How do i go about being a garda dectective or being in the traffic corp?

25

How do i go about being a detective or being in the garda traffic corp like on road wars lol
i have to do a 3 year standard uniformed patrol of streets is that right then what?

djtechnics1210

Sorry if im the bearer of bad news but........
Be a lot lot longer than 3 years before you become a detective..... it'll be a minimum of 5 years before you even get an interview before a board to try and become a detective, and you'd want to have an awful lot of detections and convictions under your belt for offences such as burglaries, robberies, serious assaults, fraud etc.

Traffic corps is the not like what you see on telly, you'll be out doing checkpoints, fatal rta's, drink drivers, speeders, summonses for insurance etc etc........ not very many high speed chases in garda subaru imprezas.

pink star

25 wrote: »

How do i go about being a detective or being in the garda traffic corp like on road wars lol
i have to do a 3 year standard uniformed patrol of streets is that right then what?

Dude, I honestly think you have been watching too much tv!!! If you were interested in the guards, being a detective or being in the traffic corps wouldn't be your priority....getting in first would be!!!

Shield

25 wrote: »

How do i go about being a detective or being in the garda traffic corp like on road wars lol
i have to do a 3 year standard uniformed patrol of streets is that right then what?

"lol" indeed.

The huge majority is run-of-the-mill stuff which can become very boring very quickly. Bear in mind that the stuff you see on road wars is shot over a period of months, covering many teams on one show. It's then spliced together to make it look a lot more dramatic than it really is.

If you're using Road Wars as a guage for whether you think you'll like life as a Garda, may I suggest you ask a few serving Gardai on this forum what life is really like, and then make a reliably informed decision?

Hogzy

And remember the Thames Valley police have allocated alot of funds to that 'Proactive team' to look 'cool' so as to entice people like your self to join the Police... Not all Police forces in the UK are like that

djtechnics1210

If your in a busy station you'll have plenty of days of 8 hours rushing from call to call on blue lights and sirens...... but thats only when your in the car (which will probably be once a week if its a big station), and if you get a quiet station..... thats a whole different story

blaa-guard

im agreein with these lads...ive just spent 2 wks with the detective branch and 2 weeks with traffic corp n dont ever wana do either again... love workin on the unit u get to a bit of everything

daithip

25 wrote: »

How do i go about being a detective or being in the garda traffic corp like on road wars lol
i have to do a 3 year standard uniformed patrol of streets is that right then what?

Get well in with your Super:D

Hooch

blaa-guard wrote: »

im agreein with these lads...ive just spent 2 wks with the detective branch and 2 weeks with traffic corp n dont ever wana do either again... love workin on the unit u get to a bit of everything

Theres quiet a difference from being a student on placements and appointed as a detective or member of traffic corps. (not putting down students, after all i was one myself)
Of course it all depends on who you work with and what your interests are. Traffic isnt just Traffic and Branch inst just branch. If you have the interest to diversify then you can detect anything!!

D.B.Y

blaa-guard wrote: »

im agreein with these lads...ive just spent 2 wks with the detective branch and 2 weeks with traffic corp n dont ever wana do either again... love workin on the unit u get to a bit of everything

What was it about the Detctive Branch and the Traffic Core that you didnt like?

msg11

D.B.Y wrote: »

What was it about the Detctive Branch and the Traffic Core that you didnt like?

Too much work? Usually the problem in Ireland.

Trouser_Press

25 wrote: »

How do i go about being a detective or being in the garda traffic corp

Fail your Leaving?

Dr_MaSoN

Trouser_Press wrote: »

Fail your Leaving?

or troll the internet at 2 in the morning?

TheNog

Trouser_Press wrote: »

Fail your Leaving?

Infracted

Dr_MaSoN wrote: »

or troll the internet at 2 in the morning?

and warned


Folks please use the Report button if you feel a post needs attention of a Mod. No more calling posters Trolls please

Trouser_Press

TheNog wrote: »

Infracted

:eek:

msg11

And after that episode of explosive inside above. How do you actully become a detective?

Geri Boyle

msg11 wrote: »

And after that episode of explosive inside above. How do you actully become a detective?

I'm guessing you become a guard and work yer little ass off at making yourself know at solving lots of cases! Then, after a certain length of time has elapsed, apply for promotion.

seanybiker

If ya wanna be a detective you should practice and find out how to become one yourself lol. Na seriously another poster already said you need a good amount of convictions and a few years under your belt, then take the interview. Im sure there is probably more to it than that but have no idea. Best of luck anyways

goldie fish

What I have seen is people don't become detectives really. The Detective branch picks them. Normally starts with assisting in mundane door to door inquiries, or assisting in a successful capture in some way. Next step you begin working Plain clothes, part time, as required, covering leave etc. Then a vacancy appears, and you apply.

steve196

Dont waste ur time wit either department coz both do feck all but grow moustaches.

djtechnics1210

Set your mind for drugs unit, being a detective isn't all its cracked up to be. Drugs units are more "exciting"

the locust

+1 detective work is 90% files and mundane paper work and being stuck in the office (and smoking cigarettes... ) Its certainly not what holywood makes it out to be.
There are loads of other units that may appeal to you - being a detective is not the be all and end all of what a guard can be.

Whatever it is just show an interest and go for it

djtechnics1210

Best unit iv ever worked in had to be a divisional crime task force..... ya get to deal with everything in both uniform and plain clothes.

deadwood

steve196 wrote: »

Dont waste ur time wit either department coz both do feck all but grow moustaches.

Hey, some of the gilrs in d'braaaanch are very proud of their 'taches.

pink star

Deadwood your going to be sorry you said that!:mad:

deadwood

pink star wrote: »

Deadwood your going to be sorry you said that!:mad:

Sorry about that. Some of them have goatees too.

pink star

deadwood wrote: »

Sorry about that. Some of them have goatees too.

Poor you...what kind of women are you working with at all?? They do know that there are beauty salons out there now that can help with these problems!!!??:D