Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.
At last night's GRA Conference in Limerick, PJ Stone, General Secretary, Garda Representative Association (GRA) advised that Gardai who are struggling to pay debts 'could' be vulnerable to corruption ! He stated that international experience has shown that low paid forces are susceptible to 'being got at'. He warned that Gardai who are not being paid enough are at risk of becoming corrupt.
Cash strapped Gardai want to overturn current regulations banning them from taking part time jobs.... Nixers !
"There is always the likelihood - and it has been proved in other countries where you pay police forces at a rate of pay that puts them in a vulnerable place - that there is a risk of people being got at and that's a fact of life," he said
You can't squeeze them on the one hand, where they're not in a position to pay their debts, and then on the other side of that introduce a strict discipline code which could effectively mean they might lose their jobs as a result of that difficulty," said Mr Stone.
If it's a case that some financially strapped Gardai can be 'got at' , then get rid of them, they shouldn't be in the force in the first place, right!
Wasn't it Indira Gandi that once said... One must beware of Ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money!
it's like they're saying or making an excuse that if they don't get paid enough, then they are entitled to go bad! comical isn't it. the rest of the country is financially strapped as well but that's no excuse for corruption.
ReplyDeleteon RTE News, Limerick West TD Niall Collins said Michael O'Boyce should not be accusing the Government of robbery and corruption. hahahahahaha. What planet is Niall on? As for Murphy and Ahern, Ahern should have gone to specsavers! He was more than aware of the speech in hand and then he snubs the meeting just hours beforehand.
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Commissioner Murphy was quoted as saying "In my 40 years in the Garda Siochana, very few cases have arisen in relation to financial corruption by members," "It would be doing a disservice to our young people to say they are open to corruption."
ReplyDeleteA disservice? they are open to corruption full stop and he knows it! Someone stated here previously that Limerick was rampant or riddled and it's true. At one point Roxboro was infested and that's why it was raided by the Ombudsman. Ann McMahon was drafted in to clean their act up, but all they do is pawn the corrupt ones off to another station or promote them. The amount of complaints gone in against Limerick Gardai is rocketing and all that happens is that it's brushed under the carpet. I could name a few.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/gardai-are-holding-state-to-ransom-2161716.html
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