PlayStation Cops
RTE News is this morning claiming that the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) have voted unanimously to co-operate with the new Garda reserve force who entered stations for the first time this weekend. This represents quite a u-turn for the AGSI and the Garda Representative Association (GRA) are set to ballot their considerably larger membership on the same deal offered to the AGSI soon.
Just over 6 months ago the AGSI's annual conference was informed that the new reserve force were nothing more than "PlayStation Cops", that the reserve force represented a "morale shattering measure", and most surreally comical of all: that the reserve force "has the potential to be the most divisive thing to hit communities since the Civil War". The best comedy writers in the world couldn't come up with gold like that.
In essence, the main beef the Gardai had with the reserve force was the fact that they would receive far lees training than regular Gardai and that this lack of training and experience may jeopardise the safety of both parties. In Addition, there were also concerns about what powers the new reserves would have. So, obviously the Minister for Justice has come up with a solution which has placated the Gardai and enabled them to unanimously endorse this proposal. Right? Wrong? He's just thrown a load of cash their way. It appears that Gardai were threatened with non-payment of the National Pay Agreement increases promised them. Exact details of the pay deal are unclear at present. What is clear, however, is that McDowell has managed to force his reserve force through without much difficulty.
tags:[Garda Reserve Force]
Published by El Commandant P.
Just over 6 months ago the AGSI's annual conference was informed that the new reserve force were nothing more than "PlayStation Cops", that the reserve force represented a "morale shattering measure", and most surreally comical of all: that the reserve force "has the potential to be the most divisive thing to hit communities since the Civil War". The best comedy writers in the world couldn't come up with gold like that.
In essence, the main beef the Gardai had with the reserve force was the fact that they would receive far lees training than regular Gardai and that this lack of training and experience may jeopardise the safety of both parties. In Addition, there were also concerns about what powers the new reserves would have. So, obviously the Minister for Justice has come up with a solution which has placated the Gardai and enabled them to unanimously endorse this proposal. Right? Wrong? He's just thrown a load of cash their way. It appears that Gardai were threatened with non-payment of the National Pay Agreement increases promised them. Exact details of the pay deal are unclear at present. What is clear, however, is that McDowell has managed to force his reserve force through without much difficulty.
tags:[Garda Reserve Force]
Published by El Commandant P.
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