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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8garda shoulder numbers are for adminstration purposes, only guards in Dublin and Cork wear them and ranks above inspector wear a name badge
This particular Inspector wore no indentification of any kind. On Monday he was wearing an overcoat and on Thursday I didn't see any ID on his uniform.
I was right in front of the inspector fella when he was telling us all to move along on Monday - I can concur that he was wearing no identification of any kind.
They did nothing on thursday to require report so you need no numbers.
We also know that they had removed their numbers on monday.
So what is the point in tis conversation?
The point is that some of the Gardai on Monday were caught on camera, shamelessly beating seven shades of shite out of innocent people, with no identification. This was a major problem, and point of discussion and debate, as those Gardai involved in the violence could not be identified.
Then, at the demonstration against police brutality on Thursday, there were Gardai there and, lo and behold, they were not wearing numbers or ID. They should have been wearing their ID, regardless of whether there was trouble or not. It just further proves the point that some Gardai will go unpunished because they cannot be identified.
as in Dublin as in Melbourne and countless other places, if baton weilding cops are not individually accountable for their actions (which they aren't if they're indistinguishable) they go well over the top.
Here in Victoria Aus. the police ombudsman has admitted that there are police he would prosecute if he but knew who they were.
its been seen so often its a cliche, and there's a good cliche remedy - 'no power without responsibility'. so obvious it might even be democratic.. so theres no chance of seeing it anytime soon.
i was as surprised at the New World Order as many of you are now.
I asked the garda press officer about this and he said that it is mandatory that the guards wear their numbers at all times with no exceptions.
Not sure about inspectors but I would be inclined to think the same rule will apply
they are the law