Police authority ‘should include ex-gardaí, judges’

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors is also calling for major changes in how the Garda Ombudsman carries out its investigations, claiming members are being treated as “second-class citizens”.
AGSI pointed out that they have been proposing a Garda authority for the last 16 years, long before the Government’s sudden announcement in March, on the back of the Garda controversies.