Ya not a bad idea. But has there not been huge issues in US with same?
One of tge major issues here apparently nowadays is foreign nationals refusing to speak to or recognise Bangarda. And apparently its more or less impossible to do anything about it.
That’s cos they keep shooting lads who are either unarmed or constrained. It’s like some kind of tourettes
Arrest them for obstruction.
A lot of them have started buying their own. Some of the shit they have to put up with unreal.
The fear is claims of discrimination etc. Their hands seem to be completely tied. And its rarely stuff thats really impirtant, taxi drivers or neighbour dusputes etc. Same issues with Itinerants.
The cameras would solve some of that. But its bullshit.
Training is a major factor. A cop in Germany for example has on average close to two years further training than a cop in the US. Something like 115 weeks to 19 weeks. In some states there is no formal training programme at all. In Oklahoma you can become a cop after 20 credit hours in the academy.
Body cameras has a lot of obvious positives in helping good gardai and shutting down bad ones, but it would introduce in one move an incredible level of surveillance of the general population. I’d be very uneasy about that.
Of course you would.
Would it though? The camera would only be capturing stuff the Garda would see anyway. It only goes where the Garda already goes. Introduces hard evidence to combine with the already strong word of Gardaí when crimes are witnessed, and could eliminate a lot of the rubbish Gardaí put up with.
Indeed.
It captures everything a Garda sees every day, every person on the street, every passing car registration. The volume of info is massive. How long is it going to be kept? Why? How is it going to be managed? It’s a scary level of surveillance and past experience in Ireland wouldn’t fill you with confidence it wouldn’t be abused.
Maybe microphones would do the same job without such a level of intrusion.
Google and Facebook engage in far worse invasions of privacy and surveillance on a daily basis.
Perhaps, but you at least have the option to opt out.
You also have the option of being sound to the cop and making his life easier. If he is acting the cunt its on video.
The country is fucked
Good to see the commissioner has her priorities straight, civil war in Upper management and all ranks below going on strike and the commissioner is on a jolly to San Diego. The woman has been a disaster.
As I said the country is fucked
I believe the Kinahans have offered their services to help police the country when the gardai are on strike.
You know what. It might not be a bad idea
Liam Doran from the INMO has just been on Newstalk giving it gutso.
I hope I’m not mugged and get and get a clattering over the next while.
Did Doran happen to mention who is going to pay for the pay increases? The Civil Service Fairy perhaps?