveight wrote: »

Bobby Shmurda.

I got pulled over ABOUT A WEEK AGO

Graces7 · 05-01-2019 7:45am

Whereabouts in Mayo? I am west/North coast and not a sign... Empty roads,.. Is it near towns?

Graces7 · 05-01-2019 7:50am

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

I dont think my locality (rural Mayo) is any different but for whatever reason in the last few months the amount of Garda checkpoints etc has been ramped up to an incredible degree, they are everywhere at all hours, breathalyzers, tax checks, speeding etc. I mean it makes zero sense for a force that was always complaining and maybe rightly so about being under resourced. obv a decison has been taken at a high level and im wondering by whom and for what reason?

See

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/33004-full-time-community-policing-unit-to-open-in-mayo-this-spring

Clearly they are getting their act together> I posted in a thread re community policemen. I was at the Westport Meals on Wheels Lunch Club Christmas dinner and there was a community garda there. Getting to know the old folk ; this time last year there was a spate of burglaries of old folk.

Orderly Mayo..

tabby aspreme · 05-01-2019 7:50am

They are retrospective checkpoints, for the ones that happened years ago on paper.

uck51js9zml2yt · 05-01-2019 7:58am

I thought it was zig as it was zags day off that day.:)

willowthewisp · 05-01-2019 8:06am

I’m driving for over 20 years and I don’t think I remember ever having been breathalised in that time, maybe once.
That is a poor indication of coverage a cross the country if you ask me.

judeboy101 · 05-01-2019 8:27am

Considering who the top man is in AGS, id say Mi5 are calling the shots.

Coillte_Bhoy · 05-01-2019 10:59am

Deleted User wrote: »

Like other posters here ii am wondering why you question this? The gards doing their job

Nah thats not my point, im just wondering at what level this decision was taken and resources have obviously been moved form other areas

oLoonatic · 05-01-2019 11:02am

No matter what the gardai, do people will think they should be doing something else.

Atoms for Peace · 05-01-2019 12:00pm

Protestants

AudreyHepburn · 05-01-2019 12:17pm

The Gardai maybe??

Why do people have such a problem with them doing their job? No it’s not catching master criminals but it’s still a vital part of what they do nonetheless.

Wildly Boaring · 05-01-2019 12:23pm

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

The Gardai maybe??

Why do people have such a problem with them doing their job? No it’s not catching master criminals but it’s still a vital part of what they do nonetheless.

"Should be out catching real criminals"

Basically.....should stop checking for my non-existent tax disk or me trying to kill other road users by drink driving.

Piss off and obey the law

corsav6 · 05-01-2019 12:26pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

I dont think my locality (rural Mayo) is any different but for whatever reason in the last few months the amount of Garda checkpoints etc has been ramped up to an incredible degree, they are everywhere at all hours, breathalyzers, tax checks, speeding etc. I mean it makes zero sense for a force that was always complaining and maybe rightly so about being under resourced. obv a decison has been taken at a high level and im wondering by whom and for what reason?

I'm also living in rural mayo and I haven't come across a checkpoint in years. I'm on the road during fairly busy hours and also do a lot of driving at the weekends.

buckwheat · 05-01-2019 12:39pm

Rex Banner :cool:

Under His Eye · 05-01-2019 1:42pm

Eamon De Valera. The source of all of Ireland's problems.

archer22 · 05-01-2019 2:16pm

Wyatt Earp (aka Drew Harris) has arrived in Dodge City....and the Cowboys ain't happy.

Mrs OBumble · 05-01-2019 4:40pm

Ahh, so that's what they've done with all the guards from Galway ... lent 'em to Mayo!

El_Bee · 05-01-2019 4:57pm

I mean, if they didn't have these the Gardai would have very little to do, very little crime and anti-social behaviour these days, the country is fairly peaceful.

GAA Beo · 05-01-2019 5:01pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

I dont think my locality (rural Mayo) is any different but for whatever reason in the last few months the amount of Garda checkpoints etc has been ramped up to an incredible degree, they are everywhere at all hours, breathalyzers, tax checks, speeding etc. I mean it makes zero sense for a force that was always complaining and maybe rightly so about being under resourced. obv a decison has been taken at a high level and im wondering by whom and for what reason?

It's similar where I am, I recently joined a facebook group where people post up the checkpoints in our county, it has 12,000 members. Every single checkpoint is posted to warn people. It has seriously ramped up there are checkpoints literally everywhere.

The anger at Gardai and Shane Ross is also quite something. I wonder do they realise how angry they are making people in rural areas. They are never around to police burglaries or assaults but just harass motorists and be tax collectors for Fine Gael.

Discodog · 05-01-2019 5:05pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Ahh, so that's what they've done with all the guards from Galway ... lent 'em to Mayo!

Galway has been full of checkpoints. Feel free to burgle, rob etc as you know where the Guards are & it will take them hours to arrive.

Checkpoints are PR.

Sycamore Tree · 05-01-2019 5:17pm

pleas advice wrote: »

Theres a new sheriff in town, he's gonna shake things up, theres been a huge decrease in breathalyzer numbers, people are slacking off, well not any more...

The Gardai falsified 1,500,000 breath tests in order to doss in their stations. Unpunished of course, Garda corruption is beyond punishment. How will they ever improve that number of tests in the field?

GAA Beo · 05-01-2019 5:18pm

Discodog wrote: »

Galway has been full of checkpoints. Feel free to burgle, rob etc as you know where the Guards are & it will take them hours to arrive.

Checkpoints are PR.

Exactly they look good on their twitter page and collect revenue for the state but violent crime like burglary and assault, they couldn't give less of a toss. Pure and utter money racket and government spin.

Del2005 · 05-01-2019 6:13pm

GAA Beo wrote: »

It's similar where I am, I recently joined a facebook group where people post up the checkpoints in our county, it has 12,000 members. Every single checkpoint is posted to warn people. It has seriously ramped up there are checkpoints literally everywhere.

The anger at Gardai and Shane Ross is also quite something. I wonder do they realise how angry they are making people in rural areas. They are never around to police burglaries or assaults but just harass motorists and be tax collectors for Fine Gael.

Checkpoints are a very good way to screen vehicles and catch criminals in transit,because people who break the law tend to break a lot of laws. So a checkpoint isn't just checking for tax they are also to track vehicles or people. I've been through numerous checkpoints where they barely glance at my car but spend ages dealing with vans or certain colour of car. So by posting that the Gardai are doing a checkpoint outside one town it tells all the criminals that the next town over is open for business.

But no its the Gardai's fault that criminals target isolated locations where even if we had thousands more Gardai patrolling they would still be able to attack isolated areas because people are posting on social media where it'd save to rob, or DUI.

Potential-Monke · 05-01-2019 6:36pm

Gardaí are enforcing road traffic legislation - The bastards!
Gardaí are not enforcing road traffic legislation - The bastards!
The Gardaí weren't around at a very specific time and place to catch travelling* criminals - The bastards!
The Gardaí had to prevent a breach of the peace at 'peaceful' protests, so they're working for [insert private company here] - The bastards!
A very small percentage of Gardaí are corrupt so they must all be corrupt - The bastards!
Only Gardaí of Inspector rank can cancel penalty point tickets - they're all corrupt - The bastards!

Etc... :rolleyes:

*I don't mean travellers, they get separate threads

Coillte_Bhoy · 05-01-2019 6:52pm

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

The Gardai maybe??

Why do people have such a problem with them doing their job? No it’s not catching master criminals but it’s still a vital part of what they do nonetheless.

Who has?

Del2005 · 05-01-2019 8:03pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Who has?

The OP for one.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 05-01-2019 8:51pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Who has?

Yourself.

Sycamore Tree · 05-01-2019 8:51pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

A very small percentage of Gardaí are corrupt so they must all be corrupt - The bastards!
Only Gardaí of Inspector rank can cancel penalty point tickets - they're all corrupt - The bastards!

Hmmm...ah yes, just a few bad eggs like the Roman church.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/big-questions-go-unanswered-in-garda-penalty-points-scandal-1.3312793

In a force that reached 14,000 members at one point, 442 gardaí cancelled penalty points. (442 of Inspector rank or above you said)

At the end of repeated investigations and nine reports into the debacle, no gardaí will face discipline.

Even that small number who were most prolific at cancelling points – in one case 700 times across 17 counties – will face no consequences.

The reason? Disciplining so many Garda members would simply cost too much and take too long. And the records on which further investigations of individual gardaí would be based were poorly kept.

A similar logic was outlined by Deputy Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin last week when he informed the Policing Authority that no gardaí would face sanction over the inflation of almost 2,000,000 alcohol breath tests.

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I stated earlier that 1,500,000 alcohol breath tests were faked. I was wrong. It seems another 400,000 were uncovered since then. I think we are only peeling the onion on Garda corruption.

The faked breath tests were performed in stations in every single Garda division in Ireland.

RobbieMD · 05-01-2019 8:59pm

GAA Beo wrote: »

Exactly they look good on their twitter page and collect revenue for the state but violent crime like burglary and assault, they couldn't give less of a toss. Pure and utter money racket and government spin.

Sure don’t the Gardai know the burglars walk miles to do their rural burglaries. Burglars would hardly use cars now would they?

Every idiot who posts up checkpoint locations is a moron.

RobbieMD · 05-01-2019 9:04pm

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Hmmm...ah yes, just a few bad eggs like the Roman church.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/big-questions-go-unanswered-in-garda-penalty-points-scandal-1.3312793

In a force that reached 14,000 members at one point, 442 gardaí cancelled penalty points. (442 of Inspector rank or above you said)

At the end of repeated investigations and nine reports into the debacle, no gardaí will face discipline.

Even that small number who were most prolific at cancelling points – in one case 700 times across 17 counties – will face no consequences.

The reason? Disciplining so many Garda members would simply cost too much and take too long. And the records on which further investigations of individual gardaí would be based were poorly kept.

A similar logic was outlined by Deputy Commissioner Dónall Ó Cualáin last week when he informed the Policing Authority that no gardaí would face sanction over the inflation of almost 2,000,000 alcohol breath tests.

..................

I stated earlier that 1,500,000 alcohol breath tests were faked. I was wrong. It seems another 400,000 were uncovered since then. I think we are only peeling the onion on Garda corruption.

The faked breath tests were performed in stations in every single Garda division in Ireland.

442 Gardai who cancelled penalty point notices had to have been at least of Inspector rank or above. No member of Garda rank could cancel a notice.

Sycamore Tree · 05-01-2019 9:07pm

RobbieMD wrote: »

442 Gardai who cancelled penalty point notices had to have been at least of Inspector rank or above. No member of Garda rank could cancel a notice.

Yeah I said that in my post. What's your point?

RobbieMD · 05-01-2019 9:17pm

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

Yeah I said that in my post. What's your point?

442 out of 14,000 is roughly 3%. I wouldn’t consider 3% a high percentage.

Sycamore Tree · 05-01-2019 9:18pm

RobbieMD wrote: »

442 out of 14,000 is roughly 3%. I wouldn’t consider 3% a high percentage.

What % of the entire Garda force is Inspector rank or above?

Let's exclude All the regular Gardaí and Sergeants and make an assumption that the senior Gardaí (Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Chief Superintendent, Superintendent, Inspector) numbers are 4000 (seems an awful lot still). That's 11%.

And I see you have zero comment on the 2,000,000 alcohol breath tests that were faked in every Garda division in Ireland.
Or that they went completely unpunished? What message does that send?

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Captain Obvious · 05-01-2019 9:18pm

RobbieMD wrote: »

442 Gardai who cancelled penalty point notices had to have been at least of Inspector rank or above. No member of Garda rank could cancel a notice.

It's more likely the 442 refers to Gardaí who issued the tickets as opposed to the people who actually cancelled them because there aren't even that many inspectors and superintendents in the country. A more accurate sentence might be "tickets issued by 442 different Gardaí were cancelled". Most were probably done without the knowledge of the issuing Garda too.

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

What % of the entire Garda force is Inspector rank or above?

About 2%

RobbieMD · 05-01-2019 9:22pm

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

What % of the entire Garda force is Inspector rank or above?

God I don’t know. It’s probably on their website.
I pointed out that it’s roughly 3% as you bolded Potential-Monke’s statement of a “very small percentage” I was just pointing out that he was correct. It is indeed a small percentage

blanch152 · 05-01-2019 9:26pm

GAA Beo wrote: »

It's similar where I am, I recently joined a facebook group where people post up the checkpoints in our county, it has 12,000 members. Every single checkpoint is posted to warn people. It has seriously ramped up there are checkpoints literally everywhere.

The anger at Gardai and Shane Ross is also quite something. I wonder do they realise how angry they are making people in rural areas. They are never around to police burglaries or assaults but just harass motorists and be tax collectors for Fine Gael.

What an incredibly stupid arrangement that facebook group is.

Every criminal in the country must love it. When they hear that there is a major checkpoint in one town, they can go to another town and work away. The same facebook group probably has people complaining about the burglaries they helped facilitate.

Who s behind the Gardai road checks?

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