Mobile Phones and Driving

WindSock

Are Gardai allowed to use thier mobiles while they are driving? I have seen a few driving and talking.

Pataman

YES, how many times is this question going to be asked?

the locust

Section 3 of road traffic act 61-06 - at the end subsection blah blah says members of An Garda Siochana & other emergency services, ambulance drivers etc
- they are exempt in the course of thier duties.

Guards also collate intelligence and put incidents on their system via phone

Turner

And park on yellow lines outside chippers!!

They are not always getting their own food though.

A busy station might have to provide 15-20 prisoner meals a day. If the stations dont have frozen food stocks available they are obliged to pay for prisoner meals.

Also if the prisoners dont want to eat the frozen microwaved ****e and have money they can pay for their own takeaways/food ect and the gards are obliged to get it.

Shield

Same up here. It's not uncommon for prisoners to get a McDonalds, Curry, Pizza, Fish Supper, Subway etc., while they are in custody. And before anyone goes crazy, we HAVE TO get it for them if they are paying.

"Would you like fries with that Sir?"

Chief--- wrote: »

And park on yellow lines outside chippers!!

They are not always getting their own food though.

A busy station might have to provide 15-20 prisoner meals a day. If the stations dont have frozen food stocks available they are obliged to pay for prisoner meals.

Also if the prisoners dont want to eat the frozen microwaved ****e and have money they can pay for their own takeaways/food ect and the gards are obliged to get it.

Random

psni wrote: »

Same up here. It's not uncommon for prisoners to get a McDonalds, Curry, Pizza, Fish Supper, Subway etc., while they are in custody. And before anyone goes crazy, we HAVE TO get it for them if they are paying.

"Would you like fries with that Sir?"

To have someone in a cell in a police station and to waste Garda time buying them maccy Ds is a complete joke. Who came up with this stupid concept? Or am i missing something?

Shield

random wrote: »

To have someone in a cell in a police station and to waste Garda time buying them maccy Ds is a complete joke. Who came up with this stupid concept? Or am i missing something?

Human Rights, my friend... Human Rights.

Random

Is there a "within reason" clause or can I be arrested in Dublin and request my favorite takeaway from Cork?

Human Rights - it's all about being innocent until proven guilty and so why should they be deprived of what they would normally have? Or something else ?

Shield

random wrote: »

Is there a "within reason" clause or can I be arrested in Dublin and request my favorite takeaway from Cork?

Human Rights - it's all about being innocent until proven guilty and so why should they be deprived of what they would normally have? Or something else ?

No it would be from a local take away shop, but if there is a McDonalds across the street like O'Connell Street in Dublin, and it's open, and that's what he wanted and was willing to pay for it - you'd have a hard time explaining why you didn't feed your prisoner when his barrister uses the good 'ol 'Human Rights Infringement' defence to get his client off.

Fyr.Fytr

Yup human rights keeping apache pizza in swords in business!

Guards are always in there getting prisioner meals its right accross from the station, maccy d's, chipper and chinese very close too, scrotes spoilt for choice and guards having their time wasted

WindSock

Is it not just their right to be provided with food, warmth and shelter? Surely getting them takeaway of their choice is a luxury?

civdef

You need to remember that an arrested person has not been convicted of an offence (once we're not talking about a warrant, I suppose), therefore has a different legal status to a convicted prisoner.

FGR

The sooner Tetra comes into full effect the sooner the Public will lose the common misconception that we're talking into mobiles for personal rather than professional reasons.

I doubt many of us are delighted to be using said Nokias as unofficial radios.

WindSock

What is Tetra?

Shield

WindSock wrote: »

What is Tetra?

Tetra

metman

psni wrote: »

Same up here. It's not uncommon for prisoners to get a McDonalds, Curry, Pizza, Fish Supper, Subway etc., while they are in custody. And before anyone goes crazy, we HAVE TO get it for them if they are paying.

"Would you like fries with that Sir?"

This doesn't happen where I work, thankfully. If they don't want the microwave prepacked meals, they go hungry. Simple as.

Eru

This was on goold auld Joe Duffy recently. People were giving out because the Gardai were getting free food in McDonalds and Supermacs.

Joe didnt know what to say when the manager of Supermacs rang up and explained that the Gardai sign the reciept and the Super gets a monthly bill for whats called a 'prisoner meal'

WindSock

Karlitosway1978 wrote: »

a 'prisoner meal'

Does it come with a toy?

Fyr.Fytr

Karlitosway1978 wrote: »

This was on goold auld Joe Duffy recently. People were giving out because the Gardai were getting free food in McDonalds and Supermacs.

Joe didnt know what to say when the manager of Supermacs rang up and explained that the Gardai sign the reciept and the Super gets a monthly bill for whats called a 'prisoner meal'

Joe should know better didnt he used to be a probation officer?