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Garda - how many arrests do you make a day?

  • 08-06-2008 7:53pm
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    Random
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    Does your day to day job involve solving problems and disputes mainly? Or does it involve arresting people?

    If you watch cop shows they're arresting someone every 5 mins - but I heard of someone 3 months after graduating from Templemoore still waiting on their first arrest?

    How do you decide who gets the arrest if there's 2 of you in the car / on the beat?


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  • #2
    angelfire9
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    random wrote: »
    How do you decide who gets the arrest if there's 2 of you in the car / on the beat?
    Not a cop but to the best of my knowledge in the car there is a driver and an observer so the observer gets the collar


  • #3
    Eru
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    angelfire9 wrote: »
    Not a cop but to the best of my knowledge in the car there is a driver and an observer so the observer gets the collar

    According to the code that should happen more often but most stations operate on a one each system. You decide at the start. For example if Im driving I take the first call and then we alternate from then on. Which calls merit arrests depends on the type of call and if the Garda feels its necessary and justified.

    The majority of calls wont result in an arrest. remember that on TV they are editing and usually showing you specialist teams that dont take normal calls therefore arrests seem like evry 5 minutes.

    As for the amount, wow that really depends on the shifts you work, where you work, what duties your given, your decisions, what information your given at the time and a bit of luck.


  • #4
    TheNog
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    I am back at my station from passing out in April and I have had nothing but the last two nights I have had 2 trespass incidents, a bomb scare, a public order and a simple possession. Luck of the draw unfortunately



    Every arrest has to be justified with the type of offence committed, the situation at hand and the likely outcome of that situation. It is all about porblem solving. Some problems do require an arrest but most do not.

    Example: You see a very drunk man asleep on the street or maybe he is staggering on the path and may fall in front of a car. Would you arrest for Section 4 Public Order Act (Intoxication in a Public Place)?

    I wouldn't. I'd either see if a taxi would bring him or another person would. Failing that I'd bring him home if he didn't live too far away.

    If the same person was also being abusive to someone else then I would lift him no bother.

    Discretion and common sense are the key words here. I work in a small town so it is better for us and everyone if we did not have a pro-arrest policy. If we did have a pro-arrest policy then everyone would hate us. We must keep a balance between problem solving and public opinion.


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