Reserve likened to ‘PlayStation police’

THE garda reserve would attract “a mixed grill of quasi do-gooders and messianic zealots”, a garda conference heard yesterday.

A large number of delegates to the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) yesterday hit out at both Justice Minister Michael McDowell and Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy over the reserve.

Eddie Murphy of the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) South Central said the voluntary reserve was a step too far and part of a “number-crunching exercise” for the next election.