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How about a commitment to engage with and listen to existing frontline Gardaí, get the basics right and retain existing experienced trained members rather than promising recruitment that will never materialise as long as the system is #KeepingCriminalsSafe

The strength at present is 14,146. That is 600 lower than 4 years ago. The Government’s plan to increase numbers to 15,000 in the short term and then build them to 18,000 looks unlikely to be achieved..irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

Code of ethics, Gda decision-making model, GSOC, Gda Inspectorate, Policing Authority, Social media edits, malicious complaints. Just a few items of consideration before the Garda member makes their split second decision to deploy their PPE. Then, the laser guided scrutiny begins

"officers are trained to use strong language to gain control and ensure compliance. It's called command presence, not rudeness—something that no desk-bound critic with zero exposure to the chaos of real-life confrontations on the Thin Blue Line could ever hope to grasp"

Having spent the whole of Christmas sharing a 10 yr old patrol car between 3 stations it's good to know where the money allocated by government is actually going.

Fanciful promises of recruitment are unlikely to materialise when problems such as poor pensions, low morale and stifling bureaucracy aren't being addressed says Deputy General Secretary ⁦@MorrisroeJames⁩ rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Moving personnel and leaving a gap somewhere else are not additional resources, it's changing the location of chronic understaffing and placing extra demands on the same group of workers. independent.ie/regionals/rosc…

Sources say officers are trying to constantly defuse tensions between associates of Finglas mobster "Mr Flashy" and of the late Mr Hennessy Sr, who was shot in Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-ne…

I've lost count of the number of people in senior positions I've had private conversations with recently who previously would have considered my observations and comments to be overly negative but are now in agreement that the job is in a particularly precarious position.

Carrying out dangerous manoeuvres at speed on crowded urban streets without helmets but only one group of drivers dread the consequences of being anywhere in the vicinity when what was inevitably going to happen happens.

I couldn't have said it better myself and this from a retired Assistant Commissioner...

Divided loyalties as Galway Garda raises the flag for Donegal! - donegaldaily.com/2024/07/12/div…

Gardaí add car seized in drugs operation to fleet ahead of Donegal Rally independent.ie/irish-news/gar…

We remember Colm, taken so brutally from his family, friends, community and colleagues 4 years ago today.

The very special moment when teenagers revel in the wonder of nature even if capturing its beauty for social media is still the priority…. #Auroraborealis #LoveDonegal