Garda owns man he sees hitting a woman

Lol impossible to comment? Didn't seem to stop you forming an opinion. The video wasn't edited, a member of the public decided to film an uncalled for interaction after the situation was clearly all under control.

'A long-term behavioural issue which has been repeated many times'.

I do agree with you on that front though!

im not going to engage you jim because ive seen your agenda in other threads before and have no interest in wasting my time to be honest but i am going to point out a few inaccurate statements you've insisted are true in you post

Almost no garda knows what they are signing up for unless they have dont the job in another country prior to joining here.

It is not acceptable or fair to give gardai some "argy bargy " just because they are there and expect them to take it happily.

If you start off in your early 20s, your in your late 30s before the money is actually good enough to buy a home , no free mortgages as some one suggested on this site in the past. health insurance is higher as is insurance due to shift work. Over time has to be worked and is often not voluntary ie courts in service classes , courses if your lucky enough to get one etc .it is paid at time and a half and heavily taxed same as everyone else , not x2 as many think Of course after 4 12 hour days in a row you might like a day of to recover physically or spend time with family

The pension is good thats true , the starting wage is disgraceful for the many roles covered (many non policing related) and has been for quiet some time. 12 hour days min providing 24 hour cover. with often dangerously low manpower resources awful equipment substandard uniform and cars, extremely low quality politically appointed senior management that would be unacceptable in a private company.

oppressive excessive inexperienced and unqualified oversight groups interfering in policing resulting in about 20 present of your time on non investigative admin and unnecessary multiples of record keeping.

Next to no support from politicians inspite of the perception that AGS are the jack booted tools of the government. Next to no support from the courts too , Prosecutions of assaults on gardai (section 19) are usually not taken regardless of injury's as it can lead to expensive circuit court trials so are dealt with in district court

In the past the average was one garda being assaulted every day , thats increased during the last 2 years of course. Many more incident of spitting and biting hoping to spread covid. Threats against gardai and their family's are regular and assaults are regularly carried out both on and off duty , cars are slashed or burned fairly often too. They dont have the option to walk away or ignore a threat the same way you do and if they react the allegation against them are taken in a different context that the initial threat , Idle my hole

There are huge issues with recruitment and in fact retention of people due to the conditions as well as the pay , large numbers of people leave in the first 2 years and those who have upskilled to improve their position in the organisation find that they can do mush better for themselves and family's with out any of the negatives in the private section .

so ya most everything you posted is incorrect but dont let the facts get in the way of your agenda jim,

I do agree wholeheartedly with you about doctors and particularity nurses

Anyone giving out about that Garda would want to take those chips off their shoulders.

Fortunately it would be the Garda in trouble…. We employ them to enforce the law, not carry out their own version of punishment / justice by breaking the law…

If others have no or low standards, you don’t lower your standards to engage with them.

Black was not unarmed, he had a machete and after being tasered still did not go down. That was an indication that he uncontrollable on drugs.

that was sarcasm pointing out the rational of the poster was responding to

I kind of understand this copper now after recent events.

I'm thinking, from reading little details in other threads, that if I was in a job where I would arrest a man for beating a woman. He would then be released on bail by the courts, and go on to ambush and murder another woman, then I would spend my days screaming too.

Get out the violin. If this is the general attitude out their we are a real bunch of snowflakes. He just expressed his feelings towards the culprit. It was a heat of the moment thing. Smartphones and all these independent oversight body's is the worse thing that happened to policing in this country. Bring back the days when offenders were giving a good clip across the ear to sort them out. Nowadays you can't say boo or leave a finger on them . No wonder the Gardai are demoralised in the job. Were turning into a shower of pussies if your opinion is the general consensus out their. And don't get me started on the revolving door judicial system.

I'd probably be found sitting on the roof of the house at night screaming into the darkness at the futility of it all.