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.
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
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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.
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…
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Justa_Schmuck on
I can’t believe people still support this. There’s no place for tasers.
TwinIronBlood on
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.
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.
RobiePAX on
About time we are catching up the 21st century
ralphwiggum64 on
I look forward to the inevitable videos of smug saps getting zapped!
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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.
Good. It’s ridiculous seeing gardai try take down lads with knives with nothing but their batons. One wrong move and they’re dead
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It’s a trial, which is only being rolled out in areas where body cams are also being trialled. Happy with that.
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…

I can’t believe people still support this. There’s no place for tasers.
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
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.
About time we are catching up the 21st century
I look forward to the inevitable videos of smug saps getting zapped!