Gardaí ‘taking total piss out of’ caller on YouTube video

THE GARDA Ombudsman Commission is investigating internet video footage of officers apparently making fun of a man seeking help.

The force’s official watchdog stressed it was treating very seriously the online broadcast posted to the You Tube website of what appears to be garda officer mocking a member of the public, from Kingscourt, Co Cavan, who telephoned the garda station looking for the sergeant.

“It would be foolish to treat this as a hoax. We are taking it seriously,” said the Ombudsman’s Head of Communications and Research, Kieran FitzGerald.