impatient, obnoxious, petty, argumentative, and obsessed over meaningless details
In Vietnam, black sunglasses are now banned for its police officers, along with smoking and chatting on the job. And traffic cops have been order to stop hiding behind trees to catch errant drivers. Vietnamese officials hope the changes will improve the police force’s notoriously bad reputation. If we could only get our guys to [...]
Image from boards.ie: More embarrassment for the Gardai today as a second report of sex talk emerged but this time one of the Gardai wants to make a video with one of the protestors wives. On the tape, Mr Monaghan can be heard talking to another protester and referring to a garda wearing a high-visibility [...]
‘Give me your name and address or I’ll rape you’: the reality of Corrib policing http://vimeo.com/21952231 Excerpt from recording by confiscated video camera in a Garda vehicle on March 31st, 2011, after the arrest of two women at Aughoose for public order-related offences relating to the Corrib gas project. “Crusty camp” is a reference to [...]
independent.ie: DRIVERS will next month face stringent US-style roadside tests for drugs, the Irish Independent has learned. Gardai will be able to check drivers’ eyes for dilated pupils and carry out other physical co-ordination tests. The tests, commonplace in America, will also include ordering a driver to stand on one leg and walk in a [...]
Garda vandalises private property: rte.ie: A small crane has been parked outside the Kildare Street entrance of Leinster House. The cherry picker, which is covered in protest placards, was moved into position early this morning. Slogans regarding Anglo Irish Bank and ministerial pensions are on the crane. It is understood that a man is sitting [...]
irishtimes.com: The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has received 28 complaints about the behaviour of gardaí following a protest organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) last week. Some 25,000 people participated. If you thought the behaviour of the Gardai was about to change, think again. In this video there are beatings of people [...]
I know I am always picking on the gardai but they came in useful over halloween for some things, mostly related to food and humour. I saw a patrol car parked on the footpath and wondered if there was an emergency. Then I saw the inevitable garda exit the embassy grill with a big bag [...]
irishtimes.com THE TRIAL of four gardaí charged with entering a flat illegally and assaulting a teenager has heard claims he was beaten with a baton while his mother was held against her will in the bathroom. The opening day of the trial heard that student gardaí who were at the scene, but not involved, would [...]
Irish Police Cite Irish Government in Treasonous Activity! I Thought That Was a Crime? Arrest Them All! When a national police association accuses its government of what amounts to treason it is time to sit up and pay attention. Michael O’Boyce, President of the Garda Representative Association (GRA), said at its annual conference in Limerick, [...]
Every time I leave Ireland the trip through the airport on the way back serves to remind you of the annoying things about living here. There are interactions that you dont seem to get at other times. The people flying from Düsseldorf to Dublin yesterday were definetly strange. The first sight of some fugg boots [...]
