Over 120 gardaí issued with tasers in response to violent attacks

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1218/1549563-gardai-tasers/

Posted by PoppedCork

11 Comments

  1. About time Gardaí were brought up to modern policing standards giving officers proper tools like tasers will help protect them in an increasingly violent environment.

  2. Own-Discussion5527 on

    Good. It’s ridiculous seeing gardai try take down lads with knives with nothing but their batons. One wrong move and they’re dead

  3. Willing-Departure115 on

    It’s a trial, which is only being rolled out in areas where body cams are also being trialled. Happy with that.

  4. cinclushibernicus on

    ICCL has already come out against this, just like they did when they announced the trial of body cams for Gardai. They are to Garda modernisation what PBP are to defence spending…

  5. We had a case in the papers last week where a guy was stopped by an un marked car with 4 gardai. They illegally searched him. When he said something shitty to them as they were leaving they retaliated by pinning him against the car and soaking his trousers with dirty water so that it looked like he pissed himself. Zero consequences for the Gardai. And now we’ve giving then tasers! This won’t end well.

    For those that need links as proof
    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/gardas-degrading-act-on-teen-leads-to-community-service-on-appeal-1837578.html

  6. Able_Cabinet_9118 on

    Imagine thinking this was the end of the world. Get off your phones – this is Ireland not LA . In gangland areas there was guards carrying guns over a decade ago. They just don’t unholster them and wave them around like the yanks. Why would they? They have been properly trained. The tazers are non lethal and worse case scenario you piss yourself being tazed. Probably a decent Saturday night for many.