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Following a major examination of all training in the Garda Síochána, a new two-year Student/Probationer Education/Training Programme was introduced for trainee Gardaí in April 1989. A major building programme saw the facilities developed and modernised and the name of the institution changed from the Garda Training Centre to the Garda College.
The Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a Garda Reserve, consisting of approximately 1,000 people, or 10% of the regular force. Its purpose is to supplement the work of Garda Síochána's regular members. [2] The first 900 recruits to the Reserve were expected to be in place by September 2006.
The Garda Síochána are responsible for national and local policing in Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Government of Ireland. Its headquarters are located in Phoenix Park in Dublin. The Garda Síochána Reserve is the volunteer reserve section of the Gardaí. Its purpose is to supplement the ...
The Garda College Museum and Visitor Centre (Irish: Mhúsaem an Coláiste Garda Síochána agus Ionad Cuartaíochta) was a police museum located in the chapel of the Garda Síochána College at McCan Barracks, Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland where members of the Garda Síochána (the Irish police service) are educated and trained. [2]
An Taca Síochána had the power of arrest and wore a uniform, and were allowed to leave the reserve or sign-up as full members of the Garda Síochána at the end of the war before the reserve was disbanded. The reserve was established by the Emergency Powers (Temporary Special Police Force) Order 1939.
The Garda Technical Bureau (Irish: Biúró Teicniúil an Gharda Síochána) is the longest established specialist unit in the Garda Síochána, the police and security service of the Republic of Ireland.
Irish law prohibits members of the Garda Siochana from joining trade unions because of a view from Government that police industrial action would pose a risk to public safety. The AGSI is a 1978 reconstitution of a Representative Body for Inspectors, Station Sergeants and Sergeants (RBISS) set up under 1962 regulations.
The Civic Guard was formed by the Provisional Government in February 1922 to take over the responsibility of policing the fledgling Irish Free State.The Garda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923 enacted after the creation of the Irish Free State on 8 August 1923, [4] provided for the creation of "a force of police to be called and known as 'The Garda Síochána ' ".